“10s Whenever” Newsletter, Vol. 68 – The Junior Champs

Written by: Staff on 16th April 2012

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Newsletter, Vol. 68 – The Junior Champs

16 April 2012

The junior champs from the Easter Bowl ITF Tennis Championships have been announced. Taylor Townsend of Georgia and Mackenzie McDonald of California captured the boys and girls 18s titles this past weekend. Great job to the both of them. Novak Djokovic was recently presented with a medal by the prince and princess of Monaco. The Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters has finally begun, and some great matches are surely coming our way. The Monte-Carlo tournament is the first of three masters played on clay. As always we kindly ask to the share the news with your tennis loving friends by forwarding our newsletter to them.

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Svens Blog – Caroline Wozniacki, Miami, Amsterdam

Miami turned out to be a very busy tournament with the distribution and having Caroline reach the semi finals I was spending most of my time between practice courts and courtside watching the matches.

I had one day off in 6 weeks because when I came back to Amsterdam I had several meetings on working on a new project with the city of Amsterdam and team meetings with Adidas plus I spend time with the Academy players and coach’s

In the same week Laura Robson came to prepare before the tournament in Copenhagen where I am working with both Laura and Caroline. [Read More]

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Capriati elected to International Tennis Hall of Fame

American tennis star and former world No. 1 Jennifer Capriati has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Capriati’s successful career featured an Olympic gold medal, three Grand Slam titles, and a Fed Cup title. Capriati first broke into the world Top 10 in 1990, her first season on tour, and in October 2001, she topped the rankings for the first time, a position she held for a total of 18 weeks.

“I am thrilled to learn that I have been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. This is a dream come true and an extraordinary tribute. I love this game and am incredibly honoured by the Hall of Fame’s vote.” [Read More]

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Local Knowledge No.2 – Boom Boom Boris

Few realised in 1985 what the young flame-haired German would become over the next ten years. Few realised, in fact, what he would become over the next ten working days. The sgins were there for the aficionados of grass court tennis. Srtrong serve, great athleticism and no fear of the net – and a win a Queens that same year was a portent, as in many years, to what was about to happen. Aged just 17 years and 227 days, Boris Becker wrote his name in history as the youngest Wimbledon champion to date. [Read More]

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TAYLOR TOWNSEND, MACKENZIE MCDONALD CAPTURE GIRLS’ AND BOYS’ SINGLES TITLES AT ITF EASTER BOWL

Taylor Townsend of Stockbridge, Ga., captured the girls’ 18s singles title at the 2012 Easter Bowl ITF Tennis Championships on Saturday, and Mackenzie McDonald of Piedmont, Calif., won the boys’ 18s title on Sunday. Both Townsend (16) and McDonald (17) celebrate birthdays today, and will receive wild cards into a USTA Pro Circuit event as well as to the US Open Junior Championships (if needed). Many of the nation’s top junior tennis players competed in the Easter Bowl and six other USTA Spring National Championships, the first major national junior championships of 2012, in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and Delray Beach, Fla., last week. [Read More]

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McDonald Takes ITF Boys’ 18s Singles Title Day At The Easter Bowl

When Mackenzie McDonald wakes up on Monday morning, his 17th birthday, it will probably have sunk in: He’s the 2012 boys’ 1TF 18s singles champion at the Easter Bowl. Just three years ago, on his final days as a 13-year-old, McDonald won the gold ball in the USTA Springs Nationals in the 14s at the Easter Bowl. “This is so big, one of the most prestigious events we have in the nation,” said McDonald, aware that so few repeat in this tournament in multiple divisions, following his 6-4, 6-1 win over Alexios Halebian on Sunday at Rancho Las Palmas Resort. “It shows all my hard work has paid off. When you’ve been away from the game as long as I have, you begin to appreciate things more.” [Read More]

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Kvitova: ‘It will be good revenge’

Petra Kvitova is out for revenge this weekend as her Czech Republic side face Italy in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas semifinal. “It will be good revenge,” the Czech No.1 remarked when asked about the tie. “Last time when played against them we lost 5-0, so it wasn’t really a good result and we have bad memories from this.” That tie was the 2010 semifinal where Kvitova played in the decisive third rubber against Flavia Pennetta, losing 76(3) 62 as Czech Republic failed to win even a set on the clay in Rome.[Read More]

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