Archive for February 2015
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Biofile: Victor Estrella Burgos Interview
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Status: ATP Quite titlist two years in a row.
Age: 34 Born In: Dominican Republic
First Tennis Memory: I play regional tournament in Santo Domingo. I remember in the final I beat the #1 seed who at this moment was ten years old I was nine. I won 63 36 63. This was my first tournament.
Tennis Inspirations: My dream and inspiration was to be in the top 100. Now I try to get better and better every day with the ranking and be in better tournaments. Continue to read full article...
Former World No. 7 Nicole Vaidisova returned to professional tennis at the end of last year. The former Reebok endorsed star has been successful and now has a ranking of #594.
Vaidisova qualified at the Midland Michigan ITF event and has rolled through two rounds, beating Japan's Hibino in 76 75 and then #5 seed Anna Tatashvili 16 64 63. Continue to read full article...
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Shock upsets are rare occurrences in the world of pro tennis, where top players seldom surrender a centimeter of their hard-earned territory. In this feature, pro players talk about memories of their major upsets...
Scott Draper: "I played Thomas Muster in Rome. He was the King of Clay, number two in the world, defending champion. And I just went out there, I don't know, I just had a great day where I committed to what I was trying to do and I beat him in three and a quarter hours. He went to the hospital after the match. It was one of those matches where I played unbelievable." Continue to read full article...
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Jayita’s View: The Djokovic-Murray Final Controversy
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Australian tennis great Pat Cash was quoted on BBC radio as saying “things just started snowballing for Murray once he lost that concentration when everything was going his way. He absolutely collapsed. Sorry, but you don’t put a rose tint on this. He melted down, he’s been disappointing and the bottom line is, the situation got too muchâ€. Continue to read full article...
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DELRAY BEACH ANNOUNCES 2015 FIELD
Karlovic, Tomic and Americans Querrey, Sock, Johnson & Young Into The Mix
DELRAY BEACH: The top five-ranked American tennis players are among the field of 32 players who will compete in the upcoming Delray Beach Open by The Venetian® Las Vegas, as the ATP World Tour event announced its singles field on Thursday.
Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson, Jack Sock and Donald Young have joined No. 1 American John Isner, who announced in November he would play in the 23rd annual tournament. Continue to read full article...
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by Louise Belcourt
Was there a doubt in your mind that Serena Williams, the world number 1, would continue her dominance over the world number 2, Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final?
There shouldn’t have been. As usual Serena bought out her A game to overcome a spirited Maria 6-3 7-6 (5). With 18 aces and 38 winners Serena was too determined and dominant for the Russian.
Going into the final Serena had won their last 15 matches. Unbelievably, the last match Maria won in their duel was over 10 years ago in 2004. Continue to read full article...
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