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Posted by WTM on March 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 13 – Mark Philippoussis of Australia and Fernando Meligeni of Brazil each advanced into their first career Champions Series tournament final Saturday with semifinal victories at the $150,000 Banco Cruzerio do Sul Rio Champions Cup. Philippoussis defeated former world No. 1 Mats Wilander of Sweden [...]
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Posted by WTM on March 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 12 – Marat Safin was stunned in his debut match on the Champions Series tennis circuit Friday, losing 7-6 (4), 6-4 to Wayne Ferreira in the quarterfinals of the Banco Cruzerio do Sul Rio Champions Cup.
Playing only 17 weeks after playing his last match on the [...]
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Posted by WTM on March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 11 - Marat Safin provided for press conference laughs, visited Rios famous Corcovado and played a little soccer Thursday upon arrival in the 2016 Olympic city in preparation for his debut tournament on the Champions Series tennis circuit.
Safin, the former world No. 1 who retired from the ATP World Tour [...]
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Posted by WTM on March 10, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Justin Cohen
Melanie Oudin has signed an endorsement deal with Virgin Mobile that will reportedly pay her between $500,000 and $2 million over four years. Virgin Mobile announced that they will donate $1 million to homeless youth organizations if Oudin wins the 2010 US Open in New York.
Sony Ericsson has reached a contract extension [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Sampras, Blake Added to Atlantic City Event: This Week in Tennis Business
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Posted by WTM on February 17, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Justin Cohen
The USTA announced on Tuesday that the Birmingham –Jefferson Convention Complex Arena in Birmingham, Ala., will host the 2010 Fed Cup semifinal tie between the United States and Russia from April 24-26. “We are very excited to have earned this home tie and are thrilled to choose a community that is rampant in [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
SAN JOSE, Calif. —Andy Roddick was outplayed for most of the night by Sam Querrey. But when the match got to the tiebreakers, Roddick took charge.
The top-seeded Roddick beat the seventh-seeded Querrey, 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4), on Saturday night in a protracted semifinal at the SAP Open that featured a combined 53 aces.
Roddick reached the final [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Justin Cohen
The USTA Southern section announced on Tuesday that the Atlanta Athletic Club will host the 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships from July 19-25, an ATP World Tour 250 event that will kick-off the Olympus US Open Series. “The Atlanta Athletic Club is the perfect site for the Atlanta Tennis Championships,” said Rex Maynard, the [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 27, 2010 · 1 Comment
Roger Federer ended his mini-slump against Nikolay Davydenko, ending the Russian’s 13-match winning streak that included two wins over the Swiss maestro with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5 win Wednesday in the Australian Open semifinals.
The win ensures that Federer will retain the No. 1 ranking on Monday for a 268th week, tying Jimmy Connors for [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 27, 2010 · 1 Comment
Bob Stockton is subbing for Justin Cohen this week for THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS
* U.S. Davis Cup Captain, USTA General Manager of Player Development and ESPN Commentator Patrick McEnroe will have his book called “Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches” come out on June 8, 2010.
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Posted by WTM on January 13, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Justin Cohen
· According to Marca, Roger Federer is the second most popular athlete on Facebook. The current World No. 1 has 3.18 million Facebook fans.
· Maria Sharapova has signed an eight-year sponsorship deal with Nike, which is reportedly [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Bob Stockton
Can we call Nikolay Davydenko the favorite to win the 2010 Australian Open?
The Russian saved two match points Saturday to beat world No. 2 Rafael Nadal 0-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4 and win the Qatar Open in Doha and continue his run of top form.
It appears Davydenko still hasn’t cooled off since winning the [...]
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