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January 5th, 2012 — Book Review, Tennis
“Winning Ugly – Mental Warfare in Tennis – Lessons from a Master” has received acclaim from some of the biggest names in tennis today, including Jim Courier, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras just to name a few. The thing that makes this a popular book for improving your tennis game is the fact that it [...]
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13 Quick Tips for Better Tennis There are a lot of tennis tips and tricks floating around out there, but many are complicated and complex, and not at all easy for you to implement on your own without a dedicated trainer to walk you through them. The following article is designed to go over some quick...... -
Mastering The Mental Game of Tennis Tennis is a game that is played primarily in your mind, even though your body is running back and forth on the court. Many of the top players in the game have devoted volumes to the subject of mental tennis, but these tips can be distilled down into a few...... -
Tennis Scoring A game of tennis starts with the service and ends when a player has scored 4 points, as long as they are also 2 points ahead of their opponent. Games are generally part of a set, which is a series of games played until one player has reached six wins,...... -
Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide is a paperback tennis guide by Tom Sadzeck. This book easily follows the formula which has been successfully used in "Golf Skills", "Hoop Drills" and "Soccer Skills", and Tennis Skills: The Player's Guide is doing an excellent job of providing an in depth look at...... - Athlete Profiles: Andre Agassi Andre Agassi has become a fixture in the tennis world, and thanks to a series of high profile relationships, sponsorship deals and a great will to win, he has become an indelible fixture of pop culture as well. His gold medal win in the Olympics, and the sheer number of......
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December 28th, 2011 — Book Review, Tennis
The Wimbledon championships began their life all the way back in 1877. They were simply a summer past time back then, but now they are a worldwide covered two week championship in June that are held every year. This book was endorsed by the England Club, and chronicles the development of the Wimbledon championship tournament [...]
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Upcoming Tennis Tournaments for Men and Women The Tennis world can easily rejoice, as the new season has started. After only a few weeks of relaxation for the worldâs top players, the ATP tour and WTA tour are back and in full force. Both the men and women jump in feet first, with the men featuring three...... -
Tennis Betting and Odds Tennis Betting and Odds is a type of handicapping exclusively for tennis betting. Tennis betting is different from other types of sports betting because you have to become knowledgeable about each player. How players perform from week to week affects their rankings and their tennis odds. Knowing this information and...... -
Current Tennis in Review: Federer, Ivanovic, and Djokovic There's still a great deal to keep an eye on this fall, even though the Grand Slams have gone. Here are some of the current happenings, including the whereabouts of Roger Federer. Federer's Return? Federer decided to bail out of the Stockholm Open, raising quite a few eyebrows, especially when...... -
Wimbledon Wrap Up Day 6 By the middle of the day on Sunday, the Wimbledon practice courts were already alive with an intense amount of effort. There were dozens of players on the courts during this time wearing casual and colorful clothing that normally would have them booted out of the match since the dress...... - Athlete Profiles: John McEnroe Easily one of the most volatile players ever to grace the sport of tennis, and well known for his signature line, âyou cannot be serious,â John McEnroe is forever etched into the minds of tennis fans throughout the world. His hot temper, raw natural talent and his penchant for disagreeing......
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November 22nd, 2011 — Tennis, Tips and Tricks
November 6th, 2011 — Athlete Profile, Male Profile, Tennis
Pete Sampras was born in 1971 and grew up in the Washington DC area of the United States. He is considered to be one of the most gifted male players in the sport and has one numerous titles, medals and cups throughout his long and illustrious career. Although he is now retired, he remains to [...]
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Rafael Nadal Wins the Monte Carlo Masters Rafael Nadal hasnât been a winner for almost a year. But he won the Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday and become the only player to win a single event 6 times in a row since tennis became a professional sport over 40 years ago in 1968. Thatâs quite a comeback...... -
According to Uncle, Nadal is Doubtful to Return to the Davis Cup Final World No. 1 tennis player Rafael Nadal has been injured, and it is not sure right now whether or not he will be able to recover in time to return to the game for the Davis Cup final in Spain. Being held in Argentina, the Davis Cup would be a...... - Andy Roddick's Tennis Player Profile Andrew Stephen Roddick, better known as Andy Roddick, was born on August 30, 1982. He is an American professional tennis player, and has been considered to be the World No. 1 as well. Right now he is considered to be the eighth ranked player in the entire world, as of......
- Athlete Profiles: John McEnroe Easily one of the most volatile players ever to grace the sport of tennis, and well known for his signature line, âyou cannot be serious,â John McEnroe is forever etched into the minds of tennis fans throughout the world. His hot temper, raw natural talent and his penchant for disagreeing......
- Athlete Profiles: Andre Agassi Andre Agassi has become a fixture in the tennis world, and thanks to a series of high profile relationships, sponsorship deals and a great will to win, he has become an indelible fixture of pop culture as well. His gold medal win in the Olympics, and the sheer number of......
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October 30th, 2011 — Athlete Profile, Male Profile, Tennis
Easily one of the most volatile players ever to grace the sport of tennis, and well known for his signature line, “you cannot be serious,” John McEnroe is forever etched into the minds of tennis fans throughout the world. His hot temper, raw natural talent and his penchant for disagreeing with the referees got him [...]
Online Stores Related Posts - Tennis Player Profile for Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Hewitt was born on February 24, 1981 and is a former World No 1 tennis player that hails from Australia. He became the youngest male ever to obtain a number 1 ranking in 2001. He has numerous career achievements, awards and wins, including a 2001 US Open win, a......
- Athlete Profiles: Andre Agassi Andre Agassi has become a fixture in the tennis world, and thanks to a series of high profile relationships, sponsorship deals and a great will to win, he has become an indelible fixture of pop culture as well. His gold medal win in the Olympics, and the sheer number of......
- Andy Roddick's Tennis Player Profile Andrew Stephen Roddick, better known as Andy Roddick, was born on August 30, 1982. He is an American professional tennis player, and has been considered to be the World No. 1 as well. Right now he is considered to be the eighth ranked player in the entire world, as of......
- International Tennis Federation Champions Nadal and Jankovic The International Tennis Federation has named Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic as their world champions of 2008. Nadal stepped past Federer in the Wimbledon final win, and he is the first Spaniard to achieve the honor of men's world champion. Nadal also won the French Open title in 2008, his......
- Athlete Profiles: Chris Evert Chris Evert is perhaps one of the most well known female tennis stars who shot to popularity in the early 1970âs and rode the rocket well into the 1980âs. Known as a power player who was also incredibly consistent, one look at her record tells you just how good she......
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September 3rd, 2011 — Athlete Profile, Male Profile, Tennis
Roger Federer was born on August 8, 1981, and is a Swiss professional tennis player that is currently ranked No. 2 in the world behind Rafael Nadal. He was previously the World No. 1 ranked player for a record number of weeks, 237 weeks to be exact. He took the World No. 1 ranking in [...]
Online Stores Related Posts - Sharapova Nears Return, Plans to Defend Australian Open Crown The former World No. 1 tennis player Maria Sharapova plans to be 100 percent healthy by the upcoming tennis season, and assures fans that she will be poised to defend her Australian Open title as soon as January rolls around. According to Maria Sharapova's agent, Max Eisenbud, Sharapova has a......
- Tennis Profile for Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal was born on June 3, 1986. He is a Spanish tennis player that has been regarded as the No. 1 ranked men's tennis player in the world since August 18 of 2008. He has already won five Grand Slam Singles titles and won the 2008 Olympic gold in......
- Athlete Profile: Elena Dementieva Elena Dementieva was the star of the ASB Classic. The world's number four player, the 5' 11" tennis star was the highest ranked player to have ever played in the Auckland match. Marina Erakovic of New Zealand saw the mistake of waiting first in line as she was paired with......
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First Grand Slam of the Season: The Australian Open This week in tennis features the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open. The tournament features all of the big names that players have come to love with some notable exceptions. The Menâs top seeds are as follows: Rafael Nadal (1), Roger Federer (2), Novak Djokovic (3), Robin...... -
Tennis Preview: Roger Federer withdraws from Japan Open and the Shanghai Masters In what is perhaps a shocking move to some, and not shocking at all to others, Roger Federer has announced that he is pulling out of the Japan Open and the Shanghai Masters. Roger Federer recently withdrew himself from both the Japan Open as well as the Shanghai ATP Masters......
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November 30th, 2009 — News, Tennis, Tournaments and Championships
At the ATP World Finals, Roger Federer is now ranked 1 in the sport for the 5th time. He’s one away from tying Pete Sampras’ record of 6 number one spots. He won that trophy at the ATP World Tour Finals in London at the O2 Arena on Wednesday, but was eliminated later in the [...]
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Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals This week in Tennis featured the menâs ATP tour finals, known as the Barclayâs ATP World Tour Finals. This year the tournament was held in the O2 Arena in London, England. The tournament takes the top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams and pits them against each other...... -
The ATP World Tour Finals The ATP World Tour Finals in London set 2 tennis records, with 17,467 in the audience, making it the largest crowd to ever watch a match in Britain--2,500 more than can watch a match at Wimbledon's Centre Court. This also ranks as the biggest indoor tennis tournament in tennis history,...... -
Recap US Open Day 13 & 14 Rafael Nadal is going up against Juan Martin del Potro this Sunday. Playing against Juan Martin del Potro is sort of like swimming up the stream because no matter how quickly you're paddling, there is always a feeling of certain inevitability that is going in the opposite direction, and this...... -
Nadal Back to Number 2 with Madrid Masters Win Rafael Nadal, previously ranked 3rd in the world, has now earned the number 2 spot by defeating the number 1 player in the world and winning the Madrid Masters for the second time. Nadal beat Roger Federer on Sunday, 6-4, 7-6 (5) and took home 18th Masters win, breaking Andre...... -
US Open, New York This week in tennis features the US Open, the final major of the year that is held in New York. While the tournament will be missing the premier womenâs star (Serena Williams), the field is stacked with plenty of incredible talent. This week featured the second half of the tournament,......
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September 28th, 2009 — News, Tennis, Tournaments and Championships
In what is perhaps a shocking move to some, and not shocking at all to others, Roger Federer has announced that he is pulling out of the Japan Open and the Shanghai Masters. Roger Federer recently withdrew himself from both the Japan Open as well as the Shanghai ATP Masters on Friday, having cited that [...]
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Top-Ranked Federer, Williams Win Singles Trophies at Australian Open The top ranked players in both men's and women's tennis took home the trophies at the 2010 Australian Open. Roger Federer won the men's singles competition after losing there last year to Rafael Nadal, the number 2 ranked player who dropped out of the Aussie open this year because of...... -
Rafael Nadal to Pull Out of Masters Cup Giving reasons of fatigue due to his knee injury as the reason for the surprising action, the world's number one tennis star Rafael Nadal has decided to withdraw himself from the Tennis Masters Cup. The athlete stated that the decision is a very difficult one for him to make, not...... -
Monfils manages to beat Kohlschreiber to take the tennis tournament win at the Open de Moselle. The top seeded player Gael Monfils has managed to end a four year drought in titles by claiming a 7 - 6 (1), 3 - 6, 6 - 2 win against Philipp Kohlschreiber from Germany during the Open de Moselle which occurred this past Sunday. Gael Monfils managed to serve...... -
Roger Federer and Credit Suisse Sponsorship In the long list of celebrities/sportspersons-corporate partnerships, the latest is the Roger Federer-Credit Suisse sponsorship joint program. The Credit Suisse partnership is the latest in the list of partnerships Federer is in involved in; he is already involved in endorsement deals with major corporate such as Mercedes Benz, Rolex, Nike,...... - French Open: Tennis Tournament Recap The French Open tennis tournament is billed to be the most challenging out of all of the grand slam tournaments, and the 2009 French Open Tournament is slated to adhere to the same rigorous competitive nature of all of the French Open tournaments that preceded it. The 2009 French Open......
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July 14th, 2009 — News, Tennis, Tournaments and Championships
The epic Wimbledon final that happened last Sunday between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick has been ruled as the most viewed of all men’s finals at the All England Club in the past ten years. According to NBC last Thursday, an average of 5.71 million people had tuned in, in order to watch the epic [...]
Online Stores Related Posts - Top-Ranked Federer, Williams Win Singles Trophies at Australian Open The top ranked players in both men's and women's tennis took home the trophies at the 2010 Australian Open. Roger Federer won the men's singles competition after losing there last year to Rafael Nadal, the number 2 ranked player who dropped out of the Aussie open this year because of......
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US Open Facts and Figures Lets take a look at some of the pertinent facts and figures for the upcoming US Open tennis championship tournament: What: This is the final major championship tournament for the pro tennis season. When: Play will continue for two weeks, with the women's singles finals to be held on September...... -
Commonwealth Bank, Swiss Indoors Basel, Valencia Open 500 Tennis This week in tennis featured the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali, Indonesia for the women. It also featured the Swiss Indoors Basel in Basel, Switzerland and the Valencia Open 500 in Valencia, Spain for the men. The Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions was a small tournament, only featuring...... -
Tennis Tournament Preview: Roger Federer against Juan Martin Del Potro Roger Federer, World no.1 (-308) against Juan Martin Del Potro, seed 6 (+278) Roger managed to take care of our red hot favorite, Djokovic in only three sets, but are things going to get even more challenging against him when he goes up against Juan Martin Del Potro from Argentina?...... -
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals The next week in tennis should prove to be an exciting and exhilarating week of play, featuring the Barclays ATP World Tour finals. The tournament features the eight best singles players of the year and the eight best doubles teams of the year. Players will play in a two-group round......
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July 6th, 2009 — News, Tennis, Tournaments and Championships
When the dust settled from the epic battle between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick, Federer managed to capture a fifteenth Grand Slam title after a classic five-set Wimbledon match. The final scoring was 5 – 7, 7 – 6 (6), 7 – 6 (5), 3 – 6: 16 – 14 in Roger Federer’s favor. Roger [...]
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Roger Federer Fights for French Open Final Federer managed to reach all the way to the finals of the French Open by taking a five set victory over his opponent, Juan Martin del Potro. Federer learned in the process that it is not all about who wants it the most that dictates who will win. Federer clearly...... - Recap US Open Day 13 & 14 Rafael Nadal is going up against Juan Martin del Potro this Sunday. Playing against Juan Martin del Potro is sort of like swimming up the stream because no matter how quickly you're paddling, there is always a feeling of certain inevitability that is going in the opposite direction, and this......
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Epic Wimbledon Final Recap The epic Wimbledon final that happened last Sunday between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick has been ruled as the most viewed of all men's finals at the All England Club in the past ten years. According to NBC last Thursday, an average of 5.71 million people had tuned in, in...... -
French Open: Roland Garros: Quarterfinals The French Open concluded this week, providing plenty of ups and downs during the final week of play. The Menâs side saw plenty of interesting twists and turns, with top players dropping and lower ranked players thriving. Robin Soderling, the 5 seed, toppled Roger Federer in the Quarterfinals, 3-6, 6-3,...... - Athlete Profiles: Andre Agassi Andre Agassi has become a fixture in the tennis world, and thanks to a series of high profile relationships, sponsorship deals and a great will to win, he has become an indelible fixture of pop culture as well. His gold medal win in the Olympics, and the sheer number of......
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