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Mondays With Bob Greene: The Summary Of The First Week Of The US Open

September 7, 2009 By Bob Greene 8 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 first week of the US Open.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: Did I hear the baby? My grandmother in Russia heard the baby

August 10, 2009 By Bob Greene 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 Legg Mason Tennis Classic and the LA Women’s Tennis Championships.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: I’m so happy, I wouldn’t trade this victory for a Grand Slam

July 20, 2009 By Bob Greene 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 Catella Swedish Open and the Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo.

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Gasquet Cleared, Party Kiss Transferred Cocaine

July 16, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand 4 Comments

Richard Gasquet escaped a lengthy doping ban Wednesday when the International Tennis Federation ruled that he inadvertently took cocaine.

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Roger Federer: Setting Records Around The World

July 14, 2009 By Randy Walker 3 Comments

Tennis fans have been very amused at the new NetJets television advertisement featured Roger Federer pulled a luggage rack full of all of his Grand Slam tournament trophies to his private jet.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: It shows how important Andy is for the team

July 13, 2009 By Bob Greene 3 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 GDF Suez Grand Prix and the Davis Cup.

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World’s Biggest Loser

June 26, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand 1 Comment

One of the many charms of Wimbledon is the numerous tabloid headlines and storylines during The Championships. Back on this day, June 26, in 2000, the U.K.’s Daily Mail labeled Vince Spadea as the “World’s Biggest Loser” after he finally broke his ATP record 20-match losing streak in the first round of Wimbledon, beating Britain’s Greg Rusedski in the first round.

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Federer’s Most Devasting French Open Loss?

June 3, 2009 By Randy Walker Leave a Comment

What was Roger Federer’s most devastating loss at the French Open? Some would say the 2008 final, when he was dominated by Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-3, 6-0. Another candidate would be his 2003 first-round loss to Luis Horna.

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Roger Federer’s Clay Court Skills and the “Career Grand Slam”

May 28, 2009 By Randy Walker 1 Comment

If Roger Federer is able to win the 2009 French Open, he will complete a “Career Grand Slam” as well as tie Pete Sampras for the all-time men’s record for most major singles titles with 14.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: Federer has the potential to win at Paris and at any site in the world

May 25, 2009 By Bob Greene 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 Interwetten Open and the Internationaux de Strasbourg.

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