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Posted by Manfred Wenas on February 6, 2010 · 6 Comments
I woke up this morning, enjoying my cup of tea, reading the sports news on Yahoo! when a headline caught my eye. Martina Hingis to play the World Team Tennis. I was baffled by this news. I have been a fan of Hingis since 1998. When she won, we won. When she lost, we lost. [...]
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on January 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Watching Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal play a tennis match can be described as being as exhilarating as riding on a magic carpet. The two modern day tennis genies kicked off the first day of the 2010 ATP World Tour with a unique photo opportunity on a magic carpet in the Souq Waqif in Doha, [...]
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on January 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Roger Federer posted this photo on the Facebook fan page of him hitting tennis balls the Yas Race Track in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The Yas track is the site of Abu Dhabi’s Formula 1 race. Federer competed in the Capitala World Tennis Championships exhibition last week, losing to Robin Soderling in [...]
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on November 7, 2009 · 4 Comments
Andre Agassi’s much-talked about auto-biography OPEN is available starting November 9. Over the past two weeks, the sports world has been rocked when excerpts from the book have leaked out, where Agassi admits crystal meth drug use, that his famed flowing hair was actually a hair-piece and abusive behavior from his father.
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on November 1, 2009 · 2 Comments
I have been reading up on the the Agassi hype revolving his drug abuse. I found it slightly entertaining to say the least. Please understand this: I don’t agree with drug abuse , but I don’t condone it either. To each his own.
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on September 16, 2009 · 5 Comments
Former world No. 1 Justine Henin is expected to officially announce her comeback very soon. Belgian TV station RTBF is reporting that a press conference is expected in the next few days.
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on September 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I was playing around with my new videoplayer when I thought to myself: Hey I can crosspost videos from one site to another. I tried to figure out how to make the videos embeddable and I managed to get the code and upload it here.
This is a video of Harry Cicma interviewing none other [...]
Posted by Manfred Wenas on September 10, 2009 · 1 Comment
The US Open so far has been very surprising. Especially the women’s side of it. Yanina Wickmayer in the semi’s, Kim Clijsters making a strong come back, Caroline Wozniacki finally made her long awaited breakthrough and the big surprise of the tournament is ofcourse Melanie Oudin.
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As excitement builds for the season ending grand slam, NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) today unveiled its US Open apparel and footwear for Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams at a Nike-built, regulation-sized tennis court in the heart of Manhattan.
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on August 26, 2009 · 8 Comments
After Kim Clijsters, apparently Justine Henin is also on her way back to the WTA Tour, according to according Belgian newspaper Vers l’Avenir.
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