Archive: December 2011
We found this tennis article in the stacks of tennis magazines that Big Boss has, it is really interesting it focuses on the SPIN of the ATP.
This was the Year With No Off Season. Usually the ITF takes off at least a little while. Not this year. The Ankara Challenger was played during Christmas week.
Roger Federer begins the 2012 season in less than four days, setting in motion his fourteenth season as a professional tennis player. Federer began playing tennis at age 8, and his love for the sport has never ceased.
With the many up and comers in women’s tennis picking just one with the characteristics required for the rise into the WTA’s top 8 ranks proves very difficult. Who has the potential to rise in 2012? Sabine Lisicki.
Caroline Wozniacki reached the number one spot on the rankings by winning more matches than anyone else. For many that was still not enough, as none of those victories resulted in a major.
James Blake, who today celebrates his 32nd birthday, has pulled out of the Australian Open and the preceding Brisbane International, likely due to an injured right knee.
The New Year was brimful of optimism for British teenager Heather Watson after putting up such a creditable performance at the US Open, but now it is in peril after she sprained her ankle ruling her out of the ASB Classic in Auckland.
Alex Corretja, an integral part of the playing strength that won Spain a first Davis Cup at the start of the century, has won his battle for a two-year contract and is now happy to lead the nation as captain in pursuit of a sixth title.
Agent Atleta Ltd. has announced the signing of American professional tennis player Irina Falconi to an agency agreement. Falconi climbed over 100 spots in the WTA rankings in 2011 to finish her first full season on tour amongst the top 80 players in the world.
After a reasonably successful quarter that saw NIKE report $1.00 earnings per share and beat the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.03, a number of analysts reiterated a “buy” rating on its shares.
After battling his world ranking back up to a place just outside the top 50, James Blake has pulled out of the Australian Open citing "personal reasons". Blake, who today celebrates his 32nd birthday, has pulled out of the preceding Brisbane International.
Rafael Nadal is insistent he will recapture his former intensity and vowed he will no longer play a subservient role to current world no.1 Novak Djokovic who beat the Spaniard in six finals during the course of 2011.
He is at an age when most players would have long since retired, and now Germany’s Rainer Schuettler has announced that the 2012 season will be his last.
The exhibition matches and other activities due to take in the Thai beach resort of Hua Hin and featuring Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka, John Isner and Paradorn Srichaphan are in jeopardy due to storms in the area.
Rafael Nadal has helped lead Spain to three Davis Cup titles since 2004, but says he's now retired from the competition and is tired of talking about the political issues that is associated with it. Nadal is now advocating having the Davis Cup final played every two years.
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