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Tommy Haas: A True Feel-Good Story

May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Yeshayahu Ginsburg Not every sport needs a feel-good story, but they really help bring in fans that might otherwise not be so interested. Unfortunately for tennis, its feel-good story—especially the American ones—have fallen flat recently. Mardy Fish lost 30 pounds and made fitness more a part of his life instead of just his tennis [...]

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Players Withdraw from Australian Open — The Friday Five

January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by Maud Watson Down and Out You can add two more high profile names to the withdrawal list for the first major of the year. German Andrea Petkovic has been forced to withdrawal with a stress fracture in the back that will likely take a good six to eight weeks to heal properly. After the [...]

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Murray Hires Lendl as Coach; Serena Williams Doesn’t Love Tennis — The Friday Five

January 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by Maud Watson Key to Victory One of the biggest stories going into the 2012 season was that Andy Murray has finally ended his search for a coach. In his decision to hire tennis great Ivan Lendl, Murray may have just found the missing piece to his success at the majors. Lendl has a personality [...]

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The Importance of Week One

January 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

With the 2012 season of the ATP World Tour just getting officially underway this week, tennis fans and media alike will be closely watching how the pros come out of the starting blocks. The Mubadala World Tennis Championship (an exhibition) in Abu Dhabi last week and now regular events in Brisbane, Chennai and Doha, have [...]

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