Archive for September, 2007

Marat Safin, former # 1 tennis player will attempt to climb the Cho Oyo, the sixth highest mountain in the world. He is part of the 7 Summits Club expedition, the team gathers in Nepal and will take the route from Tibet…read article…

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Reaching the top and staying there is no longer just about having a killer serve or backhand; the formula also includes being able to make the right food choices every day, players have made diet part of their training…read article…

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Madison Brengle (Evert/Boca Raton) added to WTT Smash Hits…read article…
St.Petersburg, Tampa, Clearwater…read article…
Palm Coast’s Players Tennis Club to be sold under foreclosure…read article…
Collier County, Naples, Bonita Springs…read article…
Lakeland-new tennis pros…read article…
Seminole County to raise tennis fees…read article…

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The 14th Annual Humane Society Charity Tennis Tournament will be held on Sept/26-30 at The Royal Racquet Club in Clearwater. Tournament events include women’s, men’s and mixed doubles. All proceeds from the tournament directly benefit the animals at the shelter. To enter the drawing for door prizes, players must bring a tennis ball marked with [...]

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Novak Djokovic in the locker room…watch here…

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Tennis requires agility, speed and endurance, training for which offers excellent opportunities for improved fitness and a better game. The overall objective is to increase racquet head speed through improved strength, to increase range of motion with better flexibility, and to be able to transfer force from the legs through the torso powerfully and efficiently [...]

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Tennis Manawatu (New Zealand) hopes to make a Guinness World Record for the most people each holding a tennis racquet on a tennis court. Executive officer Pamela MacDonald is unaware of anyone attempting the record before. She believes there must be loads of racquets in Manawatu homes not being used and hopes once [...]

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TEARFUL Laura Norman hit out at golf star husband Greg and his lawyers after reaching a divorce deal: “I don’t know how they can sleep at night…” In contrast, Greg Norman was all smiles, with the way clear for him to wed twice-married US tennis great Chris Evert. Aussie Greg, who was married to Laura [...]

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The South Palm Beach team “Boca Medical/Grand Slammers” won the latest World Team Tennis Corporate tournament. Finalists were the “Citi Financial/Citi Slickers”. The winning team earns the right to compete in the Nationals to be held in Indian Wells,CA in November. In addition to Corporate Tournament and Leagues, WTT offers recreational leagues in over 1000 [...]

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Paris Hilton is expanding. After unloading her 3,000-sq.-ft. Hollywood Hills home last month, the hotel heiress, 26, is more than doubling her living space with the purchase of an almost-7,000-sq.-ft. Beverly Hills mansion in the gated Mulholland Estates. The new place offers more privacy, as well as five bedrooms, 5½ bathrooms and a fitness room [...]

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