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May/12

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Agnieszka Radwanksa Biofile

Status: WTA #3 ranked player. Winner of nine WTA singles titles. Ht: 5-8 Wt: 120 DOB: March 6, 1989 In: Krakow, Poland Tennis Inspirations: "I think Pete Sampras, he won everything. Martina Hingis. Roger Federer, I think he's amazing. Amazing tennis. He won everything." Continue to read full article...

First memory of tennis: When I was a kid my father talked about how he admired Maureen Connolly and later said it was good for tennis that Rosie Casals took the game out of the country clubs. I thought it was cool, so at age 13 a friend and I put on white shorts and Tee-shirts, rode our bikes to a clay court in Atlantic Beach, N.Y., and failed for several hours to keep the ball in play. I never tried again until I was in college. Very frustrating and extremely difficult sport. Continue to read full article...

May/12

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Madrid Discussion

I like the idea of blue clay, it might look extremely odd at first but we'll get used to it. Remember how all hard courts were green? When they show it now it looks prehistoric. Now the bright green and purple looks awesomely clear and crisp. Change is good. Give the blue some time. Bad news for DY, he lost again today to his fellow slumper Troicki in three sets. Continue to read full article...

Nancy Gill McShea calls herself a 99 percenter. She has held many jobs since age 9, including two stints as a secondary English teacher and Librarian, and she competed in varsity basketball and baseball, all before she jumped on the tennis bandwagon in the early 1970s at the beginning of the Open era. The timing was perfect, as tennis coincided with her commitment to the young feminist movement, her volunteer work in politics as a Democratic committeeman and her years spent auditioning for television commercials in Manhattan. Continue to read full article...

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May/12

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Random Tennis Player Biofile: Karen Pestaina

Name: Karen Pestaina Occupation: Editor-in-Chief of Tennispanorama.com and Contributor to The New York Times. Resides In: Fort Lee, N.J. First memory of tennis: I have two "first" memories. Although I was very little, I barely remember when Arthur Ashe upset Jimmy Connors to win Wimbledon in 1975. I had an uncle and cousins in London calling my father to give him match updates until we could find the match on my father's shortwave radio. Later I remember watching the match on tape-delay on NBC. In 1977 I witnessed the last U.S. Open at Forest Hills when Guillermo Vilas upset Jimmy Connors in four sets for the championship. This was the first tennis match I actually attended and I did not realize the significance of the match until years later. This match branded me a Vilas fan for life. Continue to read full article...

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