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ROD LAVER IS TRULY | MAYBE “THE GOAT” • MR. GRAND SLAM MAN VERSUS SLAM CHAMPS IN CHICAGO @ THE LAVER CUP thumbnail

ROD LAVER IS TRULY | MAYBE “THE GOAT” • MR. GRAND SLAM MAN VERSUS SLAM CHAMPS IN CHICAGO @ THE LAVER CUP

You think I'd miss this tennis tourney? Be serious... Look at the cast of characters.... Oh my gosh. What a great party. Wow. Who's not here is more like it! Wow!
U.S. Open Tennis Seeding Update: Cincinnati’s Potential Impact On The Season’s Final Slam thumbnail

U.S. Open Tennis Seeding Update: Cincinnati’s Potential Impact On The Season’s Final Slam

With the U.S. Open seeding set following this week's action, the Western & Southern Open is every player's last chance to jostle for seeding position at final Grand Slam of 2018.
TENNIS UPDATE • RAFA NADAL PREDICTS GRAND SLAM GREATNESS FOR ZVEREV WITHIN TWO YEARS thumbnail

TENNIS UPDATE • RAFA NADAL PREDICTS GRAND SLAM GREATNESS FOR ZVEREV WITHIN TWO YEARS

Alexander Zverev is already overdue for success at the Grand Slam level--at least when you consider his Masters 1000 prowess.
Althea Gibson by Richard Evans thumbnail

Althea Gibson by Richard Evans

Althea Gibson, the first African-American ever to win a Grand Slam title, provided a perfect example of America’s schizophrenia over its attitude to people of color in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
TENNIS • 10SBALLS SHARES ANOTHER ROGER FEDERER PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE 2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS FINAL thumbnail

TENNIS • 10SBALLS SHARES ANOTHER ROGER FEDERER PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE 2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS FINAL

Click here to check out another Roger Federer photo gallery from the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia.
2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS BY THE NUMBERS • RAFA HAD MOST RACKETS STRUNG thumbnail

2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS BY THE NUMBERS • RAFA HAD MOST RACKETS STRUNG

World No. 2 Roger Federer (SUI) won his 20th Grand Slam title after defeating World No.6 Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-1.
ROGER FEDERER KING OF TENNIS HOLDS OFF MARIN CILIC FOR 20TH GRAND SLAM TITLE • SIXTH @ THE KIA AUSTRALIAN OPEN thumbnail

ROGER FEDERER KING OF TENNIS HOLDS OFF MARIN CILIC FOR 20TH GRAND SLAM TITLE • SIXTH @ THE KIA AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five...not 17, not 18, not 19.... No, Roger Federer now owns 20 career Grand Slam titles.
SERENA WILLIAMS WINS THE 2014 U.S. OPEN TENNIS & THE SERIES BONUS CHECK , BIG BUCKS ! thumbnail

SERENA WILLIAMS WINS THE 2014 U.S. OPEN TENNIS & THE SERIES BONUS CHECK , BIG BUCKS !

Serena Williams took a record $4 million for winning the US Open, the biggest prize money check that has been given in tennis. Williams got $3 million for winning the US Open, and $1 million for winning the US Open series, with points given for how players perform in warm-up events.
MARTINA HINGIS TO PLAY IN 25TH GRAND SLAM FINAL thumbnail

MARTINA HINGIS TO PLAY IN 25TH GRAND SLAM FINAL

Fourteen months following her induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Martina Hingis is rewriting her remarkable résumé yet again.
WIMBLEDON DRAW ANNOUNCED, NADAL AND FEDERER ON SAME SIDE  BY RICKY DIMON thumbnail

WIMBLEDON DRAW ANNOUNCED, NADAL AND FEDERER ON SAME SIDE BY RICKY DIMON

The Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer rivalry could be renewed this upcoming fortnight in the Wimbledon semifinals on a surface that is most likely to produce a riveting match--not unlike the one at the All-England Club in 2008. That possibility was revealed on Friday when the two men with 31 Grand Slam titles between them landed on the same side of the draw for the year's second major.
FRENCH OPEN SEED REPORT AFTER TUESDAY IN ROME   BY RICKY DIMON thumbnail

FRENCH OPEN SEED REPORT AFTER TUESDAY IN ROME BY RICKY DIMON

With the French Open starting the week after next, the battle for seeding at the season's second Grand Slam ends this Sunday. That means results of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome will determine the final outcomes.
ASICS EASTER BOWL MOVING TO INDIAN WELLS TENNIS GARDEN FOR 47th ANNUAL EVENT APRIL 5-13 thumbnail

ASICS EASTER BOWL MOVING TO INDIAN WELLS TENNIS GARDEN FOR 47th ANNUAL EVENT APRIL 5-13

The last ball has been struck at what turned out to be one of the most successful non-Grand Slam events in pro tennis history as the Indian Wells Tennis Garden gets set to next host America’s rising starts...
“10s Whenever” Newsletter Vol. 151 thumbnail

“10s Whenever” Newsletter Vol. 151

Check out our site, 10sballs.com, daily for the latest news and updates and forward our newsletter to your tennis friends. And make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Maria Sharapova Hopes Men To Play Three Setters At Majors thumbnail

Maria Sharapova Hopes Men To Play Three Setters At Majors

Many are the calls for women to play the best of five sets matches in Grand Slam events to justify equal prize money with their male counterparts. Now Maria Sharapova has insisted that a far better plan would be to play men’s matches at the four majors over a shorter distance of best of three sets.
International Tennis Hall of Fame Enshrinement Class of 2014 To Be Revealed Monday thumbnail

International Tennis Hall of Fame Enshrinement Class of 2014 To Be Revealed Monday

On Monday, March 3, in conjunction with World Tennis Day, the International Tennis Hall of Fame will announce the Enshrinement Class of 2014.

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