Archive for January 2014
Jan/14
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A few words about the women’s side of the tourney
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Ana Ivanovic played one of her best matches in a long, long time to beat Stosur. She blew set points and lost the first set tiebreak but she regrouped and won the next two sets overcoming plenty of adversity. It's easy to forget Ana was once the world's best female player. She certainly looked it against Sam.
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Jan/14
16
Book excerpt: Gabashvili on “Facing Federer”
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ATP veteran Teymuraz Gabashvili has finally earned his rematch with Roger Federer. Gabashvili first played Federer at Wimbledon 2007, which was his debut at the AELTC. He did reasonably well and had some opportunities despite falling in straights sets. Now, seven years later, could the more seasoned and experienced Gabashvili pull off the big upset over the supposedly decling Federer?
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There was no way to watch Lleyton Hewitt fight back from two sets down, all the way to earn himself a match point but still lose in five brutal sets to Italian Stallion Andreas Seppi 7-5 in the fifth, and not wonder if this was the "Last Hurrah."
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Jan/14
13
The Swami Says…Picks of the 2 Best Matches of Day 2 of Aussie O
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Jan/14
12
The Australian Open is finally here, let’s discuss
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There are so many interesting angles this year. Djokovic with Becker... Federer with Edberg... The Serena-Maria-Dimitrov love triangle...the rejuvenation of Lleyton Hewitt...the young Americans...All the players over age 30 now when 25 years ago Johan Kriek was the oldest in the draw at 30...Rafa Nadal vs. Bernard Tomic...Is Del Potro ready to blast out the tournament with his atomic forehand?...When will Milos Raonic take the next step...Dolgopolov with Santoro... Continue to read full article...
It's not often that a tennis player fires back on a member of the media so when it happens you know there has to be a just reason.
On Facebook, in a post, former two-time Australian Open champion Johan Kriek struck back against Tennis Magazine's Peter Bodo for what he deemed inaccurate reporting...
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A Racquet at the Library by Andrés Bella
January 9 - March 1, 2014
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 9, from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Brooklyn Public Library at Kings Highway, 2115 Ocean Avenue, NY 11229
Curated by Boris Ioselev
Andrés Bella is a New York native whose artwork has appeared in galleries around New York City, including Benrimon Contemporary and Dorian Grey Gallery. Andrés cultivates his art through the triumph, defeat, stress, and frustration he has experienced as a tennis player and as a person. He expresses himself by repurposing the tennis materials he once used to excel on the tennis court.
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First Tennis Memory: "I don't have a lot of memories because I wasn't watching a lot of tennis but I'm gonna say...what can I say...maybe when I went to the Open 12 in France in Marseilles. I saw (Arnaud) Clement play, for me he was a big star. He gave me a towel and for me that was a big moment [smiles]."
Tennis Inspirations: "For me, Marat Safin. He's a very good player, very interesting to watch, a very good backhand, good serve, I return a bit like him. He was better, but [smiles]."
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Everybody loves early January, for it's the start of a new tennis season. Every player has hopes and dreams that this can be their time to shine and make a mark in Melbourne.
So far the story of the season has been the re-emergence of Lleyton Hewitt and all the injury pullouts and defaults. Players are dropping out left and right of the warm up events which is causing some surprise to court observers.
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by Louise Belcourt
Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer battled the heat and their opposition to advance to a much anticipated final in Brisbane.
With temperatures climbing to over 105°F, both Hewitt and Federer were the ones to hold their cool in tense and dramatic semi final wins on Saturday.
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