Archive for April 2014
Apr/14
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Rising Force Alexander Zverev Stars in Sarasota
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The world's top junior Alexander Zverev won his second qualifying match today at the Sarasota Open, taking down Aussie Jason Kubler 64 in the third.
Zverev, just sixteen, had two double faults in the last game but he held his nerve and finished the job with an unreturnable forehand.
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That young phenom Alexander Zverev, ITF number one junior and Australian Open winner, is on center court with Bjorn Fratengelo, who won French Open juniors three years ago but has struggled to make inroads in the ATP. The kid goes up 2-0 but Bjorn breaks back and then it's a battle. By the end of the set, every point is a dogfight, there are no freebies or bad mistakes. Both are playing well. Zverev finally takes the set 7-5 when Bjorn nets a backhand. And Zverev wins the second set, barely, 7-5.
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Apr/14
10
Sarasota Open Challenger Starts Saturday
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One of the coolest tennis events is the Sarasota Challenger which will be contested for the eighth time at the Longboat Key Club Tennis Gardens on Longboat Key, Florida from Saturday April l2th to the 20th.
This year's $l00,000 main draw field once again is strong: Defending champ Alex Kuznetsov is back to defend his title. Continue to read full article...
Apr/14
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Jovana Jaksic makes waves in Monterrey
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Did anyone see this new young beautiful Serbian Jovana Jaksic's match with Kimiko Date Krumm in the semi of the WTA Abierto Monterrey event?
For almost the entire match Jaksic was utilizing double-grunt noises, first a light normal grunt then after contact she added a higher pitched semi shriek which almost sounded like a combined hiccup/achoo sneeze.
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Apr/14
7
RIP Mickey Rooney, Actor, Avid Tennis Player
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Years ago I remember being told by my friend the artist LeRoy Neiman that Mickey Rooney was a fine, fine tennis player. So good that the dimunitive movie star was considered the best tennis player in Hollywood during his heyday.
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The former Olympic gold medalist doubles team of Athens, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, have lost a crucial doubles match today vs. Kazakhstan in four sets. Andrey Golubev and Aleksander Nedovyesov uplifted heavy underdog Kazakhstan to a two to one lead heading into reverse singles tomorrow in Geneva.
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It's Davis Cup quarterfinal weekend.
Italy vs. Great Britain in Naples. After court condition delays, Fognini handled Ward and Murray vs. Seppi was postponed with Murray up.
Germany traveled to Nancy, France and Kamke upset Benneteau. Gojowczyk is battling Tsonga. Continue to read full article...
Apr/14
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The Biofile: Dominic Thiem Interview
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Status: ATP #79.
Age: 20
From: Austria
Tennis Inspiration: I have many players. I didn't have one big idol. I really enjoyed watching tennis and liked very many players of the last decade. (Name three?) Federer. Ferrero. And Roddick.
First Tennis Memory: My parents are both tennis coaches and also played for themselves, so they took me always to the court. That's my first memory, nothing special.
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Apr/14
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Meet the tennis media: Ben Rothenberg
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One of the young guns in the American tennis media is Washington DC-based New York Times contributing writer Ben Rothenberg, who almost got to play with Treat Huey back in the day, caught the eye of Maria Sharapova, and even had a flash "Federer moment" on the court during a high school match...
First memory of tennis: The first one that pops in my head... I remember walking down the stairs, my dad was watching TV and it was Martina Navratilova on. Continue to read full article...
