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Mondays With Bob Greene: I’ve had good times and bad times
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 Aegon Classic and the Gerry Weber Open.
French Finality For Sampras, Chang and Connors – On This Day In Tennis History
May 27 was a day of finales at the French Championships as three all-time greats – Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors and 1989 champion Michael Chang all played their final matches at Roland Garros. The following is the complete excerpt from the May 27 chapter of the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.tennishistorybook.com) that spells out events of this day.
Mondays With Bob Greene: It’s a great honor to reach the number one ranking
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 Andalucia Tennis Experience and the US Men’s Clay Court Championships.
2nd Round Results From Sydney and Auckland
In the battle of the 20-year-olds, Juan Martin del Potro survived the attack of the rising star Ernests Gulbis of Latvia. Despite high percentage of the first serves, there were 5 breaks of serve in the first set. Gulbis led 4:3 in the second set but characteristically for himself, lost concentration and 9 out of the last 10 games of the match.
A Sydney and Auckland Round Up
For the first time in ATP Tour history, the draw in Sydney and Auckland has been cut to 28 players which means that Top 4 of seeded players had “bye” in the first round.
On This Day In Tennis History
Since the tennis world is silent this week, TennisGrandstand.com will fulfill your tennis fix with an excerpt from the new tennis book “ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY.” The book, which makes an excellent holiday gift, is written by tennis historian and sports marketing guru Randy Walker, the former USTA publicity specialist.
On This Day In Tennis History Is Latest Book Release From New Chapter Press
New Chapter Press has announced the publication of its latest book – On This Day In Tennis History -a calendar-like compilation of historical and unique anniversaries, events and happenings from the world of tennis through the years – written by Randy Walker, the sports marketing and media specialist, tennis historian and former U.S. Tennis Association press officer.
On This Day In Tennis History
This week is a big week in tennis with week No. 2 of the U.S. Open Series and Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s return to the court in Canada following their epic Wimbledon final. This week has also been a one of epic matches and unusual circumstances in the history of the sport, as documented in the soon-to-be released book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press). The following is an excerpt from the ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY compilation that features entertaining anecdotes and match summaries featuring John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Martina Navratilova among others.
The 2008 French Open draw is now available!
Birthday boy Novak Djokovic, the best player in the world in 2008, emerged the big winner after the French Open draw placed a succession of booby traps in the paths of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Federer’s bid to win a first Roland Garros title faces a testing start against big American Sam Querrey.
French Open Preparation Continues
As we begin the last big tournaments on the men’s and women’s tours this week before the French Open, both Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin appears to have hit a bump in the road as they prepare to defend their Roland Garros titles from a year ago.
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