Tennis Tour Tidbits

Written by: Staff on 29th October 2013

Tennis Tour Tidbits

epa03842792 John Isner of the US hits a return to Gael Monfils of France during their match on the fourth day of the 2013 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 29 August 2013. The US Open runs through Monday 09 September, a 15-day schedule for the first time. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT |

Nicholas Monroe and John Isner beat the team of Marray / Sijsling the scores were 3-6,6-3,10-4. The big deal here its Monroe’s first Masters tournament. He is a great American player that’s spent most of his pro career in qualies or challengers or playing in the “no – future – Futures.” He is well liked and we applaud him and his efforts all these years. We hope he becomes an “overnight success ” and wins the Paris masters !

We hear that Ryan Sweetings sweetheart is ready to get married any minute. Isn’t love great. Kaley (aka Norman Cook ) Cuoco they look like lovebirds. Check them out on Instagram.

Chelsea Handler of the Chelsea Lately tv show did a really cute tennis skit with Fortune. Chuy Bravo recently did a tennis skit too and hit his famous foam balls into the audience. Chelsea is great friends with Maria Sharapova. At the London Olympics Chelsea kept after Maria till she was in the coveted players box seats. Hey it’s Halloween. Buy Sugarpova candy. It’s on sale ?

ADDITIONAL NEWS

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has hired two men to co-coach him: Thierry Ascione and Nicolas Escude. Both men will also continue to work with Nicolas Mahut. . . Tennis Club Cagliari has sold out the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final between Italy and Russia, which begins on Saturday. . . The ATP has reaffirmed that in 2014 there will be a week off in between Paris/Bercy and the ATP World Finals. Those two tournaments have identical surfaces this year, which the players asked for. . . Rafael Nadal on what finishing the year at No. 1 would mean to him: “It really doesn’t worry me. My goal is to finish the season healthy. But thanks to some very positive results, I’m here today in that position. But that doesn’t change my motivation. What makes me happy is to go on court ever day feeling healthy, feeling like I am playing well. . . Jelena Dokic will join the AO Blitz, the largest participation drive in Australian tennis history, when it hits Bankstown on October 30.   The AO Blitz is a national competition that allows people who play tennis and those who have never picked up a racquet the chance to win major prizes and have an Australian Open 2014 player represent their local town. Between now and January the AO Blitz will travel to every state and territory in Australia. . . Most of the WTA players are hitting the beach for vacation, including No. 1 Serena Williams. “I [vacationed in the snow] once and I will never do it [again]. No, I’m a total bikini girl. I can’t even breathe in high altitude. … My insurance doesn’t cover skiing accidents.” . . .Marin Cilic, who just returned from a doping suspension that was reduced by CAS, said: “I didn’t hurt anybody with this except myself.”

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