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Site Unseen: A Lament for the Untelevised Early Rounds at Indian Wells

March 6, 2013 By 4 Comments

The main draw matches at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells are scheduled to commence today, which is to say on Wednesday morning local time. Even as I write, the men’s qualifying draw – dense with fascinating matches – is slimming down to an even dozen. The women’s qualifying draw is already there. Television [...]

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The Fault of Untelevised Matches at the Australian Open

January 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Yeshayahu Ginsburg There was a lot of very good tennis scheduled and played on the first day of the Australian Open. Unlike other Slams, which split up the first round into three days, the Australian Open plays exactly half of the first-round singles matches on each of the first two days. That means 32 [...]

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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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ESPN’s “Unmatched” – Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova

September 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

ESPN’s “30 for 30” film series presents Unmatched, the story of women’s pro tennis champions Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Arguably the greatest sports rivals of all time, Chris and Martina were as much close friends as they were fierce competitors. Unmatched documents the first time the two women have sat together to discuss their [...]

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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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Cahill Turns Down Murray, Lendl To Return And Bryan Bros. Make History

August 4, 2010 By 1 Comment

*The Aussie former coach of Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt, Darren Cahill, has ruled himself out of the running to become Andy Murray’s latest coach. The Scot had hoped to land the former US Open semifinalist following his recent split with Miles Maclagen but Cahill has intimated he would rather concentrate on his work with [...]

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WHEN DID SITTING ON CHANGE-OVERS START AT WIMBLEDON?

June 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A great trivia question out there that one might not find too easily with a Google search, and was touched upon briefly on American television by Cliff Drysdale and Patrick McEnroe on ESPN and Mary Carillo, Ted Robinson and John McEnroe on NBC, is the following: “What was the last year in which there was [...]

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THE ANA/JELENA FEUD, AMERICANS, MURRAY LOOKING AHEAD TO GRASS: TENNIS PEOPLE

June 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment

* The Ana Ivanovic-Jelena Jankovic feud seems to have resurfaced following their encounter at Roland Garros. Following their second-round match at the Madrid Masters last month Jankovic appeared to mock Ivanovic’s famed fist-pump celebration which her Serbian Fed-Cup teammate took umbrage to. When questioned about it this week Ivanovic said: “You know what they say: [...]

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FEDERER CALLS AGASSI-SAMPRAS FEUD “AWKWARD, UNFORTUNATE”

March 15, 2010 By 3 Comments

Roger Federer has finally talked about the awkward situation from Friday’s “Hit for Haiti” charity match between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras calling it an “awkward moment” and “a bit unfortunate”. The row between rivals Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras happened during the Friday night fund-raiser in Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open where [...]

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Tennis great Jack Kramer dies at 88: This Week in Tennis Business

September 16, 2009 By 2 Comments

From tennis legend Jack Kramer passing away at the age of 88 to a possible Justine Henin press conference this week to announce her comeback

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