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Life after tennis for Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters and Juan Carlos Ferrero?

September 15, 2012 By 1 Comment

by James A. Crabtree Former grand slam champions Andy Roddick and Kim Clijsters are retired. Now add 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero (well, after Valencia in October) to the list that has seen Fernando González and Ivan Ljubicic call it quits in 2012. An era of big names and equally big characters is [...]

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American tennis players Mardy Fish and John Isner fire back at Ivan Ljubicic Twitter comment

May 12, 2012 By 1 Comment

By Romana Cvitkovic The tennis world went into overdrive Saturday afternoon as Ivan Ljubicic tweeted a comment targeted at American tennis players supposedly skipping the European tournaments. Americans John Isner and Mardy Fish quickly fought back on Twitter with Fish almost immediately deleting his tweet after he sent it. Of all the tennis players looking [...]

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Kim Clijsters to focus on Olympics; John Isner new number one American — The Friday Five

April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson London or Bust To the dismay of her legion of fans and the WTA in general, Kim Clijsters announced that she will be unable to make one last run at Roland Garros. The Belgian is suffering from ankle and hip injuries and is healing much slower than anticipated. She is wisely opting [...]

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Tennis From All Angles: Roundup of Stories and Links from the ATP and WTA Tours

March 10, 2012 By 1 Comment

Tennis From All Angles is a semi-weekly roundup of tennis happenings from the ATP and WTA pro tours, highlighting the most entertaining on-court and off-court news and gossip. *** OnTheGoTennis‘ Rachel Vinson is in Indian Wells, CA this week covering the first U.S. outdoor tournament of the season. She snapped photos of tennis’ elite on [...]

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Federer Calls Out Nadal; The Week’s Notable Winners– The Friday Five

March 9, 2012 By 1 Comment

By Maud Watson Notable Wins The results may have been lost in the anticipation of Indian Wells, but last weekend saw some noteworthy victories on the ATP World Tour.  Kevin Anderson broke hearts after saving match points against Roddick before dismissing Isner and ultimately winning the Delray Beach title over Australian qualifier Matosevic.  Anderson hasn’t done enough [...]

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ATP Rotterdam Day One Roundup & Photos: Lopez, Gasquet, Mathieu, Dolgopolov

February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Catch all the action this week and follow professional tennis photographer Rick Gleijm as he covers ATP Tour’s ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. The gallery below includes day one action. Three top players were surprised to find themselves on the losing end of their first-round matches. Paul-Henri Mathieu came to Rotterdam as a wildcard into the qualifying [...]

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Around The Corner: Life Continues on the ATP World Tour

January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment

After a hectic two weeks of Grand-Slam action from Melbourne, life returns to normal on the ATP World Tour. There are three 250-level tournaments this week and while the pace will be perhaps less enthralling than what we’ve just witnessed in Australia, here are some of the big names we can look forward to watching. [...]

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It’s never too early to start looking ahead: The race for London

September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

For most tennis fans, that awkward period after the US Open and before the World Tour Finals is a time to relax and tend to some non tennis pursuits. For those of us who just can’t put tennis aside, it means watching blurry streams of Florian Mayer beating Pablo Andujar, on clay, in Bucharest or [...]

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Indian Wells: Upsets galore at the BNP Paribas Open

March 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

If you like to participate in bracket challenges, I can pretty much guarantee you didn’t predict what has happened so far to this year’s draw at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. I think last year’s surprise victory by veteran Ivan Ljubicic has given hope to players who previously had none. I mean it [...]

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Mario Ancic: The heartfelt goodbye to tennis

February 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Split, Croatia’s premier clay court Tennis Club in Firule is hugged by a scenic marina on one side and a pebble beach on the other. It’s a quiet setting away from the center of the city encapsulated by Diocletian’s Palace, but contains possibly even more magic than that found within the former Roman Emperor’s walls. [...]

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