Posted in Florida Tennis News on Feb 19th, 2008
Shahar Peer from Israel pushed tennis into the realm of the political without incident when she defeated Slovenia’s Andreja Klepac in the first round of the Qatar Total Open. Peer, No. 17 in the world, is the first Israeli to compete at a professional tour event in one of the Persian Gulf states. Qatar, an [...]
Posted in Odds and Ends on Feb 19th, 2008
Bill Tilden: Feb/10th/1893
John McEnroe: Feb/16th/1959
Michael Chang: Feb/22nd/1972
Nathalie Dechy: Feb/21st/1979
Juan Carlos Ferrero: Feb/12th/1980
Lleyton Hewitt: Feb/24th/1981
Na Li: Feb/26th/1982
Jelena Jankovic: Feb/28th/1985
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Feb 18th, 2008
In 1992 Andre Agassi bought his first piece of Kreiss furniture. Now he and his wife Stephanie (no more Steffi) Graf are designing a special line for the Kreiss furniture chain, who is known for high-end contemporary furnishings. The picture to the left shows the “Tennis Ball chair” from the collection…read article…
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Feb 18th, 2008
18 year old Japanese tennis player, 244th-ranked, Kei Nishikori won eight consecutive matches in order to win the title in Delray Beach over James Blake. Nishikori, who has trained at Bollettieri’s the past four years thanks to a grant from Sony Corp, has a strong baseline game, solid serve and athletic moves around [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Feb 18th, 2008
Greg Rusedski, The former British Tennis Ace is now part of the TV hit series “dancing on ice”. As part of the show, Greg admitted: “I bring in a razor and shave my chest every Saturday, I like it smooth and it looks better in the costumes. I hate the fake tan and have the [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Feb 15th, 2008
Miami: Golden Pathers 2-1 win against UoArizona…read article…
Tallahassee: Bowles returns after professional debut…read article…
Miami: Federhofer leads Krop boys’ tennis…read article…
Shalimar: Tennis coach under investigation…read article…
St.Petersburg: Event to showcase promising talent…read article…
Orlando: Local tennis story lines…read article…
Jacksonville: Ospreys break into national rankings…read article…
Tallahassee: FSU at record 50 straight wins…read article…
Ft.Myers: Eagles choose new Tennis coach…read article…
Ocala: [...]
Posted in Video of the week on Feb 15th, 2008
How tennis balls are made…watch here…
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Feb 15th, 2008
A total of 33 teams from Eastern USA will compete Feb/22-24 at the IMG Academy in Bradenton as part of the World Team Tennis National qualifying round. Florida will have a record 14 teams in virtually all divisions. The winner of each division will compete in the WTT National Championship in November at Indian Wells,CA.
The [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Feb 15th, 2008
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has bought a luxurious penthouse in Israel’s popular tourist resort-Yamim, north of Netanya. It has three balconies that offer a panoramic view over the Mediterranean Sea and a 350-square-meter rooftop which will allow her to have a swimming pool. The deal cost the tennis star $2 million…read article…
Posted in US/World Tennis News on Feb 14th, 2008
Nicole Vaidisova has quit the Czech Fed Cup team to concentrate on improving her standing in the rankings. The Czechs meet Israel on April 26-27 in their fourth consecutive World Group play-off…read article…
