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Doubles is double the fun at Barclay’s ATP World Tour Championships

November 8, 2012 By 1 Comment

By Jane Voigt, owner of DownTheTee.com  November 7, 2012 — You’ve heard this before, “Why don’t they show more doubles?” Why indeed. But ask any producer and you’ll hear the expected rap, “It doesn’t sell ad space.” The response is enough to shove dreams of American realism – the rags to riches story – in a deep [...]

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Federer Finishes on High Note, Davis Cup Clash in Spain – The Friday Five

December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

by Maud Watson Another Title, Another Record Last Sunday, Roger Federer became the first male player to win six season-ending championships, surpassing the previous record of five held jointly by Sampras and Lendl.  It also marked his 70th tournament win in 100 finals.  It was a great effort by Federer that showcased his fitness and [...]

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Moya Retires, Soderling Takes Paris and ATP Finals Take Shape

November 20, 2010 By 1 Comment

*Former French Open Champion Carlos Moya has become the latest star to announce their retirement, this time due to persistent foot injuries. “It’s not how I dreamt of ending,” said the former world No. 1 and Australian Open finalist. He also helped Spain win the Davis Cup in 2004 but recently things haven’t been so [...]

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Kim Clijsters On the Mend – The Friday Five

October 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Parting Ways – The Globe and Mail reported earlier this week that the doubles pairing of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic will be calling it a day on their partnership at the end of this year. Though Zimonjic initiated the change, Nestor admitted he had been contemplating of doing the same, so [...]

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Nadal & Djokovic To Play Doubles: Are You Kidding Me?

August 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

The song ‘Rain Drops Keep Fallin’ On My Head’ was unfortunately the most over-played tune from Sunday in Toronto as the Rogers Cup was forced to deal with plenty of precipitation as the qualifying tournament approached its end. The first match of the day on Centre Court between Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan and Marius Copil [...]

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London Showcase Set For Kick-Off: Tennis in the Commonwealth

November 19, 2009 By 1 Comment

The final line-up for the ATP World Finals Championship in London, England, next week has been confirmed following the conclusion of the Paris Masters.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: I was the number one player in the world

August 17, 2009 By 1 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 Rogers Cup and the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: Thank God the hard court season is over

April 6, 2009 By 4 Comments

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 Sony Ericsson Open.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: We might even choose to boycott the new tour

October 13, 2008 By 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 Kremlin Cup and the Stockholm Open.

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Tennis As Usual: Who is Philipp Petzschner

October 12, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Unless you are a true die-hard tennis fan, you have not been pondering the aforementioned question until today. Little-known German Philipp Petzschner is in the final of both the singles and doubles tournaments at the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy in Vienna.

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