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Top tennis reasons to watch the US Open

August 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows The US Open is the final Slam of the year and it is rapidly approaching! The atmosphere at Flushing Meadows is unique, fun and home to some of the most interesting, intriguing counters likely to be seen and draws in an audience from all over the world. There are many reasons to [...]

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From Grassroots to Boardrooms: Ray Benton is a Statesman for the Game

March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by Steve Fogleman, Special for Tennis Grandstand When I arrived at the Tennis Center at College Park to speak with its CEO, Ray Benton, he was finishing up a lesson with former U.S. Congresswoman Jane Harman. He’d agreed to speak with me after the practice and he was still stretching when our conversation began. I [...]

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Voice of a U.S. Open tennis fan

September 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

by Romana Cvitkovic Being a tennis fan can be both exhilarating and cruel. Just ask anyone sitting in the upper deck of the world’s largest tennis venue, Arthur Ashe Stadium, at this year’s U.S. Open. From that high up, the players look more like specks playing ping pong than tennis, but the atmosphere of the [...]

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Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick in Tuesday action at the US Open

September 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Andy Murray vs. Donald Young American Donald Young will attempt to keep his best-ever Grand Slam showing moving along as he faces fourth seeded Andy Murray in the opening match on Arthur Ashe stadium at 11am. It is hard to believe that Young is only 22 years old as it seems he has been struggling [...]

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Caroline Wozniacki Talks

September 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

After the exciting match between Caroline Wozniacki and Dominika Cibulkova, which Caroline won in straight sets 6-2, 7-5,  Wozniacki sat down with  Next Contenders for an exclusive interview. Here is an excerpt of the interview and you can find the article at American Express’ NextContenders.com Sweet Caroline did it again on Wednesday night, knocking out [...]

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ATP Tidbits: Djokovic’s Humor, Ryan Harrison as Role Model, and the ‘Worst Job in Sports’

September 7, 2010 By 1 Comment

Since coverage of the US Open has been quite extensive this year, I’ll stick to the lighter side of tennis for this week and bring you the fun off-court moments. I’ll take a look at Novak Djokovic’s humorous ways, talk about the ‘worst job in sports,’ bring you tennis’ newest role model teenager Ryan Harrison, [...]

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Arthur Ashe: A Remembrance of Things Past

September 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The largest tennis stadium in the world is named after him. The last major of the year is decided on his surface. Nothing could be more appropriate than to commend the efforts of a man, who not only changed the game, but changed the way we see things. One book does it better than the [...]

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ATP Tidbits – Nike, Adidas, Dunlop Player Parties, Players Complain of US Open Transportation, and Slow-mo Power-Hitting Beauties

August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Publicity was the name of the game this past week as players, sponsors and fans got ready for the official kick-off of the 2010 US Open in Flushing Meadows, NY. It began with another humorous ATP player joining the twitterverse while others complained of the US Open transportation. The week also featured three player/celebrity events [...]

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Top Tennis Commentators

August 30, 2010 By 8 Comments

Its that time again, when most of the known world sits behind the tube, on their favorite couch, sporting their favorite beverage, chip crumbs strewn across their lap, ready to watch their favorite players battle it out in the final slam of the year, yes, you guessed it, its US OPEN time!  New York, the [...]

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Nadal And Djokovic Lose In Doubles

August 10, 2010 By 2 Comments

Was it really worth all that hype? The super-duo of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Rogers Cup in the first round late last night at the hands of Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil. The mostly unheard of Raonic/Pospisil pairing came back to win the match 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 in front [...]

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