Posted in US/World Tennis News on Sep 27th, 2007
The tennis gambling scandal widened with revelations Belgian Gilles Elseneer was offered money to throw a match at Wimbledon. Elseneer’s compatriot Dick Norman said he had been asked to provide locker room information on player injuries in return for cash. News of the approaches follows an illegal $255,000 incentive offered to Serbia’s Novak [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Sep 27th, 2007
November 21st is the start of this year’s 22nd Annual Champion Porsche Audi Turkey Bowl Tennis Championships at the Swim & Racquet Center in Boca Raton, Florida. Over 200 players are expected to compete this year. The draw is stock full of talented international players who hope to become the next rising [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Sep 25th, 2007
Ocala CFCC dedicates tennis plaza to Mel Carpenter…read article…
Boca Raton: Corina Morariu retires from Pro-Tennis…read article…
Naples: Chelsea Preeg commits to Vanderbilt…read article…
Tallahassee: Florida State advances to semifinals…read article…
Ft.Lauderdale: Brian Gottfried joins Harold Solomon…read article…
Gainesville: Women’s tennis wins 8 of 9 matches…read article…
Florida State freshman Katie Rybakova (Coral Springs) is unbeaten in singles and doubles at [...]
Posted in US/World Tennis News on Sep 25th, 2007
The British Lawn Tennis Association has suspended two of
Britain’s top young tennis stars after they posted online images that suggested “unprofessional behaviour” and “lack of discipline”. David Rice and Naomi Broady have been deemed to have breached their contracts requiring them to act professionally and had their funding withdrawn. The LTA took the action [...]
Posted in Video of the week on Sep 25th, 2007
Federer at Regis and Kelly…watch here…
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Sep 25th, 2007
Acupuncture performs much better than usual care, German researchers have found. Almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about a quarter of the patients receiving medications and other Western medical treatments felt better. “Acupuncture represents a highly promising and effective treatment option for chronic back pain, [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Sep 25th, 2007
Chris Evert has hit back at claims that she pursued Greg Norman while they were both still married. Andrassy, 57, had claimed that Evert had blatantly chased
Norman in front of her. “She came after him - I have never seen anything like it,”
“Greg and I have too much dignity to respond to those untrue and [...]
Posted in US/World Tennis News on Sep 25th, 2007
Brazilian tennis player Marcelo Melo was barred for two months for a doping violation. The doubles specialist tested positive for the stimulant isometheptene June 10 at the Wimbledon warmup tournament. The ban was reduced from the usual two years because Melo did not take the substance to “enhance his sporting performance,” the ITF said. Melo [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Sep 20th, 2007
The Tennis Podcast has chosen to feature us as their “Tennis Website of the Week”…you can listen to their recommendation by rolling to minute 36:16 here.
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Sep 19th, 2007
The Ponte Vedra Inn and Club women’s 3.0 USTA team is headed to Las Vegas (Darling Tennis Center) to play in the 2007 USTA adult league National Championship in October. The team, headed by captain Kim Marshall won the State Championship in Daytona.
