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IS THE SERENA WILLIAMS INJURY THE MOST FAMOUS GLASS CUT IN TENNIS HISTORY? PERHAPS NOT…

IS THE SERENA WILLIAMS INJURY THE MOST FAMOUS GLASS CUT IN TENNIS HISTORY? PERHAPS NOT…

Aug. 21 | Serena Williams has pulled out of the 2010 U.S. Open, due to severe cut she sustained on her right foot the week after winning her 13th career major singles title at Wimbledon. Reports and on-the-record comments indicate that Williams cut her right...

QUERREY FALLS IN NEWPORT AS “CASINO CURSE” CONTINUES

QUERREY FALLS IN NEWPORT AS “CASINO CURSE” CONTINUES

Jul. 7 | By Randy Walker The “Casino Curse” continues. While not quite as famed – or lethal – as the Curse of King Tut’s tomb, the curse of the top-seeded player competing at the Hall of Fame Championships at the Newport Casino not winning the...

BULL RING IN ELEVATED BOGOTA AWAITS U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM

BULL RING IN ELEVATED BOGOTA AWAITS U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM

Jun. 15 | By Randy Walker The Tennis Federation of Colombia has selected the Plaza de Toros La Santamaria in Bogota, located at an elevation of over 8,000 feet above sea level, as the site for its Davis Cup Play-Off Round series against the United States ...

DOWN MATCH POINT, LAVER GOES ON TO WIN 1962 FRENCH TITLE…AND THE GRAND SLAM

DOWN MATCH POINT, LAVER GOES ON TO WIN 1962 FRENCH TITLE…AND THE GRAND SLAM

May. 27 | It was 48 years ago on Friday, May 28, 2010, that Rod Laver was down his only match point in either of his two historic Grand Slam runs (1962, 1969). In the quarterfinals of the French Championships of 1962, Laver faced fellow Australian Marty Mulligan,...

WILL U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM EXPERIENCE “ELEVATION” IN COLOMBIA?

WILL U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM EXPERIENCE “ELEVATION” IN COLOMBIA?

May. 11 | By Randy Walker The United States Davis Cup team drew an away tie at Colombia in the 2010 Davis Cup Play-off Round draw held Tuesday in London. The United States will have to win this series, to be played September 17-19, to be eligible to win the...

FEDERER’S FIRST HISTORIC FEAT

FEDERER’S FIRST HISTORIC FEAT

Feb. 11 | Roger Federer first placed his names among some of the greatest players of all time back in 2001, when he accounted for all three points in a 3-2 win for Switzerland over the United States in the first round of the 2001 Davis Cup. Federer’s accomplishment...

RODDICK, BLAKE OUT OF US DAVIS CUP LINE-UP

RODDICK, BLAKE OUT OF US DAVIS CUP LINE-UP

Jan. 7 | Andy Roddick and James Blake, the main-stays of the U.S. Davis Cup team, will not participate in Davis Cup for 2010, U.S. Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe confirmed to Peter Bodo of Tennis.com Thursday. “It certainly appears to be the end of era,”...

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: STARS OF 2009

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: STARS OF 2009

Dec. 28 | STARS OF 2009 Australian Open Men: Rafael Nadal; Women: Serena Williams Roland Garros Men: Roger Federer; Women: Svetlana Kuznetsova Wimbledon Men: Roger Federer; Women: Serena Williams US Open Men: Juan Martin del Potro; Women: Kim Clijsters Sony...

A Wimbledon Champion Remembers His First Turkey

A Wimbledon Champion Remembers His First Turkey

Nov. 26 | The following is an excerpt from the November, 1981 issue of WORLD TENNIS magazine where 1931 Wimbledon Champion Sidney Wood discusses how tennis scored him a Thanksgiving Day turkey. Wood, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, was also...