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The Not So Glamorous Life

November 25, 2010 By Andrea Lubinsky 1 Comment

This week, the best eight singles players in the world have converged on London for the ATP World Tour Finals. When they’re not playing tennis, these guys stay in the nicest hotels, eat at the best restaurants, and chat with celebrities. They’ve earned it. It takes a great deal of hard work to make it [...]

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WTA Stars Create Their Own “Off-Season”

October 18, 2010 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

If Serena Williams’ troublesome foot does, in fact, keep her out for the remainder of the tennis season, seven of the world’s top 20 women will have checked out post-U.S. Open due to injury or illness. And there could be more “out-for-the-season” announcements to come. Already Venus Williams, Justine Henin, Nadia Petrova, Agnieszksa Radwanska, Svetlana [...]

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FEDERER LIKES MERCEDES – OR MORE CDS?!?!

June 3, 2010 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

Roger Federer was introduced last week as a new brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz. It is a perfect partnership as both Federer and Mercedes represent elegance and excellence. To boot, Federer was quoted in the press since he was a youngster about wanting to buy a Mercedes – or was he misquoted? Rene Stauffer, in his [...]

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SAFIN, CHAMPIONS SERIES TENNIS A HIT IN RIO

March 15, 2010 By Tennis Grandstand 2 Comments

The 2010 Champions Series tennis circuit started Friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where Marat Safin made his tour debut only 17 weeks after last playing on the ATP World Tour. Safin said his appearance on the champion’s circuit so soon after leaving the main tour was “almost comical.” Perhaps even more startling is the [...]

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AROUND THE CORNER: AUSSIE OPEN TUNE UPS CONTINUE

January 11, 2010 By Mike McIntyre Leave a Comment

With the Australian Open just a week away, many players are using this time to rest from tournament play and work on their game in practice only. You won’t find Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray or Andy Roddick playing any real matches this week. All of those top-dogs have already notched several wins under [...]

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Serena’s Slap On The Wrist: The Friday Five

December 4, 2009 By Manfred Wenas 7 Comments

It didn’t come as a surprise when I read the ITF’s verdict on Serena Williams’ infamous US Open tirade.

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Win a Chance to Serve for $1 Million on National TV!

August 18, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (August 18, 2009) — Ever dream of serving for the big prize, in front of thousands of fans? You can live your dream through a tennis-industry-wide sweepstakes called “Racket UP, America!”

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Venus and Serena Williams Eliminated In Cincinnati; Clijsters Wins Again

August 14, 2009 By Justin Cohen 1 Comment

No. 14 seed Flavia Pennetta continued her winning ways as she dismissed No. 3 seed Venus Williams, 7-6(2), 6-4, on Thursday afternoon to advance to the quarterfinals at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open in Cincinnati.

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InsideOut Turns to Amplify

July 20, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

InsideOut Sports & Entertainment announced today it has retained Amplify Sports and Entertainment for sponsorship sales representation of InsideOut’s signature property, the Outback Champions Series.

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Olympus US Open Series Sixth Season Launches Today With The Indianapolis Tennis Champion

July 20, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand 3 Comments

The USTA announced today the launch of the sixth season of the Olympus US Open Series, the six-week North American summer tennis season that links 10 ATP World Tour and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour summer tournaments to the US Open.

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