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Posted by WTM on February 12, 2010 · 1 Comment
Superstar skier Lindsey Vonn is a big fan of Roger Federer.
The darling of the U.S. Olympic team and the Sport Illustrated cover girl, however, needs to take note of a past performance from Pete Sampras in order to achieve ultimate Olympic glory.
Vonn, an avid tennis player and fan who attended Wimbledon this past year, is [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Chris Kane
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Tour veteran Xavier Malisse produced some inspired tennis in ousting No. 3 seed and defending champion Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the SAP Open.
Stepanek, ranked no. 14 in the world, was never able to find a rhythm in the surprisingly one-sided affair that lasted only [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 1, 2010 · 2 Comments
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Australian Open
Men’s singles: Roger Federer beat Andy Murray 6-3 6-4 7-6
Women’s singles: Serena Williams beat Justine Henin 6-4 3-6 6-2
Men’s doubles: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan beat Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 6-3 6-7 (5) 6-3
Women’s doubles: Venus Williams and Serena Williams beat Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4 6-3
Mixed doubles: Cara Black and Leander [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 30, 2010 · 1 Comment
In one of the most fascinating women’s final of a Grand Slam tournament in years, Serena Williams won her fifth Australian Open title Saturday, defeating Justine Henin 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in a renewal of one of the great rivalries in women’s tennis over the last decade.
Williams, the world No. 1 and the defending Australian champion, [...]
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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 28, 2010 · 1 Comment
Can Andy Murray give life back to British tennis in the same city where it literally passed away?
The inspired Scot moved to within one match of ending a 74-year span of British misery in men’s tennis, defeating Croatia’s Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Murray [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 23, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Chris Kane
When we think of the unbreakable streaks in sports we immediately think of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941. Or, if we look a little closer to the present, perhaps UCLA’s 88-game winning streak in the early 1970s under the auspices of John Wooden, Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton comes to mind. [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 18, 2010 · 2 Comments
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Elena Dementieva beat Serena Williams 6-3 6-2 to win the Medibank International women’s singles at Sydney, Australia
Marcos Baghdatis beat Richard Gasquet 6-4 7-6 (2) in Sydney, Australia, to win the Medibank International men’s singles
John Isner beat Arnaud Clement 6-3 5-7 7-6 (2) to win the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand
Alona Bondarenko beat Shahar Peer [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 16, 2010 · 2 Comments
Roger Federer is often called the greatest tennis player of all-time, but one other appropriate label is humanitarian. Federer is doing what he can to raise funds to help victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Tuesday.
On Saturday, Federer posted on his Facebook fan page; “Tomorrow at 2pm, with other top players, we are [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The following is a look at the matches from 2000 to 2009 that Hall of Fame journalist Bud Collins, author of the book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS, says were the best of the decade. You can read more about Bud on his official website www.BudCollinsTennis.com.
All right, so it’s time again to look [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Randy Walker
It was 22 years ago today, January 11, that the Australian Open entered a new era. It was on this day in 1988 when the Australian Open moved to its new location – then called Flinders Park and now called Melbourne Park with the centre court centerpiece – complete with the retractable roof [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 0-6 7-6 (8) 6-4 to win the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar
Kim Clijsters beat Justine Henin 6-3 4-6 7-6 (6) to win Brisbane International women’s singles in Brisbane, Australia
Yanina Wickmayer beat Flavia Pennetta to win the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand
Andy Roddick beat Radek Stepanek 7-6 (2) 7-6 [...]
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