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The Friday Five: Hingis ban has been lifted

October 2, 2009 By Manfred Wenas 3 Comments

As one of the Premier events on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, the Toray Pan Pacific Open drew a great field, including 9 of the current top 10 players. Fans and tournament organizers alike should have been able to pencil in some mouth-watering quarterfinal match-ups.

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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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The Robbie Koenig Blog: Can Anyone Beat Rafa In Paris?

May 21, 2009 By Robbie Koenig 32 Comments

Anyway, the clay court season thus far, one word….” NADAL”….the kid is from another planet!!! Mentally and physically, on this surface, he’s the greatest I’ve ever seen, and probably the best of all time…and he’s only just 23 (in a few days)!!!

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Mondays With Bob Greene: Quite frankly, I’m the best in the world

May 11, 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 Internazionali BNL d’Italia and the BMW Open.

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The X-Factor

May 2, 2009 By Paul Pisani Leave a Comment

What seperates the top coaches from the rest is in what I like to call the “X Factor”. The great ones have it; Brad Gilbert (Andre Agassi), Vince Lombardi (Green Bay Packers), Johan Brunyeel (Lance Armstrong), Michael Joyce (Maria Sharapova), and Phil Jackson (Chicago Bulls), have all been great athletes and top performers in their respective sports.

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