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Andy Roddick made his debut on the PowerShares Series champions tennis circuit a successful one Thursday, fending off a stubborn John McEnroe 7-5 to win the Champions Shootout at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex.
Despite playing in Wimbledon, U.S., French and Australian Open finals, Jim Courier will tell you he also gets pre-match jitters before playing on the PowerShares Series tennis circuit.
French players won four of five matches on the day as the home indoor event began to gain pace. Unknown Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Andres Artunedo of Spain 6-4, 6-3 while No. 249 qualifier Albano Olivetti put out compatriot Kenny De Schepper 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 with a 14-ace performance.
Ivo Karlovic blasted a record-leveling 44 aces in a three-set match to beat Daniel Brands 6-7(4), 7-5 7-6(3) and begin his campaign at home on a high note. The performance tied that of Australian Mark Philippoussis, set October, 1995, in Kuala Lumpur.
Peter McNamara, half of one of Australia’s great doubles teams and now a respected coach as well as Mansour Bahrami’s ‘straight man’ on the ATP Champions Tour, will have his patience tested over Christmas as he waits for confirmation of a new role with Tennis Australia.
Goran Ivanisevic got the first of what he hoped would be two victories on Wednesday, as he defeated Greg Rusedski 7-6(2), 7-6(6) at the Statoil Masters Tennis, held at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Goran Ivanisevic arrived in London on Tuesday, ready to take part in the Statoil Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall, and finally realize his football dream.
One-time rival Mark Philippoussis, who faded from the tennis scene quietly only a few years after facing Roger Federer in the Swiss player's first grand slam final in 2003, says that the 17-time grand slam champion remains a tennis threat with chances at least one more major.
Greg Rusedski and Mark Philippoussis are the latest players to confirm that they will compete in the Brodies Champions of Tennis event in Edinburgh.
World TeamTennis League officials released the 59-match schedule for the three-week season of Mylan World TeamTennis.
Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, himself a self-admitted ‘wild colonial boy’, has formally offered to help his fellow Australian Bernard Tomic.
Players who will headline the ATP 500 event are John Isner, Kei Nishikori, Bob and Mike Bryan and Milos Raonic.
Australian Matthew Ebden will look to crack the Top 30 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings in 2013
Novak Djokovic has entered the 2012 Necker Cup, the world’s most exclusive Pro-Am, to be held on Sir Richard Branson’s private island Necker Island
The Royal Albert Hall is to host a Winter Whites Gala evening, on behalf of Centrepoint, Prince William’s Patron Charity, which helps homeless young people.
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