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Tennis fans around the globe celebrated World Tennis Day at a huge array of special events on March 3, and a highlight of it all was the World Tennis Day Showdown in London, featuring Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendl, and Pat Cash.
Although the tennis world’s current star names such Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were hired for undisclosed figures believed to be in excess of $2 million each for their services in the International Tennis Premier League in Sunday’s Dubai-based draft...
With much of the recent buzz on the PowerShares Series belonging to tour rookie James Blake, the winner of the last two tournaments, and John McEnroe, who has dazzled crowds with his inspired play and fitness at age 55, Andre Agassi made sure he was not an overlooked presence.
Andre Agassi isn't about to add his name to the growing list of big name coaches on the ATP World Tour anytime soon. But the 43 year-old former world no.1 admits the challenge of hooking up with a top flight player and pitching his expertise against the likes of Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Goran Ivanisevic, Michael Chang, Sergi Bruguera and Thomas Enqvist might appeal one day.
After slumping off into retirement at age 32 with a severe case of burnout, often-downbeat Pete Sampras is shocked that Roger Federer is still keen and eager and planning for his next few ATP seasons at age 32.
Legendary coach Nick Bollettieri is said to have led life with the intensity of a fifth set tiebreaker. In his new autobiography “Bollettieri: Changing the Game,” he tells all, from his humble beginnings in a suburb of New York to his triumphs on the center courts at Wimbledon, the French Open, the Australian Open and the US Open.
Andre Agassi and James Blake played one of the most memorable U.S. Open matches of all time in 2005, Agassi coming back from two-sets-to-love down to win in a fifth-set tiebreaker in an epic quarterfinal.
Andy Roddick and James Blake, stalwarts on the U.S. Davis Cup team for a decade, reunited Wednesday as rookies on the 2014 PowerShares Series circuit competing in the “Champions Showdown” in the mile-high altitude of the Pepsi Center.
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Self-proclaimed New York Knicks fan John McEnroe posted an impressive “road win” in the arena of his NBA team’s rival Indiana Pacers, impressively winning the PowerShares QQQ Challenge at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse Friday with a 6-3 win over Jim Courier in the one-set championship match.
Andre Agassi and Governor Brian Sandoval visited Doral Academy West, a southwest valley charter school that was opened in August thanks to the Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund.
When we talk about the best athletes we know that he or she must be passionate and devote their life to whatever their passion is. Now what separates an athlete from a champion is that the champions are the ones that know the amount of sacrifice and self discipline required to win.
Stanislas Wawrinka’s Australian Open victory might have broken the monopoly the Big Four – Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer – in winning the Grand Slam titles that stretches all the way back to the 2009 US Open...
John McEnroe kicked off the 2014 PowerShares Series tennis circuit Wednesday night at the Sprint Center in frigid Kansas City beating both Ivan Lendl and Michael Chang back-to-back in one-set matches to win the title.
The organizers of the BNP Paribas Showdown and the Hong Kong Tennis Association have put their dispute behind them when the association received the money they had requested.
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