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10 Ways to Make the Professional Tennis Tour Cooler

May 3, 2013 By 2 Comments

by James A. Crabtree Okay, this article will likely get some of you upset and I am sure I may even be accused of being a halfwit. However, they are just ideas, not set in stone, where imagination has gotten the better of me and will probably never happen. Of course if any of them [...]

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Federer v Nadal – An Old Rivalry

March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By James A. Crabtree Before, it was Laver and Rosewall, McEnroe and Borg, Agassi and Sampras. For the past year it’s been more about Djokovic and Murray. One hundred years from now the beginning of this millennium will be remembered for clashes shared by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The biggest headline in tennis once [...]

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State of the Union

March 5, 2013 By 1 Comment

by James A. Crabtree What a disappointment the American men currently are. For a country that is so rich in tennis history it is heart breaking to see a power house such as the United States limp through the season. True, some players have been playing well. Sam Querrey has displayed a mild resurgence, James [...]

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Australian Open Recollections

January 30, 2013 By 3 Comments

By James A. Crabtree The Aussie Open is over and this means constant therapy and prescription pills until the French Open. Regardless, here are some pointless observations, rumours, thoughts and complete randomness that needs to be shared. 1. Fred Stolle said, adamantly, a few days before the tournament that “Djokovic will win it all unless [...]

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A Quick Pick of their Brain – Mark Woodforde

January 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment

James Crabtree is currently in Melbourne Park covering the Australian Open for Tennis Grandstand and is giving you all the scoop directly from the grounds.   By James Crabtree MELBOURNE – During a Jacobs Creek Promotion whilst being hydrated by a seriously good glass of rosé I had the opportunity to sit down with Mark Woodforde, [...]

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The Spanish Inquisition

January 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

James Crabtree is currently in Melbourne Park covering the Australian Open for Tennis Grandstand and is giving you all the scoop directly from the grounds. By James Crabtree MELBOURNE – It is difficult to fathom how hard Nicholas Almagro strikes the ball. He glares with the eyes of a temperamental bull, but hits with the [...]

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Another Federer Quarter

January 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment

James Crabtree is currently in Melbourne Park covering the Australian Open for Tennis Grandstand and is giving you all the scoop directly from the grounds. By James Crabtree MELBOURNE – History was not on the side of Canadian Milos Raonic. In fact when the vast majority of the tour face Federer, statistics and history are not [...]

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The Aussie Swing

January 6, 2013 By 3 Comments

by James A. Crabtree What we have learned Down Under, so far… The Hopman Cup got the new tennis year started, even before the New Year had arrived. Perth, the worlds most isolated city welcomed Tomic the Tank Engine who quickly became Saint Bernie after an impressive victory over a jet-lagged Djokovic. Still, it was [...]

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An Intimate Look At Some Of The Inner Workings Of Wimbledon

December 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Paul McElhinney Arriving in late-autumnal London and making my way up Church Road to the gates of Wimbledon, pleasant memories of past Wimbledons came flooding back.  Instead of the milling crowds and the buzz of excitement surrounding The Championships’ fortnight of mid-summer, this was a more sedate and relaxed time, a time perhaps more [...]

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The Necker Island Cup

November 22, 2012 By 1 Comment

by James A. Crabtree The definitive tennis getaway would be somewhere in the Caribbean, secluded on a beautiful island with perfect weather, gorgeous beaches and crystal blue water. You would want the prefect mixture of tennis, relaxation, spiritual growth and entertainment. So where exactly do you go? Paradise, or more accurately Necker Island for Richard [...]

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