As Justine Henin soars in her comeback to tennis at the 2010 Australian Open, it again begs the question – why REALLY did she come back to tennis? She ended her a 20-month retirement be venturing down to Australia to return to the WTA Tour and do what she does best – play tennis. As [...]
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Posted by Randy Walker on September 13, 2009 · 3 Comments
The tennis world mourns the death of Jack Kramer, who passed away at age 88 Saturday night in California. Bud Collins, the Hall of Fame journalist and television personality, summarizes the incredible tennis career of one of the game’s all-time greats in his book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS, excerpted below.
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Posted by Bob Greene on September 7, 2009 · 3 Comments
Ma Clijsters took another giant step for motherhood Sunday and moved closer to regaining her women’s singles title at the US Open.
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Posted by Bob Greene on August 24, 2009 · 4 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 Rogers Cup and the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.
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Posted by Erwin on May 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
I’m sure you all know by now that Justine Henin has announced her immediate retirement from the sport of tennis. I’ll leave the reminiscing and the obituaries about her career to my fellow writers, and instead I’ll leave you an e-mail I received from the folks at adidas Sport Performance, who has partnered with Justine [...]
Posted by Erwin on April 6, 2008 · 1 Comment
Kuerten’s game might not have held up, but his clothes did. He wore an orange/red kit from Diadora Guga Kuerten. We’ll sure miss his flair after retirement.
Posted by Erwin on February 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Jon, a contributor, shares the lessons he learned from the tennis career of Monica Seles.
Posted by Erwin on February 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Eight-time Grand Slam champ Monica Seles has announced her retirement from professional tennis through an e-mail from her agent, Tony Godsick.
