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Owning It: Vandeweghe Versus Putintseva

May 21, 2013 By David Kane 3 Comments

During many a Real Housewives reunion special, a middle-aged, mildly affluent woman sits in a tight, off-the-shoulder cocktail dress (I’ve watched a couple in my day), and tells another similarly dressed woman to take responsibility for her actions. In other words, “own it.” With this sort of cartoonishly glamorous set up unfortunately missing from the [...]

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Filed Under: David Kane, Lead Story Tagged With: 2013, accusations, blame, Brussels, bullying, Coco Vandeweghe, controversy, drama, online exchanges, own it, ownership, qualifying, rain delay, real housewives, Twitter, victim, WTA Tour News, YouTube, yulia putintseva

10 Ways to Make the Professional Tennis Tour Cooler

May 3, 2013 By James Crabtree 2 Comments

by James A. Crabtree Okay, this article will likely get some of you upset and I am sure I may even be accused of being a halfwit. However, they are just ideas, not set in stone, where imagination has gotten the better of me and will probably never happen. Of course if any of them [...]

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Filed Under: Archives, Blogs, Featured Columns, James Crabtree, Lead Story Tagged With: Agassi, Andy Murray, ATP, ATP 1000, Coaching, Cool, Idea, James A. Crabtree, Sampras, Twitter, Vatican City

The Tennis and Twitter Connection

February 21, 2013 By Victoria Chiesa 1 Comment

Rebecca Marino announced on Wednesday that she was stepping away from her tennis career, perhaps for good. The Canadian’s ranking had slipped to outside the top 400 after returning from a seven-month absence, but she appeared to be approaching 2013 with a fresh mentality. A few days earlier, the former World No. 38 spoke candidly [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Victoria Chiesa Tagged With: abuse, Eugenie Bouchard, inner circle, Laura Robson, negative comments, Rebecca Marino, social media, social networking site, Twitter, twitter and tennis, WTA

American tennis players Mardy Fish and John Isner fire back at Ivan Ljubicic Twitter comment

May 12, 2012 By Romana Cvitkovic 1 Comment

By Romana Cvitkovic The tennis world went into overdrive Saturday afternoon as Ivan Ljubicic tweeted a comment targeted at American tennis players supposedly skipping the European tournaments. Americans John Isner and Mardy Fish quickly fought back on Twitter with Fish almost immediately deleting his tweet after he sent it. Of all the tennis players looking [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Romi Cvitkovic Tagged With: Andy Roddick, Ivan Ljubicic, John Isner, madrid open, Mardy Fish, Rome Masters, tennis controversy, tennis fans, Twitter

“What makes you run better?” Enter to win Roddick and Raonic signed merchandise

March 29, 2012 By Romana Cvitkovic Leave a Comment

Want free merchandise signed by SAP Ambassadors Milos Raonic and Andy Roddick? Well, you’re in luck! SAP Sponsors is currently running a fun competition where people can submit a photo of something that helps them “run better” for a chance to win some signed merchandise by the ATP pros. In answer to the question “What makes [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Live Coverage, Romi Cvitkovic Tagged With: Andy Roddick, ATP Tennis, Facebook, free tennis stuff, Milos Raonic, sap sponsors, signed tennis merchandise, Tennis, tennis competition, tennis contest, tennis giveaway, tennis news, Twitter

We Miss You Robin Soderling

December 9, 2011 By Lindsay Gibbs 3 Comments

Robin Soderling used to be one of the most misunderstood players on the the ATP World Tour.  Nowadays, however, he’s just one of the most missed. Earlier this week Soderling, who has been off of the tour since July fighting mononucleosis, withdrew from the Australian Open.  He tweeted that he was hoping to be able [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Lindsay Gibbs Tagged With: 2009 French Open, 2012 Australian Open, 2012 season, ATP, ATP World Tour, Australian Open, federer, mononucleosis, nadal, Rafael Nadal, Robin Soderling, Soderling, swede, Tennis, tennis community, Twitter, videos, withdraw

Roger Federer is a happy man, Serena Williams faces stalker, Kim Clijsters’ French Open still in doubt

May 5, 2011 By Stephane Carter Leave a Comment

Roger Federer is a happy man Roger Federer happy with just one title? Say it ain’t so…but unfortunately it is. Federer says in an interview that he is quite happy with his form in  2011 . I am sorry…one title, happy with form and it is May 2011 now? That’s very un-Federer-like. It’s too little [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Tennistastic Tagged With: Feliciano Lopez, French Open, gated subdivision, home shopping network, Kim Clijsters, Novak Djokovic, Olympics, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Twitter, Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic’ secret diet and Serena Williams’ new career as a rapper – The Friday Five

April 29, 2011 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson “Tip of the Iceberg” That was the phrase that Patrick McEnroe used when he reacted to the expletive-laden rant that Donald Young posted on Twitter earlier this week as Young attacked the USTA after not receiving their wildcard into the French Open. Going into the USTA’s wildcard playoff (which he tried to [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, The Friday Five Tagged With: Andy Murray, Donald Young, French Open, Novak Djokovic, Patrick McEnroe, Radek Stepanek, Serena Williams, The Friday Five, Tommy Haas, Twitter, USTA

Cibulkova mobilizes angry Twitter mob and Germany sweeps USA in Fed Cup Play Offs

April 18, 2011 By Stephane Carter 3 Comments

Did anyone follow Dominika Cibulkova on Twitter a little? The tiny Slovak caused a stir among fans when she cheered when Ana Ivanovic had to pull out. Many fans were not amused and kindly dropped a message on Twitter to let Cibulkova know that  “Ajdee Serbia” was their new slogan. Even Ana Ivanovic haters turned [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Tennistastic Tagged With: Ana Ivanovic, Andrea Petkovic, barbara rittner, Bethanie Mattek, julia goerges, Mary Joe Fernandez, Serena Williams, Twitter, Venus Williams

The Sony Ericsson Open draw is a true festivity

March 21, 2011 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

The Sony Ericsson Open draw was a real festivity as it is every year. This year last year’s French Open finalist Sam Stosur was in the spotlights being present at the draw and also answering questions of fans on Twitter. You can follow the Sony Ericsson Open @SEOpen by the way. Make sure you are [...]

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Filed Under: Archives, Featured Columns, Lead Story Tagged With: Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, grand slam champion, Jelena Jankovic, Jurgen Melzer, Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic, Robin Soderling, Roger Federer, Samantha Stosur, Sony Ericsson Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Twitter, Vera Zvonareva
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