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Mondays With Bob Greene: For me Roger is the greatest player ever who played the tennis game
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 International and the Ordina Open.
Happy Birthday Mr. Tennis Encyclopedia
Bud Collins, the walking tennis encyclopedia and author of the definitive tennis book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.tennistomes.com) will celebrate his 80th birthday on Wednesday, June 17 – the same day that defending Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will celebrate her 29th birthday.
Roger Federer’s Clay Court Skills and the “Career Grand Slam”
If Roger Federer is able to win the 2009 French Open, he will complete a “Career Grand Slam” as well as tie Pete Sampras for the all-time men’s record for most major singles titles with 14.
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.
On This Day In Tennis History
Today, April 14, has some interesting anniversaries in tennis history, as excerpted from my book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.tennishistorybook.com).
The Coast-to-Coast Double
The tennis world is in the latter stages of what tennis historian and journalist Bud Collins calls “The Coast-to-Coast Double” – the stretch that encompasses back-to-back co-ed events in Indian Wells, Calif., (the BNP Paribas Open) in California and in Key Biscayne, Fla., (the Sony Ericsson Open).
Meet The Parents
Roger Federer and girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec announced this month that they will become parents for the first time later this year. Swiss tennis journalist Rene Stauffer details in his book THE ROGER FEDERER STORY, QUEST FOR PERFECTION ($24.95, New Chapter Press, www.rogerfedererbook.com) how the relationship between the two came into being at the 2000 Olympic Games.
Beginnings and Endings For Jim Courier
In the Tuesday, March 24 edition of “Tennis History Tuesday” we note a significant day in tennis history for Jim Courier. As excerpted from my book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.tennishistorybook.com), today marks the 18th anniversary of Courier winning the biggest title of his young career back in 1991 at then branded Lipton Championships (now the Sony Ericssson Open).
McEnroe’s St. Patty’s Day Happenings
Happy St. Patrick’s Day – a day where a salient moment happened to John McEnroe, whose grandparents on his father’s side were from Ireland. As excerpted from my book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.tennishistorybook.com), McEnroe made his Davis Cup doubles debut and when he received no luck of the Irish in Key Biscayne in his swan song appearance in the modern day Sony Ericsson Open.
Brits Play Historic Match, Big Day For McEnroes
Tennis history was made – well, sort of – last week when British players Chris Eaton and James Ward played in the longest recorded match of all time. Eaton and Ward battled for 6 hours, 43 minutes in a play-off challenge match set up by the Lawn Tennis Association and British Davis Cup captain John Lloyd to determine who would represent Great Britain against Ukraine in this week’s Davis Cup Euro-African Zone Group One match.
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