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Posts tagged with "wimbledon championships"
Confident Andy Roddick is ready for Wimbledon — Mondays with Bob Greene
Jun. 25 | STARS Tamira Paszek beat Angelique Kerber 5-7 6-3 7-5 to win the women’s singles at the AEGON International in Eastbourne, Great Britain Andy Roddick beat Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-2 to win the AEGON International men’s singles in Eastbourne, Great Britain David...
Mary Joe Fernandez and Jay Berger named coaches of 2012 U.S. Olympics tennis teams
Jun. 5 | WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., June 5, 2012 – The USTA, the governing body for the sport of tennis in the U.S., announced today that U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez and Jay Berger, USTA Player Development Head of Men’s Tennis, have been named as the...
Bud Collins Reviews Australian Open’s History
Jan. 6 | Bud Collins, the world’s most famous tennis historian and journalist, reviews the history of the Australian Open in this exclusive excerpt from his famed book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.NewChapterMedia.com) ***** Tennis...
Revolutionary New Grass-Court Technique for 2010 Olympic Games: This Week in Tennis Business
Aug. 11 | By Bob Stockton * A revolutionary new technique will be implemented at the All England Club in 2012 that will allow the facility to resurface its grass courts for the London Olympics, which will be held on the same courts just two weeks after the...
NADAL’S WIMBLEDON TITLE PLACES HIM IN “BEST-OF-ALL-TIME” CONVERSATION
Jul. 4 | By Charles Bricker And so at the precise age of 24 years, 1 month and 1 day, Rafa Nadal won his eighth Grand Slam title, exactly 10 months younger than when his elite contemporary, Roger Federer, won his eighth major back in 2006. Although statistically...
SADDLEBROOK RESORT SIGNS AS PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR “WORLD TENNIS WITH HARRY CICMA”
Jun. 18 | NEW YORK — “World Tennis with Harry Cicma,” the second-year tennis television show that airs on the New England Sports Network (NESN), announced that the Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Fla., has become the Presenting Sponsor of the show....
WIMBLEDON DRAW COULD FORTELL SERENA-SHARAPOVA, HENIN-CLIJSTERS FOURTH-ROUNDERS
Jun. 18 | A fourth round encounter with Maria Sharapova could be in the cards for top seed Serena Williams as the draws for the 2010 Wimbledon championships were released Friday. Sharapova famously defeated Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final as a 17-year-old....
POLO RALPH LAUREN SIGNS WIMBLEDON APPAREL DEAL THROUGH 2015: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS
Jun. 16 | By: Justin Cohen Polo Ralph Lauren has signed a deal to continue its partnership with the All England Club as the official apparel company of the Wimbledon Championships through 2015. “Wimbledon is the world’s premier sporting event and we...
DAVENPORT TO COMPETE AT WIMBLEDON
Jun. 8 | By McCarton Ackerman Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport will make her return to competitive tennis at this year’s Wimbledon Championships. Davenport, 34, will compete with doubles world No. 1 Bob Bryan in the mixed doubles event. Bryan confirmed...
WIMBLEDON SINGLES CHAMPS TO EARN $1.54 MILLION: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS
Apr. 21 | By: Justin Cohen The winners of the men’s and women’s singles title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships will each earn a record $1.54 million. The All England Club announced Tuesday that they are increasing the champion’s prize money by $231,348...
