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Mondays With Bob Greene: Thank God the hard court season is over

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.

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).

Ana Ivanovic post match interview

ANA IVANOVIC: Oh, it feels really good, especially I had really good performance. I’m happy the way I played, especially from the beginning.
She can be — she had lots of matches behind her, so that was obviously confident — she was confident coming into tonight’s match. But I really stepped up, and really pleased with the way I played.

Ana Ivanovic relaxing on the golfcourse

So if you have a big tournament coming up and you need to take your mind off, y’know just to relax. What do you do? Yes that’s right, you take one of your best friends, in this case Rafael Nadal, to the golf course for some fun and relaxation.

Maria Sharapova and Eliza Dushku attending the Miami Sony Ericsson Party

Even though Maria Sharapova is not competing in the Sony Ericsson Open she still shows up at the Kick Off Party in Miami. Her shoulder is still bothering her too much to play. She did try to compete at the BNP Paribas Open in doubles alongside fellow countrywoman Elena Dementieva. It wasn’t much of a [...]

A Megaphoto Post: Sony Ericsson takes the game to new heights with ‘Traffic Tennis’

To mark the start of the Sony Ericsson Open, 2009, ‘Traffic Tennis’ was staged using top-ranked tennis players Venus Williams and Andy Murray who rallied with each other while standing on the roofs of two vehicles, stuck in traffic on Ocean Drive, Miami.

Hall of Famer Butch Buchholz To Be Honored by ITHF and First Serve

The International Tennis Hall of Fame and First Serve will host a special evening honoring 2005 Hall of Famer Butch Buchholz while also celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Sony Ericsson Open. The event will take place on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami, Florida.

Federer Book Documents Battles with Roddick

Swiss journalist and author Rene Stauffer chronicles in detail three of the most important matches between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick in his highly-regarded book THE ROGER FEDERER STORY, QUEST FOR PERFECTION (New Chapter Press, $24.95, www.rogerfedererbook.com) as the two tennis titans meet in the semifinals of the 2009 Australian Open.