http://www.worldtennismagazine.com Unique Tennis Perspectives Thu, 16 May 2013 21:10:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9274?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-roger-federer-and-his-fans-worry-about-his-short-haircut http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9274#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 21:10:25 +0000 Randy Walker http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=9274 Should Roger Federer and his fans worry about his new short haircut? The 17-time major singles champion arrived in Rome for the Italian Championships sporting perhaps the shortest haircut he has had in his playing career. Playing with short hair hasn’t always brought out the best for the Swiss maestro, as Rene Stauffer wrote in [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9274/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9268?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-eight-year-hiatus-andre-agassi-returns-to-nike-this-week-in-tennis-business-with-justin-cohen http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9268#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 11:45:33 +0000 Justin Cohen http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=9268 By Justin Cohen @JustinCohen44 Agassi leaves adidas, returns to Nike after 8 years Tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi left Nike eight years ago to become sponsored by adidas, only to return to the “Swoosh” this past Monday. The 43-year-old was not available for comment, but he did post a picture of himself on Facebook [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9268/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9256?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rafael-nadal-serena-williams-register-hallmark-victories-in-madrid-mondays-with-bob-greene http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9256#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 10:53:48 +0000 Randy Walker http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=9256 Mondays With Bob Greene   STARS   Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-4 to win the Mutua Madrid Open women’s singles inMadrid,Spain   Rafael Nadal beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2 6-4 to win the men’s singles at the Mutua Madrid Open inMadrid,Spain   Alex Bogomolov Jr. beat Rik de Voest 6-3 4-6 7-6 (2) to [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9256/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9251?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usta-to-replace-parkland-at-flushing-meadows-corona-park-this-week-in-tennis-business-with-justin-cohen http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9251#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 11:33:19 +0000 Justin Cohen http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=9251 By Justin Cohen @JustinCohen44 United States Tennis Association to replace parkland in Flushing Meadows Corona Park According to a press release, the United States Tennis Association announced on Tuesday, May 7 that it has reached an agreement to return to New York City a portion of its currently leased Billie Jean King National Tennis Center [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9251/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9245?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-death-of-brad-drewett-saddens-the-week-in-tennis-mondays-with-bob-greene http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9245#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 11:44:18 +0000 Bob Greene http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=9245 By Bob Greene STARS Stanislas Wawrinka beat David Ferrer 6-1 6-4 to win the Portugal Open men’s singles in Oeiras, Portugal Tommy Haas beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 7-6 (3) to win the BMW Open in Munich, Germany Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Carla Suárez Navarro 7-5 6-2 to win the women’s singles at the Portugal Open in [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9245/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9234?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=young-kyle-edmund-may-provide-glimpse-of-the-future-of-british-tennis http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9234#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 20:33:46 +0000 Randy Walker http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=9234 By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher   VERO BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Edmund gave the nearly 300 fans watching Sunday’s singles final of the $10,000 SorensenRealEstate.com USTA Futures of Vero Beach a glimpse of what the next generation of British may look like. The 18-year-old won his second career singles title on the entry-level “Futures” tier of [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9234/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9227?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=greg-rusedski-in-tow-with-young-brit-kyle-edmund-in-vero-beach http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9227#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 22:39:33 +0000 Randy Walker http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=9227 By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher   VERO BEACH, Fla. — Former US Open singles finalist Greg Rusedski of Britain was in tow coaching young 18-year-old Kyle Edmund as the British upstart advanced Saturday into his third career final at the “Futures” level of professional tennis. With Rusedski sitting behind the baseline on the stadium court at [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9227/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9218?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=munich-is-the-scene-for-new-tennis-novel-a-backhanded-gift-by-marshall-jon-fisher http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9218#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 00:27:23 +0000 Randy Walker http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=9218 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 here: http://www.amazon.com/A-Backhanded-Gift-Novel/dp/1937559149/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367453078&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=a+backanded+gift) is a funny, moving literary work with tennis [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9218/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9212?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-tennis-tv-with-harry-cicma-returns-for-fifth-season-on-national-television http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9212#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 19:07:28 +0000 Randy Walker http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=9212 NEW YORK, N.Y. – “World Tennis” with Harry Cicma will return for a fifth season nationally on New England Sports Network (NESN & NESN National) with 18 high definition shows this Spring and Summer beginning May 31. Each episode will air twice a week on NESN-TV for 18 consecutive weeks. Comcast SportsNet Chicago, the flagship [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9212/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rafael-nadal-wins-eighth-barcelona-title-in-nine-years-with-bob-greene http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9206#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:18:00 +0000 Bob Greene http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=9206 By Bob Greene STARS Rafael Nadal beat Nicolas Almagro 6-4 6-3 to win the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in Barcelona, Spain Maria Sharapova beat Li Na 6-4 6-3 to win the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany Lukas Rosol beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 6-2 to win the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy in Bucharest, Romania [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/9206/feed 2