“10s Whenever” Newsletter, Vol. 66 – Tennis Stars

Written by: Staff on 13th April 2012

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Newsletter, Vol. 66 – Tennis Stars

13 April 2012

Friday the 13th, ooh what a lucky day for many individuals. Feliciano Lopez captured a win today and he along with John Isner will be the showdown at the Huston semifinals. Even the defending champ in Casablanca, Pablo Andujar, is still in the mix moving on to the semifinals after he defeated Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol. Some young stars are rising in the USTA and we have some of their triumphs and tribulations from the Easter Bowl documented first hand. Some of the ladies are even making some of their first big wins, like Sara Errani, who defeated Julia Goerges in the Barcelona Ladies Open quarterfinals. There’s a lot of great stuff going on in tennis as always, and please don’t forget to be great by sharing the newsletter with your wonderful tennis loving friends.

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World TeamTennis (WTT) Pro League – FACTS & FIGURES

The 37th season of the WTT Pro League runs July 9-28, and concludes with the WTT Finals Weekend, September 14-16, at the Family Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, S.C. The eight coed professional tennis teams in the WTT Pro League presented by GEICO are battling for a spot in the Finals during the 2012 regular season which runs July 9-28. The top two teams from the regular season in both the Western and Eastern Conference will advance to the WTT Conference Championships in Charleston. [Read More]

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Jennifer Capriati elected to International Tennis Hall of Fame

NEWPORT, R.I., USA, April 13, 2012 – American tennis star and former world No. 1 Jennifer Capriati has been elected to receive the highest honor in the sport of tennis- induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. In addition to her world No. 1 status, Capriati’s successful career featured an Olympic gold medal, three Grand Slam titles, a Fed Cup title with the United States team, and an ability to stage remarkable comebacks. [Read More]

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Allie Kiick 10sBalls Blog No. 2 – Easter Bowl

By Allie Kiick

Hello again everyone! Yesterday and today went very well. I was able to pull through wins in both my singles and doubles. My roommate Samantha Crawford and I over slept this morning so we missed the wonderful Courtyard Marriott breakfast. [Read More]

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Ronnie Schneider Blog No. 3 – Easter Bowl Update

By Ronnie Schneider

Hey all! Hope you had a wonderful day. I had a great match today in the round of 16. I played the No. 1 seed Mitchell Krueger, and won 6-3, 6-2. It was my first win over a top 10 ITF player. I stuck to my game plan my coach and I came up with and executed it the whole time. [Read More]

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Local Knowledge No.1 – Pistol Pete Sampras

Such was Sampras’ dominance through the nineties at Wimbledon that he’s considered an one-man era. Before him, the late eighties /early nineties champs such as Michael Stich, Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker; and after him the modern era of Federer, Nadal and others. [Read More]

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