Feb
15
I say this every year and every year it gets more true: watch one week of the US Open and you will be hooked. America might be sucking it up on the courts these days, but I attest, The US Open is the best Grand Slam Tournament in Tennis. Wimbledon might have the class, and …
Feb
14
Photos of DOHA: Ana Ivanovic made the second round of the Qatar Open on Monday, but she was denied a full match as rival Carla Suarez Navarro retired with a back problem in the second set.Ivanovic, the former world number one, who has now slipped to 19th in the rankings, …
Feb
10
PARIS (AP)—French Open champion Li Na retired with a sore back against Tsvetana Pironkova in the second set of her opening match Tuesday at the Open GDF Suez.Third-seeded Li took a medical timeout while trailing 7-6 (5), 3-2 to have her lower back massaged and played a few more points before retiring.“It was so painful,” …
Feb
10
As crazy as it sounds considering his competition, I feel that Djokovic is the only guy who has a realistic chance to earn this amazing accomplishment over the past several years. The 24-year-old Serbian seemingly flipped a switch on his play a little over a year ago and went from perpetual runner-up to Rafael Nadal …
Jan
28
Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:17am EST (Reuters) – Factbox on Victoria Azarenka after she beat Maria Sharapova 6-3 6-0 in the final of the 2012 Australian Open on Saturday. Azarenka will become world number one when the latest rankings are released on Monday: * Born July 31, 1989 in Minsk, Belarus * Turns professional in …
Jan
28
DEFENDING champion Novak Djokovic and the player he beat in last year’s final, Andy Murray, advanced in contrasting styles at the Australian Open yesterday. World No 1 Djokovic ripped through Italian journeyman Paolo Lorenzi for the loss of just two games, while fourth seed Murray needed over three hours and four sets to douse …
Jan
28
JOSH Eardley has set his sights on becoming a professional after moving to the United States on a tennis scholarship. The 19-year-old, pictured below, left Basford for Wingate University in North Carolina at the weekend, hoping to follow the same route into the sport as John McEnroe and James Blake. The former St John Fisher …
Jan
27
Players have to be on their game immediately at the start of the season after a six-week layoff that just might not be enough in this age of highly athletic tennis. I'm all for extending their offseason another six weeks and giving them a true break to rest their minds and heal their bodies. If …
Jan
25
How Many Tennis Balls are Used at Australian Open? Wilson supplies the Australian Open with some 48,000 tennis balls each year. When players start a match in the Aussie Open, they are supplied with six new balls, which are used for the five-minute warm-up and the first seven games of the match. Six new balls …
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