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Posts tagged with "Tennis"
May. 1 |
As the ATP tour visits Munich this week, tennis observers with a taste for literature will want to take a look the new novel A BACKHANDED GIFT released by Marshall Jon Fisher, set in late 1980s Munich.
A BACKHANDED GIFT ($19.95, New Chapter Press, available...
Apr. 11 |
By Randy Walker
@TennisPublisher
At the age of 14, Guan Tianlang of China became the youngest player to ever compete at the Masters golf tournament.
The success of this young man on the grandest stage in golf brings to mind of similar circumstance...
Apr. 10 |
By: Justin Cohen @JustinCohen44
Bhupathi teams with Andy Murray
According to a press release, doubles legend Mahesh Bhupathi’s Globosport and Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment have announced a new venture named XIX Globosport to capitalize...
Mar. 31 |
By Bob Greene
STARS
Andy Murray beat David Ferrer 2-6 6-4 7-6 (1) to win the men’s singles at the Sony Open Tennis in Miami, Florida, USA
Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova 4-6 6-3 6-0 to win the Sony Open Tennis women’s singles in Miami, Florida,...
Mar. 25 |
By Bob Greene
STARS
Sony Open
(First Week)
Tobias Kamke beat fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro 7-6 (5) 6-1
Sorana Cirstea beat sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber 6-4 6-0
Kirsten Flipkens beat seventh-seeded Petra Kvitova 6-0 4-6 6-1
Garbiñe Muguruza beat...
Mar. 18 |
By Bob Greene
STARS
Rafael Nadal beat Juan Martin del Potro 4-6 6-3 6-4 to win the men’s singles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, USA
Maria Sharapova beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 6-2 to win the BNP Paribas Open women’s singles...
Feb. 7 |
By Randy Walker
@TennisPublisher
The historic Sea Island Resort, set along the beautiful marshland on the coast of Georgia, is well known as an eco-system for professional golf.
No less than 30 professional golfers call the Sea Island area home,...
Jan. 19 |
By Randy Walker
@TennisPublisher
“Respect your elders,” is what Roger Federer said to Australia’s Bernard Tomic Saturday night at Rod Laver Arena.
The 17-time major singles champion said these words not with his mouth, but with his racquet,...
Jan. 3 |
by Randy Walker
Mark Edmondson took firm hold of the pine-handled mop and dipped it into the soap-frothed bucket that lay in front of him.
It was 11:15 at night and the halls of the hospital were mostly abandoned, patients sleeping in their infirmary...
Dec. 31 |
Pakistani tennis star Aisam Qureshi kicked off his Stop War Start Tennis Tour (www.stopwarstarttennis.org) in Yangon, Myanmarthis off-season as chief guest at the First Annual Myanmar International Tennis Project. Qureshi participated in a pro-am fundraising...
Dec. 5 |
By Justin Cohen
Todd Martin
Todd Martin Acquires TGA Premier Youth Tennis Franchise
In an effort to grow youth tennis, former ATP World Tour professional Todd Martin has acquired a TGA Premier Youth Tennis franchise. TGA, one of the nation’s most...
Nov. 27 |
Just six weeks after incredibly surviving the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 – and nearly having his legs amputated due to surviving the night in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic – young upcoming American tennis star Dick Williams made...