Archive for July 2012
Eight top 60 players are in the Newport draw this year including 15 Olympians, though the Bryan Brothers have pulled out of the doubles to rest for Olympic Games. Nevertheless, this year's Newport event promises to be one of the best ever.
Isner could meet Mahut in the second round, as can Raonic and David Goffin. Continue to read full article...
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Jul/12
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Gotta Admit I REALLY Want Murray To Win Today
24 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
He has suffered and waited long enough. It's time now, to get the gorillas off his back once and for all. It's been about five years of failures against expectations, always coming up short to Rafa, Rodge and Djokovic. It's time to change the dismal pattern, it's time for Murray to feel like a winner on final sunday of a grand slam.
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Jul/12
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Williams Dominate Womens’ Tennis And Wimbledon Again
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It's been a while - two years to be exact - but the Williams sisters are back in the driver's seat again of the WTA after a duration of injuries, ailments and falling short. Serena returned to the grand slam winners circle for the 14th time by defeating Aga Radwanska and equaled her older sister's total of five Wimbledons.
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Roger Federer dominated world #1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic like only he could. It was a masterful four set wipeout. Federer was perfect or near perfect, with his sublime arsenal dictating Djokovic around the court like his personal servant.
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Before we went on court yesterday I watched four over 35 guys.. Cedric Pioline and Goran Ivanisevic vs. Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltingh. It was hilarious! At one stage all four players were sitting on chairs at the net playing hard! Then a dropshot made Ivanisevic jump over the net and ended up playing against his own partner (Cedric Pioline), three against one. Pioline won the point! Continue to read full article...
About four years ago at the U.S. Open media center I had a conversation with a German media man and he told me he believed Philipp Kohlschreiber was a potentially elite ATP player just what he was missing to get him over the hump was a top quality coach.
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Jul/12
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Olympian Ryan Harrison Receives Newport Wildcard
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Ryan Harrison, an exciting young American tennis star currently ranked No. 48 in the world and No. 4 among Americans, has been awarded the final wild card into the player field for the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. The tournament, which is the only professional tennis tournament played on grass courts in North America, will be hosted July 9 - 15, 2012 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. Continue to read full article...
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Jul/12
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Virginia Wade’s Greatest Comeback and Worst Blown Lead
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This is the second installment of our new feature of asking tennis players their greatest comeback and worst blown lead. This week the 1977 Wimbledon champ Virginia Wade shares her memories...
"It's easy to remember the ones that I lost...I can tell you that first. Well, I had lots of those but I had one in particular against Chris Evert where I was up a set and 5-3 40-15. I managed to lose it. I had a few of those against Chris, Albert Hall in London in Whiteman Cup. Had a perfect shot that I wanted - backhand volley - and... Continue to read full article...
