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A Champion Says “Thanks”

I have been privileged to cover dozens of USTA Pro Circuit Challengers ranging from to the 25K to 100K level during the last 10-plus years.
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The “10s Whenever” Newsletter: Championship Sunday!

The 125th Wimbledon Championships came to an end today, and what an exciting day it was! Novak Djokovic, the new No. 1, broke Rafael Nadal's 20-match winning streak at Wimbledon to claim his very first Wimbledon title.
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Wimbledon 2011 Tennis Commentating

Wimbledon final Sunday. What a fortnight. What a final. Novak Djokovic the matador vs the Bull Rafael Nadal.
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The “10s Whenever” Newsletter: Wimbledon Day 12!

Day 12 of the 125th Wimbledon Championships brought us our ladies' singles champion ... congratulations to Petra Kvitova! The 21-year-old claimed her first Grand Slam title with a straight-set victory, and Sharapova had only praise for her after the match.
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Feeling Andy Murray’s Pain at Wimbledon

Every man and his dog have got an opinion about your game, your behaviour, your mother, your brother and the girlfriend. I would not like to be in Andy’s shoes during the two weeks at Wimbledon every year.
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Sania Mirza out of doubles event – Mahesh Bhupathi in mixed semi-final

India’s top female player Sania Mirza is out of the ladies’ doubles event at Wimbledon after losing in the semi-finals. Mirza and her partner Elena Vesnina of Russia lost to the No. 2 seeds Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, 6-3 6-1.
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The “10s Whenever” Newsletter: Wimbledon Day 11!

Day 11 of the 125th Wimbledon Championships featured some of the most highly anticipated showdowns of the tournament: Djokovic vs. Tsonga and Nadal vs. Murray!
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The “10s Whenever Newsletter”: Wimbledon Day 9!

Day 9 of the 125th Wimbledon Championships was all about the men! The "big four" were in action today, but not all of them escaped the day unscathed.
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Da Feet and Defeat

First, we have Serena and her glass-cutting story...finally making it back and trying to be heroic and stoic... but ending in DEFEAT
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Global Chick’s Wimbledon

One year I ran in to Matthew Perry, Chandler from Friends. He tried to make conversation with me but I couldn’t get a word out. I was tongue tied for the first time in my life...
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“Middle Sunday”…. now it’s “Tea Time”

t's "Middle Sunday".... now it's "Tea Time". That's how it is at Wimbledon. Its most civilized and traditional as possible... strawberries and cream. Yummy...
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Wimbledon – The White Avalanche Has Arrived

Well, the white avalanche has arrived. White outfits, White tennis balls, White sneakers with those funny little knobs on the bottom…
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What would Wimbledon be without Andy Murray?

We love seeing a Brit in the second week of Wimbledon. Without a top British player in the second week, the tournament would not be the same.
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Misaki Doi: Japan’s Next Superstar

Misaki’s highest career singles ranking is 116, but her ranking is set to improve considerably after the Wimbledon Championships.
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Wimbledon 2011, London – “Murray Mound”?

It is the middle Saturday... The matches are back logged... but they are playing. So we need to find out the names of the hills and slopes of the area built by court one with the big screen TV.

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