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Oct/13

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This Week Paris Indoors

uploads/2013/07/P1011069.jpg">P1011069 My debut playing the ATP Fantasy Picks game is off to a terrible start. Paire got blown out. Rosol beat Chardy. Gulbis, Mannarino, Tomic, Istomin lost. Did anyone see that over two minute standing ovation for Federer in Basel when he was awarded the runner-up trophy? Pretty awesome. How about this article on Dominic Thiem and his eccentric coach, who has him running at midnight, carrying logs in the forest, and showing under waterfalls. link here... Continue to read full article...

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Oct/13

28

Delray Beach Announces Star Field For 2014

hewl Delray Beach Open by The Venetian® Las Vegas Announces 2014 Headliners ATP World Tour: Four Top 20s Into Singles Field - World No. 1 Bryan Brothers Highlight Doubles ATP Champions Tour: Ivanisevic Joins Roddick in 6-Player Field DELRAY BEACH, FL: Four of the current Top 20 singles players, the greatest doubles team of all time, and the 2001 Wimbledon champion are all included in a group of players who have signed on with the Delray Beach Open by The Venetian® Las Vegas to play in the 22nd annual event next February. The world's only combined ATP World Tour and ATP Champions Tour event will be played February 14 - 23, 2014 at the Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center. It will be the 16th year that the tournament will be held in Delray Beach. The 32-player ATP World Tour field will include Top 20 stars Tommy Haas (No. 12), John Isner (No. 14), Kei Nishikori (No. 18) and Kevin Anderson (No. 20). Janko Tipsarevic, last year's ATP world No. 8, former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt Continue to read full article...

Oct/13

23

Facing Federer book is getting positive reviews from tennis fans

FFcover Hi Scoop, I am enjoying Facing Federer very much; thanks for putting it together. --Mauricio Rodriguez, tennis pro at Court Sense Tenafly Racquet Club ---- Hi Scoop, I’ve just finished reading the book and have thoroughly enjoyed it. A book of what people connected to tennis have to say about Roger … this is such a great idea! Thanks for doing all the interviews and compiling them into a book. -Min via message left at tennis-prose.com Continue to read full article...

P1010933 I found this 2006 interview with Federer where he is challenged by a journalist (maybe it was Dan M.) about his supposedly mastering a weak era. He smashes the question with a knockout blow... INTERVIEWER – what do you think of the people who say your victories in the slams are down to weak competition? Continue to read full article...

Oct/13

21

Federer In Basel

P1010933 Roger Federer returns to Basel this week, he will play Mannarino in his first match. Federer leads the series 3-0 with the French lefty. Federer played Agassi in Basel in '98 or '99 when he was still a skinny teenager. Agassi told me last year about this match and that he was not all that impressed by Federer who he thought was trying to imitate Sampras Continue to read full article...

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Oct/13

19

Today’s Action & News

P1011039 Stokcholm QF Benoit Paire defeats Raonic 76 63 Ferrer d. Verdasco WO Continue to read full article...

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Oct/13

17

Cool Courts

coolct Tennis anyone? When the owner of this estate asks the question, be prepared for the next one: Which court would your prefer? The outdoor clay court designed to French Open specs, or the indoor court designed to US Open specs? With over 50,000 square feet of living space, the choice of tennis court style won’t be the only choice available. Continue to read full article...

Oct/13

15

Cool Courts

1010-173734 There are a lot of unique and interesting tennis courts on this planet. We're starting a new feature where we will show Tennis-prose.com readers some of the coolest courts we come across in our tennis travels. The debut of this series are the tennis courts located in the Washington Heights section of New York City Continue to read full article...

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Oct/13

14

An interesting week already

index Joachim Johansson got a wildcard into qualies in Stockholm and won both matches to make the main draw. He's up a break in the first set in what has to be his first ATP match in at least three years. The last time I remember hearing Pim Pim's name was three years ago in Miami when talking with Thomas Johnasson and Jonas Bjorkman Continue to read full article...

Oct/13

12

Opinion: Federer should re-hire coach Peter Lundgren

P1010933 Paul Annacone has been dropped by Roger Federer as his coach. Clearly, Team Federer needs a change in chemistry. Perhaps a good choice to replace Annacone would be former coach Peter Lundgren, who was able to spark the best out of Federer during his early years on the ATP World Tour. Continue to read full article...

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