Posted by Manfred Wenas on October 22, 2009 · 2 Comments
The following is Leigh Sanders’ weekly look at tennis headlines in “The Commonwealth” or the traditional tennis powerhouses that were former members of the British Empire, most notably Australia, South Africa, India, Canada and, of course, Great Britain.
Filed under Lead Story, TSF · Tagged with Agnieszka Radwanska, Aleksandra Wozniak, Alex Bogdanovic, Alex Bogomolov, Andy Roddick, Anne Keothavong, Carsten Ball, Daniel NEstor, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Jeff Coetzee, Jelena Dokic, Julien Benneteau, Leyton Hewitt, Mahesh Bhupathi, Marcelo Melo, Maria Kirilenko, Maria Sharapova, Martina Navratilova, Nenad Zimonjic, Nicolas Mahut, Samantha Stosur, Sania Mirza, Vincent Spadea, Wimbledon
Alex Bogomolov of Long Branch, N.J. defeated Noam Okun of Israel 20-18, 17-20, 10-8 to win the $10,000 first prize at the first annual Gotham Tennis Academy “Hamptons 20-Ball Open” Sunday at the Napeague Tennis Club.
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NEW YORK, June 10 – Robert Kendrick, the No. 5-ranked American tennis player, leads the early commitments to the inaugural “Gotham Tennis Academy Hamptons 20-Ball Open” to be held July 5 at the Napeague Tennis Club in Amagansett, N.Y.
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Posted by Bob Greene on May 25, 2009 · 2 Comments
Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Interwetten Open and the Internationaux de Strasbourg.
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Alex Bogomolov, the former top 100 touring professional and bronze medalist at the 2003 Pan American Games, was announced today as the Touring Professional in Residence for the Napeague Tennis Club located in the Hamptons area of Long Island.
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Last week on the challenger circuit, one player moved closer to showing her former top 50 form, while two players on the men’s side won their second challenger titles of the year.
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