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Posted by WTM on March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Charles Bricker
Did you read in Andre Agassi’s book about his greatest fear in the 1990 French Open final — that his wig would blow off in the middle of the match?
Andres Gomez quickly brushed off that question. “Hey, I had my own problems. I was 30 and playing a 20 year old guy who was talking [...]
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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 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dubai, UAE, February 24th, 2010 - Andy Murray was upset by Janko Tipsarevic and Nikolay Davydenko was forced to retire after losing the first set of his second round clash with Michael Berrer on Wednesday, as the Serbs showed their dominance on an exciting Wednesday at the Championships.
With Djokovic already through, Tipsarevic’s result will delight [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It will be 50 years ago on Monday, February 1 that Rod Laver won his first major championship – the Australian Open.
The man whose name now graces the Center Court at the national championship of his homeland finally broke through and won the 1960 Australian Championships, that year played at the Milton Courts in Brisbane. [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 23, 2010 · 2 Comments
Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt will face off in an anticipated round of 16 match Monday at the Australian Open, after Federer defeated Albert Montanes 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and Hewitt defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6-0, 4-2, ret. (shoulder injury). The rivalry between the future Hall of Famers dates back to 1996 when the two 15-year-olds played [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 19, 2010 · 1 Comment
Serena Williams was on her best behavior Tuesday in her first match in a Grand Slam tournament since her famous outburst at the 2009 US Open, beating up on Urszula Radwanska of Poland 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of the Australian Open.
Williams played the match on Rod Laver Arena with a heavily-taped upper right [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Top-seeded Andy Roddick survived a second-set collapse Sunday to win the Brisbane International title, beating defending champion Radek Stepanek after the Czech player double-faulted on match point.
The American’s 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7) victory in the final capped his first tournament in nearly three months due to a 2009 season-ending knee injury.
Roddick nearly let the match [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
In the all-Belgian final of the Brisbane International, it was Kim Clijsters who did not waffle.
Clijsters hung on to win a momentum-swinging final at the Patrick Rafter Arena in a vintage finish Saturday in Justine Henin’s tour comeback. Clijsters, only five tournaments into her own comeback which has already netted the U.S. Open title, saved [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 21, 2009 · 1 Comment
STARS
Regina Kulikova beat Sandra Zahlavova 7-6 (6) 6-3 to win the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
SAYING
“The ITF has removed both Mr. Malisse and Ms. Wickmayer from the list of suspended players, and both are eligible to participate with immediate effect.” – The International Tennis Federation (ITF), in a statement.
”It’s the best [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 1, 2009 · 1 Comment
The 2009 Davis Cup Final begins Friday in Barcelona as Spain plays host to the Czech Republic. As part of the countdown to the final, WorldTennisMagazine.com is presenting a special look at some of the best moments in the history of the Davis Cup, courtesy of the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, [...]
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Posted by WTM on November 24, 2009 · 1 Comment
Roger Federer is playing in the ATP World Tour’s season-ending championship for an eighth time in 2009 at the O2 Arena in London. It was in 2002 when Federer first qualified for the ATP World Tour finale as a xx-year-old. Rene Stauffer, the respected Swiss tennis writer, chronicles Federer’s first appearance at the ATP World [...]
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Posted by WTM on September 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 27, 2009 – Jim Courier defeated Pete Sampras 2-6, 6-4, 10-8 (Champions Tie-breaker) Sunday to win the singles title at the $150,000 Breezeplay Championships at The Palisades at The Palisades Country Club in Charlotte, N.C. The victory was Courier’s first over Sampras since the first round of the [...]
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Federer’s First Season-Ending Championship
Posted by WTM on November 24, 2009 · 1 Comment
Roger Federer is playing in the ATP World Tour’s season-ending championship for an eighth time in 2009 at the O2 Arena in London. It was in 2002 when Federer first qualified for the ATP World Tour finale as a xx-year-old. Rene Stauffer, the respected Swiss tennis writer, chronicles Federer’s first appearance at the ATP World [...]
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