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Rotterdam: Federer, Del Potro Win, Boris Becker Talks to Press

February 18, 2012 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

by Lisa-Marie Burrows ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam – All systems were go yesterday at the Rotterdam tournament. With “oohs” and “aahs” echoing around the large arena, the crowd were treated to four exciting quarterfinal matches, which saw Berdych, Del Potro, Federer and Davydenko all make it through to the semi final stages. First [...]

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Have Tennis in Your Life 365 Days a Year

December 4, 2010 By Stephane Carter 1 Comment

Compiling information for more than 15 years, former U.S. Tennis Association press officer Randy Walker has published a compilation of significant anniversaries, summaries and anecdotes from the world of tennis in his book On This Day In Tennis History. Presented in a day-by-day format, the entries into this mini-encyclopedia include major tournament victory dates, summaries of [...]

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RALPH LAUREN CELEBRATES ITS FIFTH YEAR AS OFFICIAL OUTFITTER OF WIMBLEDON

June 16, 2010 By Stephane Carter Leave a Comment

Ralfph Lauren is holding a tennis clinic tomorrow at 11 am E.T. / 4 PM UK time. The tennis clinic is to celebrate the fifth year of Ralph Lauren as the official outfitter of the Wimbledon tournament. To celebrate its fifth year as Official Outfitter of the Wimbledon Championships, on 17th June Polo Ralph Lauren [...]

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YOUZHNY BEATS GASQUET IN NO. 5 LONGEST AUSSIE OPEN MEN’S SINGLES MATCH

January 19, 2010 By Voo De Mar 1 Comment

In the longest match of the 2010 Australian Open far (4 hours, 53 minutes), Mikhail Youzhny ousted Richard Gasquet 6-7(9), 4-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 6-4, trailing 0:3 in the fourth and 2:4 in the fifth set. The Russian also saved double match point on serve at 5:6 in the fourth set. What’s more interesting, Gasquet, playing [...]

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The Greatest Match of All-Time?

November 24, 2009 By Randy Walker 8 Comments

One match that deserves consideration is the 1996 final of the year-end ATP Tour World Championship between Pete Sampras and Boris Becker.

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Federer’s Basel Debut

November 2, 2009 By Randy Walker Leave a Comment

Roger Federer hits the courts this week in his hometown of Basel, Switzerland for the Swiss Indoor Championships. Roger is the three-time defending champion at the event, but it was, at one time, an elusive title for him as it was not until 2006 that he won his first “hometown” title.

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Federer’s Business

October 5, 2009 By Randy Walker 1 Comment

Media reports out of Europe have indicated that Roger Federer’s fragrance and cosmetics company “RF” will cease operations. Started in 2003 by Federer’s then-girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec, “RF” was one of the Federer initiatives during the entrepreneur management phase of his career, before re-signing with the International Management Group.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: I Fought For My Country

September 21, 2009 By Bob Greene Leave a Comment

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 Davis Cup and Bell Challenge.

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78 Aces! Ivo Karlovic Breaks Record

September 18, 2009 By Randy Walker 2 Comments

Ivo Karlovic of Croatia smashed the all-time match ace record Friday, firing an incredible 78 aces – 19 more than the previous record – in his epic five-set marathon loss to Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the opening match of the Croatia vs. Czech Republic Davis Cup semifinal in Porec, Croatia.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: Venus is one of the greatest champions ever

August 3, 2009 By Bob Greene Leave a Comment

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 Bank of the West Classic and the Countrywide Classic LA Tennis Open.

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