Archive: rally-for-bally
Let's keep the incredible legacy of Elena Baltacha alive!
The coverage of Elena Baltacha’s death was remarkable. The British papers were full of the terrible news; the sports pages devoted acres of space to her career and achievements, the news pages ran tributes and pictures and the obituary writers cleared their desks and rang every sportswriter they could think of for information and anecdotes.
The great All England Club knicker watch of 2014 is up and running. Forget the tennis, ignore the forehands and backhands – we are here to eyeball the underthings of the rich and the famous
Within minutes of the shock announcement that Andy Murray had chosen Amelie Mauresmo as his new coach, Andrei Chesnokov was having microphones stuck under his nose in the Players Lounge at Roland Garros.
Middle Sunday @ wimby. Serena & Venus are both out of the singles, but they aren't packing up & leaving London just yet. They are playing doubles together. Not the same for Flipkens. She is out. Sorry Flip. Once you've tasted semis at Wimbledon one tends to put too much pressure on themselves.
Tradition holds that on the first Tuesday of The Championships, the initial match that is contended on Centre Court feature the Ladies Champion from the previous year. Last year, Marion Bartoli laid claim to the Venus Rosewater Dish when she defeated Sabine Lisicki, 6-1, 6-4.
Greetings from England. Today marks my second week in and around London. I've been to Queens and Birmingham and back to Queens club for Rally4Bally and off to Eastbourne and now I check into my 6th hotel and I'm off to Boodles in a few hours Aorangi and Wimbledon.
What a great day @ The Queens Club . The doubles finals was awesome and I'm certain the Brits wanted Jamie Murray and John Peers to have won. But it was Peya / Soares 4-6,7-6,10-4.
The international tennis family joined together today for Rally for Bally to celebrate the life of Elena Baltacha, one of Britain’s most successful ever female players.
Top seed Ana Ivanovic will be bidding for the first grass-court title of her career on Sunday when she takes on Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the Aegon Classic singles final in Birmingham.
Fifteen time Grand Slam champion Martina Hingis, double Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka and British No.1 Heather Watson will join a host of stars taking part in the Rally For Bally on Sunday as some of the biggest names in tennis join together for three star-studded exhibition matches in London, Birmingham and Eastbourne.
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is encouraging tennis fans worldwide to pledge their support for the fundraising efforts for "Rally For Bally," a series of exhibition tennis matches staged on Sunday, June 15, in memory of former British No.1 tennis player Elena Baltacha...
Clay court tennis. Do you like it ? Love it ? Hate it ? Can you slide ? Do you like balls that skid off the line ? Do you like the "DIRT " all over you ? How about when it goes down in your socks ?
The British No.4 Dan Cox has been awarded the fifth and final wild card into the Aegon Championships, which starts at The Queen’s Club on Monday.
Marion Bartoli will share a court with fellow Wimbledon singles champion Andy Murray as part of the Rally For Bally on June 15th.
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