http://www.worldtennismagazine.com Unique Tennis Perspectives Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:57:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Copyright © World Tennis Magazine 2010 tony@studio299.com (World Tennis Magazine) tony@studio299.com (World Tennis Magazine) posts http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://www.worldtennismagazine.com 144 144 Unique Tennis Perspectives World Tennis Magazine World Tennis Magazine tony@studio299.com no no http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1675?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-kazakhstan-playing-%25e2%2580%259crent-a-russian%25e2%2580%259d http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1675#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:36:49 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=1675 By Charles Bricker DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – That was an amusing nervous laugh from Evgeny Korolev when I asked him how much the Kazakhstanis were paying him to play rent-a-Russian on the ATP tour. He wasn’t angry about the question. In fact, he’s more than happy to talk about it and rip into the Russian [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1675/feed 2 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1332?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mondays-with-bob-greene-justine-henin-feels-she-grew-up http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1332#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:45:09 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=1332 SAYINGS “I’ve been doing the hard yards on and off the practice court. I feel as fit as I’ve ever been and I feel as strong as I’ve ever been and I’m hitting the ball well at the moment. If the body holds up then there’s no reason why I can’t give all these guys [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1332/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1310?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mondays-with-bob-greene-stars-of-2009 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1310#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:25:29 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=1310 STARS OF 2009 Australian Open Men: Rafael Nadal; Women: Serena Williams Roland Garros Men: Roger Federer; Women: Svetlana Kuznetsova Wimbledon Men: Roger Federer; Women: Serena Williams US Open Men: Juan Martin del Potro; Women: Kim Clijsters Sony Ericsson Championships Serena Williams Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nikolay Davydenko Davis Cup Spain Fed Cup Italy SAYINGS [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1310/feed 1 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1299?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mondays-with-bob-greenemalisse-and-wickmayer-no-longer-suspended http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1299#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:05:29 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=1299 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 [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1299/feed 1 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mondays-with-bob-greene-spain-retains-davis-cup http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1156#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:53:54 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=1156 STARS 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 [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1156/feed 1 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-week-in-tennis-business-buchholz-to-step-down-in-2010-as-sony-ericsson-open-chairman http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1011#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:13:37 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=1011 By: Justin Cohen Butch Buchholz, founder and tournament chairman of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, will be stepping down following the 2010 event. The event started in 1985 by Buchholz, is now owned by IMG. Roger Federer signs a 10-year sponsorship deal with Credit Suisse. As a part of the deal, the Swiss [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1011/feed 1 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/887?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mondays-with-bob-greene-caro-it-does-not-matter-whether-it%25e2%2580%2599s-going-to-be-5-0-4-1-or-3-2 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/887#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:17:05 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=887 STARS Mikhail Youzhny beat Janko Tipsarevic 6-5 (5) 6-0 6-4 to win the Kremlin Cup men’s singles in Moscow, Russia Francesca Schiavone beat Olga Govortsova 6-3 6-0 to win the Kremlin Cup women’s singles in Moscow, Russia Marcos Baghdatis beat Olivier Rochus 6-1 7-5 to win the Stockholm Open in Stockholm, Sweden Timea Bacsinszky won [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/887/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/796?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mondays-with-bob-greene-i-think-that-justine%25e2%2580%2599s-comeback-is-good-news-for-women%25e2%2580%2599s-tennis http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/796#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:29:00 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=796 STARS Albert Montanes won the BCR Open Romania, beating Juan Monaco 7-6 (2) 7-6 (6) in Bucharest, Romania Gael Monfils beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (1) 3-6 6-2 to win the Open de Moselle in Metz, France Kimiko Date Krumm beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-3 to win the Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, Korea Shahar [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/796/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/784?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=henin-announces-return-to-sony-ericsson-wta-tour-this-week-in-tennis-business http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/784#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:15:14 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=784 From seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Justine Henin announcing her return to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour to Zina Garrison settling her racial discrimination lawsuit with the USTA to the Indianapolis Tennis Center being named a USTA Certified Regional Training Center to nearly 47 million viewers tuning into to the television coverage of the six [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/784/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/730?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tennis-great-jack-kramer-dies-at-88-this-week-in-tennis-business http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/730#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:17:02 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=730 By Justin Cohen From tennis legend Jack Kramer passing away at the age of 88 to a possible Justine Henin press conference this week to announce her comeback to US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro earning a winner’s paycheck of $1.6 million plus an additional $250,000 for finishing third in the Olympus US Open [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/730/feed 0