Tennis News And Gossip From Here And There

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 7th January 2014

Tennis News And Gossip From Here And There |

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In Australia, Christina McHale is working with USTA coach Jorge Todero, as is Lauren Davis. Madison Keys is working with Todero’s son, Juan. . .K.T.Kim from Solinco tells us that his Solinco string won all sorts of awards again. We’ve tried many of them and find them awesome. Donald young has strung his rackets with Solinco for years. He loves the feel he gets. That kids got the best hands. He knows!

While Lleyton Hewitt announced his withdrawal from the AAMI Classic at Kooyong to give himself time to recuperate for the Australian Open following a tough campaign that saw him win the Brisbane International last week, he will play a match against world No.4, Andy Murray at Kooyong on Friday, January 10. . . Fan Day at the AAMI Classic was held on Tuesday and entertainment included Rob Mills, star of Grease the Musical and a celebrity tennis match where AFL stars Matthew Richardson, Alan Didak, Anthony Koutoufides and Campbell Brown took on Aussie tennis legends Wayne Arthurs and Richard Fromberg. The free-entry event supported official charity partner Challenge – Supporting Kids with Cancer with patrons making gold coin donations to support hundreds of local families affected by cancer. . . Lucie Safarova on why there have been so many upsets at Sydney: “I think it’s just showing that woman tennis is very even right now and the level is high and there are upsets, which is normal. It’s a great competition.” . . The town of Kendall (New South Wales) has won the AO Blitz and has chosen No.1 ranked male Rafael Nadal to cheer for during Australian Open 2014. Rafa has instantly increased his fan base by a whole town due to Kendall’s outstanding efforts in the nation-wide Tennis Australia campaign. . . Grigor Dimitrov says his work with his new coach, Roger Rasheed, is going well.“There’s still a lot to work on, you know work in progress for the moment. But you know I like the way that we’ve been you know working throughout all the months and it’s been a great experience for me. Also in the off season I’ve gone through some serious challenges you know on and off the court, so hopefully that is going to play up in the long term and obviously that’s you know Australia Open is the first Slam of the year and everyone is looking forward to it and everyone is basically ready so you know it’s exciting times ahead.”

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