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Former tennis great Althea Gibson and singing sensation Ella Fitzgerald shared so much more in common than the fact that they have both been bestowed the remarkable honor of having a commemorative stamp issued to them by the United States Postal Service.
Indian Wells ,California. The BNP Paribas tourney is an oasis in the Coachella Valley, played @ the Indian Wells tennis "sort of gardens" (not an abundance of flowers or greenery) But It's still an amazing site. One of the largest sites for a tennis venue.
Sunday will see the draft for the International Tennis Premier League in Dubai and opinions are clearly split on the validity of the new tennis concept amongst leading players. Tomas Berdych, who maintains he needs to cut back on his schedule, primarily in Davis Cup, insists he is fully committed.
The 125th Annual Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles Championship, featuring many of the best NCAA Men's college tennis teams in the country and a strong field of independent players, will begin at 5 p.m. (PST) on Thursday, Feb. 27 at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.
Former top five players Nadia Petrova and Vera Zvonareva; Americans Donald Young, Jack Sock, Ryan Harrison, Steve Johnson, Rhyne Williams, Coco Vandeweghe, Shelby Rogers, Vicky Duval and Taylor Townsend; and Donna Vekic and Belinda Bencic were granted wildcards into the main draws of the BNP Paribas Open...
Roger Federer went down an early break in the second set of this, finally got it back, but lost the tiebreak, and it meant that he had to spend more than two hours on the court. It doesn't seem a very good recipe for success.
The USTA announced that in conjunction with World Tennis Day on March 3rd, it will attempt to set the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the ‘‘Largest Tennis Lesson.”
There were celebrations again in Dubai last night after the announcement of the 2013 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon. Alison Lee, Executive Vice President of the ATP’s International Group was in town to present the Dubai Duty Free Championships with the Best 500 series tournament for the tenth time in 11 years.
The ATP has announced the Tournaments of the Year in the 2013 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon, with repeat winners the Shanghai and Dubai joined by newcomer Queen’s as the most favored ATP World Tour events in their respective tournament categories.
Novak Djokovic is counting on new coach Boris Becker to help him find some mental strength on court, perhaps a contradiction in terms when it comes to the former Wimbledon champion whose chaotic post-tennis life has been anything but a smooth ride.
World no.5 Juan Martin Del Potro faces a nervous 16 hours flight as he heads from the Middle East to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for an appointment with Dr. Richard Berger to ascertain the extent of the left wrist injury that forced him to retire from the Dubai Duty Free Championships after just one set.
Top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan claimed a hat-trick of titles at the Delray Beach on Sunday as they defeated Frantisek Cermak and Mikhail Elgin 6-2, 6-3 in the final. The Bryans prevailed in 54 minutes, winning 77 percent of their service points and breaking their opponents three times.
Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova fulfilled her top seeding after a few rough showings since Melbourne, with the Slovak beating Poland Urszula Radwanska 6-3, 6-4 in the first round.
Former grand slam finalist Marcos Baghdatis beat Miguel Angel Reyes of 6-2 6-4, American Donald Young put out Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-3 and Rio finalist Alexandr Dolgopolov started with a defeat of eighth seed Vasek Pospisil 6-2, 6-2.
Gael Monfils, who is committed to play in the BB&T Atlanta Open for the first time in 2014 and is excited about it: “I like to play in front of anybody. I like to play for a full crowd and I like to play on the American hard courts. If the crowd gets into the action, that makes it even better. I'm looking forward to playing in front of the fans in Atlanta for the first time.”
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