The USTA has unveiled the official 2007 US Open theme art created by Joanne Hus.  The theme art captures the personality of both the US Open and New York. The theme art design will be incorporated into all 2007 US Open promotional and collateral materials, including tickets, the official tournament magazine, and tournament poster. 

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The city of Tampa announced layoffs of 120 full-time employees in a $14 million budget cut. Another 99 unfilled positions will remain unfilled. Substantial part of the cuts are in  the Parks and Recreation Department and include multiple programs. Two public swimming pools will be closed, the summer reading program, art reach program, tennis [...]

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Tatiana Golovin had the Wimbledon referee reaching for his rule book when she sought to appear on court wearing red underwear………read article

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Lindsay Davenport will return to tennis when she will play for the Sacramento Capitals in the World Team Tennis Pro League on Saturday, July/21st.  The match will be against the Newport Beach Breakers. This will be Lindsay first appearance in the WTT tour since 2003.

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Dave Beerman, the current USTA representative for Polk County (region 3) will be honoured at the seventh Polk County All Sports Awards and Hall of Fame at the Lakeland Center.
Beerman graduated from Lakeland High School in 1961 and has been involved in public tennis in Polk County since 1965. Beerman is the recipient of many [...]

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Serena and Venus Williams are due to play with a new Wilson rackets at this week’s Wimbledon championship. The rackets (Black for Serena and white for Venus)
will be coated with 22 karat gold leaf.Wilson is planning on selling to the public a limited edition of these rackets at an estimated price of $500.00

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Florida based Jesse Levine will be part of this year’s Summer Collegiate Team program. Jesse managed to win a remarkable 24 consecutive NCAA singles matches before losing in the quarterfinals. His ranking is # 3 in both singles and doubles.
The Collegiate Team program is funded by the USTA and is a training ground for top [...]

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“….Justin Gimelstob, the veteran player/blogger/TV commentator from Santa Monica, Calif., was angry…” read article

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The only known example of a “golden set” (a set won 6-0 without losing a single point, i.e. winning 24 consecutive points) in professional tennis was achieved by Bill Scanlon (USA) against Marcos Hocevar (Brazil). The match was in the first round of the WCT Gold COast Classic, played at Delray,Florida on Feb,22nd/1983. The match [...]

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