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Li Na: The “Nail” in Sharapova’s Australian Open Coffin

January 24, 2013 By 1 Comment

James Crabtree is currently in Melbourne Park covering the Australian Open for Tennis Grandstand and is giving you all the scoop directly from the grounds. By James Crabtree MELBOURNE — Conflicting with popular opinion The Great Wall of China is alive, travels extensively and has a broad sense of humour. Maria Sharapova met the wall [...]

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Azarenka parties with Redfoo, Raonic suave for promos, Na Li does charity tour: What tennis players do after losing at the US Open

September 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic Tennis players are a peculiar breed. They lose nearly every week, but they get back on their feet just as often – many times with invigorating activities to keep their focus in check. We catch up with Victoria Azarenka, Milos Raonic, Laura Robson, Maria Sharapova and Na Li as we see what [...]

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Adidas, Nike tennis outfits for US Open 2012 with Federer, Ivanovic, Sharapova and others

August 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic The US Open is underway and the top players are on fire — not only with their games, but also their on-court tennis apparel. Curious about what your favorite players are wearing and where to buy it? Well, wonder no more and check out this year’s US Open Nike and adidas tennis [...]

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Roger Federer heavy favorite for US Open, Na Li’s new partnership — The Friday Five

August 24, 2012 By 7 Comments

By Maud Watson The (Swiss) Cheese Stands Alone After a week of sublime tennis in which his serve wasn’t broken once, Roger Federer won the Masters Cincinnati title to become the first player to win that prestigious crown on five occasions. He also tied rival Rafael Nadal for most overall Masters titles. It’s obvious the [...]

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Photographs from the Rome Masters 1000 Open

May 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows After an action-packed week on the red dirt of Rome, the finals Masters 1000 Series tournament before Roland Garros threw up some exciting matches, entertaining press conferences and an opportunity for memorable photographs to be snapped. Here is a collection of some of those events for you to enjoy featuring many of [...]

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Magical Moments from Madrid: The Photographs

May 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows After spending a very busy and exciting week in Madrid and Rome, I have compiled a collection of the best photographs of your favourite tennis players from all the events in Madrid – showing happy moments, times of desperation, disappointment and of course photos from some of the explosive press conferences. Hope [...]

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The Ladies Hit the Dirt Hoping for Feats on Clay

April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

What promises to be a thrilling spring and summer of tennis for the WTA begins this week for the ladies in Stuttgart for the start of the clay court season. This much-anticipated segment of the calendar begins with a bang as 17 of the Top 20 players in the world are entered in the Porsche [...]

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Sabine Lisicki on Brad Pitt, Roger Federer and her Wimbledon Semifinals Run

March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

After a resurgent 2011, German beauty Sabine Lisicki is sitting pretty in the WTA Tour rankings at a career-high number 13. I had the opportunity to sit down with Sabine at the Sony Ericsson Open and chat about her most memorable moments on court, Roger Federer, legends she has hit with, and the three famous [...]

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Paris Tennis Diary: From the Photo Pit

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Ever wonder what it’s like to be a professional tennis photographer covering the ATP and WTA tours, scrambling to capture the top players, racing back to edit and post your photos and catching the best angle on tennis? Our resident photographer Rick Gleijm has been in Paris all week covering the WTA Open GDF Suez [...]

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Paris: Jankovic, Li Withdraw; Goerges, Safarova, Pironkova in Action

February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Open GDF Suez WTA event in Paris saw seeded players Na Li and Jelena Jankovic both withdraw due to injuries today: Li with a sore back and Jankovic with a left thigh strain she picked up in Serbia’s 3-2 win over Belgium in the Fed Cup last week. Li received a medical timeout, with [...]

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