Posted in Florida Tennis News on Jul 24th, 2008
Anastasiya Korzh was disqualified from the under-10 girls grade Junior Tournament in New Zealand after the receiver concealed under a thick headband was discovered. Tournament referee noticed Ana’s game had a “heightened degree of questioned calls”. The receiver had a box at the base of the back and a cord under the shirt [...]
Posted in US/World Tennis News on Jul 24th, 2008
A lawyer for the German Tennis Federation argued the ATP Tour violated antitrust laws in a reorganization that would relegate a Hamburg tournament to second-tier status. The federation’s claims that the Association of Tennis Professionals’ planned tournament restructuring attempts to monopolize player commitments and tournament sanctions in men’s professional tennis. The plaintiffs say that the [...]
Posted in US/World Tennis News on Jul 23rd, 2008
Marat Safin will team up with his sister Dinara Safina for the first time for Russia at the 2009 Hopman Cup international mixed team tennis tournament in Australia. Safin, who has two Grand Slam titles, has sometimes criticized his sister’s play in the past, although both siblings offered each other support via text messages during [...]
Posted in US/World Tennis News on Jul 23rd, 2008
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf and some other investors have terminated a contract to buy property at central Idaho’s Tamarack Resort for a proposed luxury hotel, citing unresolved litigation and current market conditions. Agassi and Graf, who are married, had been among investors planning to build a 300-unit hotel at the resort. Fairmont Hotels and [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Jul 18th, 2008
Orange Park: Annual Tennis for cancer tournament…read article…
Bradenton: Young Tennis player drive to become pro…read article…
Gainesville: Girls Tennis player of the year…read article…
Boynton Beach: Man charged in Tennis court assault…read article…
Sarasota: Hopp stays on his toes in Tennis world…read article…
Winter Haven: 7th grader represents FL…read article…
Tallahassee: Pro Tennis events help FSU stars sharpen skills…read article…
Gainesville: [...]
Posted in Video of the week on Jul 18th, 2008
All dressed up-Tommy Haas and Marat Safin in old-time clothes and wooden rackets, Wimbledon ofcourse…watch here…
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Jul 18th, 2008
Goran Ivanisevic has vowed to take revenge against Pete Sampras for ‘destroying his life’ when the pair meet at the BlackRock Masters Tennis in London. Ivanisevic finished as the runner-up to Sampras in the 1994 and 1998 Wimbledon finals, and lost to the American in the 1995 semi finals, before eventually winning the title as [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Jul 18th, 2008
Ashley Harkleroad has the tennis world talking, after her raunchy eight-page nude spread for Playboy magazine was released this week. Her boyfriend, Chuck Adams, loved it and even helped her negotiate a deal with the magazine. “…I wanted to show that female athletes, who are fit and muscular, can have very beautiful bodies just like [...]
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Jul 17th, 2008
The city of Asheville hosted a men’s 90 and older Tennis tournament which included players from Florida, Louisiana, New York and Pennsylvania. One player was forced to sit out as he had a minor heart attack. Some of the players hope the United States Tennis Association will add another division — 95-year-olds…read article…
Posted in Florida Tennis News on Jul 17th, 2008
James Blake announced the launch of the Thomas Blake, Sr., Memorial Research Fund, which he established to support cancer research in his father’s name at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Blake aims to raise $1 Million in the inaugural year for cancer research at Sloan-Kettering, especially improving early detection and screening. Blake created a line of [...]
