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GLOBAL CHICK’S IN RAINY BUT BEAUTIFUL EASTBOURNE, HERE’S THIS WEEKS RANKINGS REVIEW
We can hardly contain our excitement as we gallop at top speed towards the lush lawns of SW19, but Global Chick’s tour of hostelries around the outer-lying regions of this sceptred isle takes us from the Midlands to the coast.
GRASS TENNIS IS THE BEST SURFACE TO PLAY ON, TO VIEW THE SPORT ON, AND YES WE ARE IN ENGLAND! COUNTDOWN TO WIMBLEDON. 8 DAYS AND I’M NOT SURE HOW MANY HOURS AND MINUTES AND SECONDS
Cheers. The team here at 10sBalls_com is in the United Kingdom. We were picked up by the services provided by "HEAD CONCIERGE" FRASER RUSSELL'S STAFF. No, this wasn't a paid plug!
LADIES TENNIS RESULTS FROM BIRMINGHAM BY GLOBAL CHICK
You have to hand it to the stoicism of this nation. We come out in all weathers, grimly determined to be on show at the merest hint of a speck of sunshine.
SVEN GROENEVELD SHARES WITH 10SBALLS HIS PHOTO GALLERY FROM WIMBLEDON
Click here to see some photos from Sven Groeneveld of Wimbledon via Instagram.
TENNIS NEWS FROM ENGLAND’S SUMMER GRASS / AND THEN THE RAINS CAME – GLOBAL CHICK’S BIRMINGHAM DIARY
So much for those weathermen and their long range predictions – today was a day of trench foot, and yearning for fish and chips.
CRAIG CIGNARELLI SHARES HIS THOUGHTS RE: THE BRITISH GRASS TENNIS COURT SEASON & SUBJECTS…
In the early 1700’s, the British Empire was the center of global commercialism. At its height, it was the largest Empire in history - ruling over almost half a billion people - and for over a century, the foremost global power.
GLOBAL CHICK CHECKS IN FROM BIRMINGHAM GRASS COURT TENNIS AND PANCHO SENDS A POSTCARD WITH MICHAELLA KRAJICEK
The sun might have been shining but that does not mean that the self-styled capital of The Midlands was giving out a warm reception.
ROY EMERSON TENNIS CHAMPION RUNS THE BEST TENNIS CAMP IN THE WORLD @ THE PALACE HOTEL IN GSTAAD , SWITZERLAND BY RICHARD EVANS
By the time Roy Emerson had won the Swiss Open title at Gstaad five times in the sixties and returned to lose in the final to Ilie Natsase in 1973, he was falling in the love with the place. For a country boy from the flat Out Back of Queensland, the soaring Alps encased in their mountain greenery which were so visible from his room at the imposing Palace Hotel offered a spellbindingly different view during the summer months.
AS WE REMEMBER BALLY, A TRIBUTE BY BRITISH JOURNALIST ROS SATAR
After the rain clouds lifted in Nottingham, it was fitting that a young and exciting player Ana Konjuh made her mark in winning her first WTA Tour title on a Monday morning final.
GLOBAL CHICK UPDATES THE LADIES TENNIS RANKINGS AND MORE JUICY TIDBITS
The week after a Slam is always pretty peaceful, the sound of birds flying through the summer breeze, the gentle clinking of glasses as Pimms is enjoyed on the patio… the scampering of feet as the rainclouds gather!
GLOBAL CHICK’S WEEKLY TENNIS WATCH – INCHING CLOSER TO WIMBLEDON
Let’s be honest – the only grass we really care about is almost at the end of the District Line (that’s the green one on the Underground map) and we are getting ever closer to strawberries and Pimms.
THE FRENCH IS TOAST BY CRAIG CIGNARELLI
The terre battue is quieter now, the bludgeoning whacks and spectator roars now making way for French traffic’s distant snarls and the morning coos of Parisian pigeons.
GLOBAL CHICK GETS HER HEAD AROUND THE TENNIS RANKINGS AFTER ROLAND GARROS, RAFA NADAL IS NOW NUMBER 10
The sun is shining, the grass is covered in dew and it’s time for us to just take a breath and think about the last two weeks on the vibrant clay of Paris.
THE TENNIS WEEKLY WATCH – WHO’S HITTING THE GRASS IN STUTTGART, ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH AND NOTTINGHAM
The clay court season is over, long live the grass! For an extra week as well no less...
STAN IS THE MAN ONCE MORE AS HE DENIES NOVAK DJOKOVIC TO WIN THE FRENCH OPEN TENNIS BY GLOBAL CHICK
Fifteen days, two men, one defining moment for the winner – it all came down to this. World No 1 Novak Djokovic took on Stan Wawrinka in the Roland Garros final.
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EUGENIE BOUCHARD NAMED 2018 TENNIS CANADA FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR / EUGENIE BOUCHARD NOMMÉE JOUEUSE DE L’ANNÉE 2018 DE TENNIS CANADA
Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday that Eugenie Bouchard is the winner of the 2018 Excellence Awards in the Female Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year categories.
TENNIS NEWS • CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS • TOMMY HAAS, TAYLOR FRITZ, STEVE JOHNSON, MARDY FISH AND MORE
Time to get tickets to watch! Surly you have heard about The Largest Open Tennis Event in America!
TENNIS NEWS • RAFA NADAL CONFIRMS RETURN TO PRACTICE, EYES ABU DHABI EXHIBITION AND AUSTRALIAN SUMMER
According to Uncle Toni, Rafael Nadal was supposed to be back at practice on either Dec. 4 or 5. Well, better late than never!
Conchita Martínez prepara la temporada 2019 de Karolina Pliskova en Tenerife
Española y checa ya trabajaron juntas durante el pasado Open de Estados Unidos