Posted in US/World Tennis News on Apr 21st, 2008
Sesil Karatancheva is the only women tennis player suspended for steroids in a record two-year ban. Her 2005 victory against Venus Williams on Paris clay brought worldwide attention. The Bulgarian 15-year-old who trained at the Bollettieri academy in Bradenton went on to become the seventh-youngest French Open quarterfinalist since the Open Era began in 1968. [...]
Posted in US/World Tennis News on Apr 21st, 2008
Mario Ancic has enjoyed an outstanding tennis career by finishing in the Top 10, helping his country to the Davis Cup title, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon and winning three career ATP titles. But the 24-year-old Croat’s proudest moment off-court came in his hometown of Split where he officially became a graduate of the Law [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Apr 20th, 2008
Before she even set foot in this world, Julia Cohen didn’t have much of a choice. “My dad played tennis for the University of Pennsylvania and my mom plays as well,” Cohen said. “So before I was born I was going to be a tennis player.” She played her first professional event when [...]
Posted in Video of the week on Apr 17th, 2008
Roddick Impersonates Mac, Agassi, Hewitt, and MaSha…view video…
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Apr 16th, 2008
IMG-Bolletierri, the sports and entertainment management giant, conducts strength training for its elite athletes in a hangar-like gymnasium in Bradenton. It’s a spectacle of freakish sport-specific variety. Jesse Levine, who at 20 is the 163rd-best men’s tennis player in the world, enters this forest. He is short and well-built but has the look of a [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News, US/World Tennis News on Apr 15th, 2008
Anna Kournikova raced to the finish line during a celebrity relay in Miami, but says Andy Roddick will definitely beat her to the altar. “They’re really young, but I hope it works out,” she said. And as for her own prospects with boyfriend Enrique Iglesias? “I’m never getting married,” she said, adding, “Everything is good…”…read [...]
Posted in US/World Tennis News on Apr 15th, 2008
Judy Murray has coached her two sons to the very top in the brutally competitive world of tennis - and earned a reputation as a tough cookie along the way. The woman who produced a new generation of tennis greats - UK No.1 Andy Murray and Wimbledon doubles champ Jamie - found herself fragile when [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Apr 14th, 2008
Sarasota: Jenkins at home on court…read article…
W.Palm Beach: Jensen boys win 14-2A…read article…
New Port Richey: Loman maintains streak…read article…
Naples: Local tennis events and news…read article…
Miami: Sony Ericsson Open a boost for business…read article…
Ft.Myers: Green wave Tennis dominates district 12-3A…read article…
Lakewood Ranch: Despeghel scores Tennis upset…read article…
Panama City: Decker qualifies for State…read article…
Sarasota: Sebring [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Apr 14th, 2008
Serena Williams - Miami Beach
Anna Kounikova - Miami Triathlon
Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova
Radek Stepanek and Nicole Vaidisova
Posted in US/World Tennis News on Apr 10th, 2008
Daniela Klemenschits, 25, one of Austria’s leading tennis players, died from cancer. Klemenschits, who was born on November 13, 1982, and her twin sister Sandra had been the country’s strongest double players. Both sisters were diagnosed with a rare form of abdominal cancer. WTA players had donated more than $70,000 towards helping to meet the [...]
