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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Posted by Bob Greene on September 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Three months after giving birth to her daughter, Clijsters, then retired, went onto a tennis court to hit with a friend and former player, Caroline Maze.
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Posted by Bob Greene on September 5, 2009 · 1 Comment
Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were the headliners Friday on Day 5 of the US Open Tennis Championships.
The 2009 US Open draws have been made! Roger Federer opens with Devin Britton, a wild card entry and the NCAA Champion from Ole Miss, in the first round.
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Posted by Bob Greene on August 17, 2009 · 1 Comment
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 Rogers Cup and the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.
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Posted by Bob Greene on June 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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 first week of Wimbledon.
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on March 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment
And we keep posting photos of the Sony Ericsson Open. Why? Because we gotta! We just do. I was sent this link which led to another and yet another. No wait, that’s another too much. But it did send me to a site with a bunch of photos for us to use for this photopost.
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Posted by Bob Greene on March 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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 Sony Ericsson Open.
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Posted by Bob Greene on February 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships and the Regions Morgan Championships.
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Posted by Erwin on February 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The inaugural South African Open in Johannesburg saw an all-French final between hitting partners Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Jeremy Chardy. Tsonga, who did not drop a set all week, earned $79,000 for his 6-4, 7-6 (5) performance. This is his third career title and first of 2009.
And in Croatia, two lanky locals — Marin Cilic and [...]
