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Posted by WTM on March 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By: Justin Cohen
According to Jay Greenberg of the New York Post, Andre Agassi will headline an exhibition match to be played at Madison Square Garden on February 28, 2011. Agassi will play either Pete Sampras or Andy Roddick, according to the report. Monday at the BNP Paribas Showdown at MSG, Venus Williams defeated Kim Clijsters, [...]
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Posted by WTM on March 2, 2010 · 1 Comment
NEW YORK – Venus Williams won the title at the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup exhibition tennis series Monday at Madison Square Garden, defeating Kim Cljisters 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the final.
Williams won $400,000 for winning the one-night, four-player event that featured players who won the previous year’s major titles or [...]
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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 December 7, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Michael Berrer beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-7 (4) 6-4 6-4 to win the Salzburg Indoors in Salzburg, Austria
Konstantin Kravchuk beat Marcel Granollers 1-6 6-3 6-2 to win the Yugra Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Pat Rafter beat Stefan Edberg 6-7 (5) 6-4 11-9 (Champions tiebreak) to win the AEGON Masters Tennis in London, United Kingdom
Spain beat Czech Republic [...]
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Posted by WTM on November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Serena Williams and Venus Williams will be joined by 2009 US Open champion Kim Cljisters and 2009 French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova at the 2010 BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup. The event will be played Monday night, March 1, 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City and will feature [...]
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Posted by WTM on November 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
There are only four more days until the start of the Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London. As part on of the countdown, WorldTennisMagazine.com is presenting a special look at some of the best moments in the history of the season-ending ATP championships, courtesy of the book ON THIS DAY [...]
Filed under Randy Walker, Top Stories · Tagged with Andre Agassi, atp masters cup, atp tour, atp world tour, Australian Open, david ferrer, defending champion, frankfurt germany, Lleyton Hewitt, madison square garden, new chapter, Roger Federer, shanghai china, stefan edberg, tennis history, Tennis Masters Cup, time in germany, tour championships, Wimbledon
Posted by WTM on October 18, 2009 · 1 Comment
The most prolific winner of professional tennis tournaments turns 53 years old Sunday – and she still is active in World Team Tennis competition. Here’s a look at her incredible career, as documented by Bud Collins in his book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisTomes.com)
As the game’s most prolific winner [...]
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Posted by WTM on September 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Roger Federer is looking to join Bill Tilden as the only player to win six straight U.S. men’s singles titles when he plays Juan Martin del Potro in the 2009 US Open final Monday.
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Posted by WTM on September 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
NEW YORK – Welcome to Arthur Ashe Stadium, the world’s largest tennis facility, Juan Martin del Potro.
Ranked sixth in the world, the Argentine had to wait until the quarterfinals to make it to the 23,700-seat facility this year without having to buy a ticket. Del Potro made sure he will return to the big stage [...]
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