Archive: July 2014
What's a "STAYCAY"? Deb from Marina del Rey ( A Rafa /Benito friend ) says when you stay at home or in town and still have fun. With the Federer boy twins being younger than the youngest boy of G & G and how beautiful Switzerland is this time of year . It was the Rossdale's we saw going thru the airports.
The USTA today announced the field for the 2014 US Open Wheelchair Competition. The event, in its eighth year, will be held Sept. 4-7, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
Barnes Bashers, a youth tennis team representing Youth Tennis San Diego, won a record 6th World TeamTennis Junior Nationals Championship today, defeating USTA Texas Wild 45-29 at the George E. Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif.
From August 1 – August 8, 2014, the Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies will offer a “buy one, get one free,” ticket offer, it was announced today by Tournament Director Anne Worcester.
Take a look at these photos of Pospisil and his life while on tour.
I was six years old. I played a tournament very close to my hometown in Canada. It was an under-10 tournament and I ended up winning the whole thing. But I played a girl there, because there were not that many people playing at the time. I beat a girl in either the first or the second round. So that was the first time I won a match. It was actually against a girl.
The best thing would be the travelling, for sure. You get to see different places, meet new people. Every city has something different, like they have the strawberries and cream [in London].
Western & Southern Open defending champion Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the 2014 tournament due to a right wrist injury. Nadal has also withdrawn from the ATP Masters 1000 event in Toronto, which precedes the Western & Southern Open.
The qualifying field entry list for the 2014 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies features several talented American players, up-and-coming stars and veterans, it was announced today by Tournament Director Anne Worcester. The 2014 Connecticut Open, a WTA event, which is part of the US Open Series, will be held August 15-23, 2014 at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale.
Tennis Canada announced Wednesday the wild card recipients for the 2014 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto. Canadians Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, Ont.) and Peter Polansky (Thornhill, Ont.) will join countrymen Milos Raonic (Thornhill, Ont.) and Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver) to make it four Canadians in the singles draw.
The record books of tennis now require another re-write after Germany's Sabine Lisicki hit the fastest recorded serve in the history of women's tennis.
If you take a look at Part 2 of this series on the Big Four, you will see that since they first took up the first four slots on September 8, 2008 only in 2009 when Del Potro won the US Open and 2012 when Rafa was out for the last half of the year and David Ferrer had a great year has anyone else been able to pierce the 6000 point barrier.
Once again, the Bryan Bros. Foundation was the big winner as more than $100,000 was raised at the annual V-Grid Tennis Fest presented by Alexander Cadillac and Esurance and featuring Mike and Bob Bryan.
I wake up everyday a little sore from the previous long but hard earned day. I look into the mirror with a determined heart and focused eyes. The first thing I look at is a picture of my hero Lleyton Hewitt pumping his fist with a quote below which reads "Just give 100 percent. And that's not just in tennis or sports; that's in life. If you give 100 percent, you'll have no regrets. "
Roger Federer has no plans for retirement in the next few years, with the world No. 3 father of four happy that his family still enjoys traveling the world for his tennis career.
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