Archive: chris-evert
Welcome to Oz, the opportunity Slam. The absences of 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams and two-time champion Victoria Azarenka—combined with the lack of a dominant player—makes this Australian Open the most-wide open women’s Grand Slam in more than a decade, Hall of Famer Chrissie Evert asserts.
My colleague Chris Bowers, a British politician as well as a TRN broadcaster and author, has been writing a blog about L’Affaire Sharapova, as the French would call it, and thinks Maria would be well advised to play a gentler game in her reaction to the decision of CAS to reduce her doping sentence to 15 months from two years.
Today, legendary tennis star Chris Evert and Chrissie by Tail (http://www.chrissiebytail.com/) are announcing the release of the Garnet Red Collection from their Fall 2016 line of women's tennis and active apparel.
Jimmy Evert, the man who taught tennis at the Holiday Park courts in Fort Lauderdale for 49 years and was supremely influential in the stellar careers of not just his 18 Grand Slam singles title winning daughter Chrissie but also Jennifer Capriati, Frank Froehling, Brian Gottfried and Harold Solomon, has died at the age of 91 years of age.
Serena Williams plays thru a cold and other issues to hoist the winners trophy again! Sharapova was a very gracious runner up.
Rachel also sits down with Serena Williams to talk about winning her 18th Grand Slam singles title and its significance to her career.
Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, 5-time Paralympic champion Chantal Vandierendonck, legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, tennis industry leader Jane Brown Grimes, and British tennis historian John Barrett were all presented the highest honor in tennis today - enshrinement in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
As an exercise in formulating an impressive roster of tennis names, StarWing Sports Management appears to have most bases covered. As a current day champion the company manages Australian Open winner, Stanislas Wawrinka.
Albert Costa, has been appointed today as new sporting director of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899. . . Rafael Nadal is questionable for next week’s tournament in Argentina due to back trouble. . . Former ITF junior No. 1 and teenager Belinda Bencic of Switzerland will likely start her nation’s Fed Cup tie against France's Alize Cornet. . .
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) made several announcements today concerning the WTA Championships, its year-end crown jewel event which will take place in Singapore on October 17-26, 2014. This year will mark the first time in the storied 44-year history of the Championships...
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced that Chris Evert has been named the Legend Ambassador for the WTA Championships in Singapore.
Jerzy Janowicz withdrew from the Hopman Cup with a foot injury and will be replaced by No. 287 Grzegorz Panfil. . . Adidas will outfit Andy Murray in the semi-fitted Barricade top for the Australian Open. . .
Fans bringing new toys or new children’s' books to the Delray Beach Tennis Center will receive a complimentary general admission ticket to Saturday or Sunday's sessions. Sessions are scheduled from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
There was Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. Stretching the field, you can talk of Rolls and Royce, Rogers and Hammerstein. But a quartet?
Following a 2013 season highlighted by winning nine titles, including two Grand Slams, Serena Williams has secured the Women's Tennis Association’s Year-End No.1, presented by Dubai Duty Free, for the third time in her illustrious career, having also achieved the honor in 2002 and 2009.
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