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Azarenka Continues to Make Noise; Roddick Drops to Lowest Ranking in 10 Years — The Friday Five

February 24, 2012 By 1 Comment

by Maud Watson Return the Glory Last weekend saw three ATP stars recapture some positive vibes as they each added another championship title to their list of accomplishments.  Nico Almagro, always a danger on clay, looked sharp as he successfully defended his title in Brasil and mounted a case to be considered a dark horse [...]

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Novak Djokovic: My Sportsman of the Year

December 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I was thrilled when James LaRosa of Tennis Channel informed his Twitter followers back in May that Novak Djokovic would appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Djokovic was in the midst of a remarkable 37-0 run and was on top of the tennis world. What would the cover photo be? Perhaps it would be [...]

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Djokovic is the new sherrif in town, Kvitova surprise Wimbledon winner, ESPN to broadcast Wimbledon starting 2012 – The Friday Five

July 8, 2011 By 1 Comment

By Maud Watson There’s a New Sheriff in Town And his name is Novak Djokovic. When Djokovic had his winning streak snapped in spectacular fashion by Federer a month ago in Paris, many wondered how the Serb would respond. He ultimately responded in spectacular fashion of his own, fighting his way to his first Wimbledon [...]

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Henin to return this weekend, Murray to continue with Corretja, Gilbert to Help Nishikori

December 30, 2010 By 1 Comment

*Justine Henin is to return to action this weekend at the Hopman Cup in Australia having been kept out since Wimbledon with an elbow injury. The former world No. 1 hopes to be able to compete in the Australian Open but fears it may take her up to six months to regain full fitness. “There [...]

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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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Novak Djokovic Makes Funny Analogies at the US Open; Fan Fight During Djokovic Match

September 3, 2010 By 4 Comments

I was going to write about the Meaning of Life today, but I put it aside when I got a hot tip to write about Novak Djokovic’ match versus Viktor Troicki that went down on the opening days of the last major tournament of the year 2010. Novak Djokovic had a hard time earlier this [...]

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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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59-59?!? THE LONGEST MATCH IN TENNIS HISTORY

June 24, 2010 By 2 Comments

By Peter Nez “I have almost no words anymore watching this,” defending singles champion Roger Federer said about the Isner-Mahut match on court 18. “It’s beyond anything I’ve ever seen and could imagine. I don’t know how their bodies must feel the next day, the next week, the next month. This is incredible tennis.” I [...]

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BOUND FOR GLORY: THE GREATEST STREAK IN SPORTS HISTORY

June 1, 2010 By 3 Comments

By Peter H. Nez After the forecast gloomed something awful, and tennis fans geared for their action packed Tuesday, by towing umbrellas and slickers, the quarterfinal between the defending champion Roger Federer, and the upstart who crashed the fiesta Del la Espanola last year: Robin Soderling, started on the eve of a potential 24 straight [...]

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Murray Dumped Over Playstation?

December 5, 2009 By 2 Comments

While Tiger Woods is having relationship problems due to spending intimate time with other women, British tennis ace Andy Murray problem’s lie with too much time playing video games.

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