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Spotlight: Flavia Pennetta on her 2009 U.S. Open Run, Monica Seles and Angelina Jolie

March 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Flavia Pennetta has been a force on the WTA Tour for over ten years, but she only broke through the top echelons of women’s tennis back in 2009 when she became Italy’s first top 10 singles player in history. I had a chance to chat with the bubbly, pleasant, and smiling Flavia during the Sony [...]

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Speaking of winning streaks in tennis…

May 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The tennis world is abuzz about Novak Djokovic’s current 37-match win streak as the French Open approaches. Today, May 20, marks the 21st anniversary of a win streak coming to an end, as documented below in this excerpt from Randy Walker’s book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com). 1990 – [...]

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New Coaches for Robin Soderling and Maria Sharapova – The Friday Five

December 10, 2010 By 1 Comment

By Maud Watson First Taste of Victory In a dramatic, boisterous tie that came down to the wire, the nation of Serbia claimed its first Davis Cup title by defeating France 3-2. The win was particularly impressive as all of the momentum appeared to be on the side of France going into the final Sunday, [...]

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Wozniacki year-end No. 1, Courier new US Davis Cup Captain, Cash backing Rafter

October 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

*Caroline Wozniacki has capped a fantastic 2010 by ending the year as the world’s No. 1 star after she defeated Franchesca Schiavone to qualify for the semifinals in Doha. Her 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory ensures she will stay ahead of Vera Zvonareva in the rankings no matter what happens from hereon in. She will be [...]

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SERBIA LOOKING FOR MORE RECOGNITION ON WORLD STAGE

May 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Earlier this year I blogged on how players like Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis can help their home countries in terms of finances, profile and inspiration with top performances on the professional sports circuit. In countries where money isn’t the largest commodity players have to fight tooth and nail and really aim high to make it in [...]

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GET WELL SOON MARTINA

April 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I am sure I am joining millions of tennis fans worldwide in showing my utmost sympathies for Martina Navratilova following her recent revelations in that now infamous People Magazine interview. In February, she was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) which is confined to the milk ducts so has luckily not spread to the [...]

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The Greatest Match of All-Time?

November 24, 2009 By 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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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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Mondays With Bob Greene: I can’t believe this happened

September 15, 2009 By 2 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 second week of the US Open.

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Tennis Channel Buys Ads Criticizing Cablevision: This Week In Tennis Business

August 19, 2009 By 2 Comments

From Tennis Channel buying ads criticizing Cablevision for not carrying the network to the USTA announcing that Cincinnati will get an upgrade at its tournament site to Monica Seles returning to Canada to play an exhibition match, these stories caught the attention of tennis fans and insiders this week.

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