WORLD TEAM TENNIS ROSTERS FINALIZED IN DRAFT
NEW YORK, N.Y. (March 16, 2010) – The defending World TeamTennis Champion Washington Kastles selected American Bobby Reynolds with the top overall selection in the 2010 WTT Roster Player Draft held today from WTT headquarters in New York City. Players from 16 countries were selected in Tuesday’s Roster Draft as [...]
HINGIS TO FACE CLIJSTERS AND WILLIAMS SISTERS IN WORLD TEAM TENNIS’ 35TH SEASON
NEW YORK, N.Y. (March 11, 2010) – The 2010 World TeamTennis Pro League season will be highlighted by head-to-head matches between five former and current world No. 1 players – Martina Hingis, Venus Williams, Kim Clijsters, Lindsay Davenport and current world No. 1 Serena Williams – during the 3-week season, which starts July 5. League [...]
ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY: ANDY RODDICK STOPS “THE WORM”
From the book, ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com), it was on February 24, 2008 when Andy Roddick stopped “The Worm.” The book excerpt from February 24 is featured below.
2008 – Andy Roddick beats Radek Stepanek 6-4, 7-5 to win the SAP Open in San Jose, Calif. Roddick celebrates the [...]
AROUND THE CORNER: ANDY MURRAY MAKES RETURN TO TENNIS COURTS
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
With Venus Williams successfully defending her title this past week, the pressure will now be on Novak Djokovic to accomplish the same feat as the men take to the hard-courts in Dubai. Djokovic is seeded second, but is the top ranked player in the draw, as Roger Federer has withdrawn with a [...]
WILL NADAL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE TOP? THE FRIDAY FIVE
By Maud Watson
Return of the Bull – Rafael Nadal says that he is planning to return to tennis in the desert at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event, the BNP Paribas Open. He states that his knee is healing nicely, and furthermore insists that he can return his body to peak physical condition. Nadal [...]
ATP REVIEW WITH VOO
Robin Soderling came to Rotterdam having lost his last six matches and started the tournament by losing the first set in his opening match with Florent Serra. But since then, he played some of best indoor tennis and won nine consecutive sets, at 6-4 2-0 for him in the final, a 2007 champion Mikhaily Youzhny [...]
AROUND THE CORNER
Open 13 – Marseille, France
With six players in the top-fifty of the ATP rankings system, France is certainly well represented in the upper echelon of the men’s game. The tournament in Marseille enjoys a significant French presence that starts with number two seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The defending champion from a year ago has had a [...]
IVANOVIC’S MISTAKE: THE FRIDAY FIVE
By Maud Watson
Mixed Priorities? – By now, everyone probably knows that Andy Roddick’s wife Brooklyn Decker is appearing on the cover of the famous Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. But in case you missed it, Serb Ana Ivanovic is also being featured in the popular magazine spread. It’s easy to see why she was approached to [...]
IT’S BROOKLYN DECKER WHO GRACES THE COVER OF THE NEW SPORTS ILLUSTRATED!
Andy Roddick’s wife, Brooklyn Decker, was unveiled today as the new Sports Illustrated (SI) covergirl. She’s been in SI five times before but never graced the cover.
When asked if husband Andy Roddick was even a little jealous Decker replied:
“No. He’s so proud. I think this gives him a one-up in the locker room for the [...]
RIVALRY RENEWED: THE FRIDAY FIVE
By Maud Watson
Rivalry Renewed – Australian Open tournament organizers couldn’t have planned it any better if they had tried. The women’s final will pit current Australian Open Champion Serena Williams against former world No. 1 Justine Henin. Though Serena has never said as much herself, the media has been speculating that the return Henin has [...]
