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Serbia looks to qualify for its first Davis Cup quarterfinal when it hosts a U.S. team that is missing Andy Roddick and James Blake.

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With each one of the five contenders rolling in some kind of dirt this year, there’s a wide open opportunity for someone to step in and seize the moment.
Murray, of the top five, appears the only one physically fit unless the pressure situation is able to neutralize it landing him with the other crippled clowns. […]

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The player locator feature is now live. Now our members can see the location of other players on a map visually, which will offer more flexiblity in scheduling matches. The location of other players are represented by tennis balls, which on a mouse hover reveal details such as player name, email and phone number.
Player locator feature is now live!!

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The Spring 2010 Leagues for the following cities are underway for the following cities:
Dallas Tennis League
Tennis League
Tennis League
Leagues run through the end of May. Join now for free and play competitive tennis on your schedule.

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When you are near-unanimously anointed a ‘great’ in your sporting world certain acts, professions etc. automatically become taboo and beyond approach.
I think there’s just ONE avenue left available in your retirement years – without ANY alternative. Have a clue? No, you don’t!!!!!
Opting for anything else not only brings your own stature and standing down to […]

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Second-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia defeated Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (6) to reach the second round of the Monterrey Open.

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JENNY
Gonzalez may skip Indian Wells
Source Tennis.com Ticker
http://tennis.com/articles/templates/news.aspx?articleid=4420&zoneid=4

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Seemingly far removed from the best days of his career, an eager and determined poured in a devastatingly consistent month in February to capture Player of the Month honors.
Recording an envious 14-1 record throughout the second month of the season, Ferrero won back-to-back titles in Brazil and Argentina, while advancing to the […]

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I spent part of the day at the Tangipahoa Tourism/Loeb Law Firm $25K Tennis Classic in Hammond, Louisiana today. We have had tropical storm-strength winds around here lately, as well as rain, so conditions have been tough for the players. Today was crisp and cold and very sunny, with intermittent–but not high–wind blowing on the courts.I watched a really high quality 2nd round match between qualifier and wild card . This match had a bit of everything, including some drama. At one point in the second set, Broady was so upset by the chair umpire’s line calls

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Qualifier Heather Watson, who was on the court for a very long time yesterday in her first round match against former world number 7 (her 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 score included one 11-0 tiebreak), returned today and took her second round match 6-4, 6-4. Watson played 5th seed . I had forgotten that Adamczak plays with a one-handed backhand, and it was nice to see two such backhands in two consecutive matches.Adamczak used her backhand well, too, occasionally confounding Watson by setting up drive volleys with it, or by hitting outright winners. Watson, however, remained patient, and took

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The first Thursday on the month is set aside for my look back at the notable performances of the previous month for the Tennis Recruiting Network. February’s aces tend to skew toward college players, due to the ITA Indoor, but there were several notable accomplishments by others too. Thanks to a friend in Florida, this Herald story was in my email box today. I have been hearing since last fall there was a possibility that the Orange Bowl would move from Crandon Park on Key Biscayne back to its previous location: the clay courts at Flamingo Park in

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For me, the most wonderful time of the year on the tennis calendar is the weekend of first-round Davis Cup action. Yes, that’s right: I’m an unabashed DC fan. Not exactly the most popular thing to be a fan of, but I’m always into it–for the most part. Even though last year’s final didn’t exactly do it for me, I’m really looking forward to these ties.And since I’ll be following all the results closely, I figured I’d try to write something about each tie, and predict what player will be the one to watch out for and the tie result.

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Just days after undergoing surgery on his right hip, for what turned out to be a 2 inch labral tear (which is HUGE) as well as removal of a floating piece of bone that has been present since Haas was born, German has commenced formal rehabilitation. The truth is the rehabilitation would have started the day after the operation but Haas is now letting media have a glimpse of what he’s up to.The operation took three hours for the labrum and other cartilage to be repaired as well as for Dr Marc J. Philippon to remove the 2cm

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Columbian born singer Shakira must be dancing in the streets after her genius decision to include Spanish tennis star in her more recent video clip Gypsy. Not only has his (shirtless) presence caused the media to go crazy, and female fans all around the world to simultaneously drool/stroke out, it has also lead to the clip being extremely popular (probably because the drooling fans keep hitting replay). The video clip has come in at number one on this weeks Top 10 video clips on Billboard.com…. whether the song (without the clip) manages to do so well remains to

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An emotional has said “this earthquake has been to violent” and that “there is pain and destruction” left behind in the aftermath of the 8.8 earthquake that devastated his homeland of Chile. Gonzalez has released a video in English and Spanish showing some of the devastation as Chile attempts to come to grips with what has happened. He also urges viewers to find a way to help.Gonzalez is in Chile ahead of the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Israel which Gonzalez hopes the Chileans will win to “give a little joy to our country.” He has also suggested

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is set to become the youngest ever player to play for Australia in the Davis Cup. He has been named to play singles, along with , against Chinese Taipei in the tie which starts tomorrow at Park, where the is held.Tomic’s first match is a re-match of his 2008 Australian Open Boys final against , Chinese Taipei’s number 1 player who is 2 years Tomic’s senior. Tomic has won both of their two previous meetings and will be feeling confident about succeeding again on home turf as Australia’s newest Davis Cup member.Tomic was

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David Nalbandian is expected to play for Argentina against Sweden in the Davis Cup this weekend after a quicker than expected recovery from a leg injury. His manager, Bernardo Ballero, told reporters Wednesday that Nalbandian had practiced earlier in the day without any problem. He was forced to withdraw last month from the Copa Telemex tournament in Buenos Aires with a right-leg injury.

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Rafael Vélez

Agnes Szavay of Hungary strikes a backhand against Germany’s Julia Goerges in the first found of the Monterrey Open, Tuesday, March 2, 2010 in Monterrey, México.

Singles - First Round
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. (1/WC) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 57 64 64
(3) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. (Q) Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 61 62
(4/WC) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 64 63
(5) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 63 36 63
Sara Errani (ITA) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 62 63
Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 36 62 61
Polona Hercog (SLO) d. (Q) Corinna Dentoni (ITA) 62 64
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 62 64
Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 63 61
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 76(5) 64
Patricia Mayr (AUT) d. (Q) Olga Savchuk (UKR) 76(5) 60

Doubles - First Round
(1) Groenefeld/King (GER/USA) d. Gullickson/Krajicek (USA/NED) 61 62
Coin/Pelletier (FRA/CAN) d. (WC) Védy/Washington (FRA/USA) 64 64
Pavlyuchenkova/Zakopalova (RUS/CZE) d. Kondratieva/Lefèvre (RUS/FRA) 61 63
Medina Garrigues/Shaughnessy (ESP/USA) d. Bratchikova/Woerle (RUS/GER) 63 67(2) 12-10

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Having seen his ranking plummet from No. 7 in the world to its current position of No. 477 was not easy for .
Still recovering from the effects of mononucleosis, Ancic has seen limited court action this season, holding 1-3 record in Challenger and Futures events.
Taking part in this week?s Futures event in McAllen, Texas, […]

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Our good friend at the ATP World Tour, Greg Sharko has put together a great rundown for the upcoming and events, highlighting the winners, finalists, and match winners over the month of March.
Never leaving any stone unturned when analyzing the world?s best ATP players, Sharko?s look into March madness is intriguing to […]

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After further reflection, the ITF has decided to give the participants of this weekend?s World Group Davis Cup tie between Chile and Israel an extra day of preparation due the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday.
The tie will now start on Saturday and end on Monday, the day the qualifying for the Indian […]

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David Nalbandian has recovered more rapidly than expected from a leg injury and is expected to play for Argentina against Sweden in the Davis Cup this weekend.

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David Nalbandian has recovered more rapidly than expected from a leg injury and is expected to play for Argentina against Sweden in the Davis Cup this weekend.

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by: Rob York
and are both representative players of the current generation on the ATP Tour.
First, there’s their common height and bulk: the Swede Soderling is listed at 6’4” and 192 pounds on the ATP Tour Web site, while Berdych is listed at 6’5” and 200 pounds.
Secondly, we have their game plans: […]

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lets us in his world for a little while.

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lets us in his world for a little while.

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According to ?s official website, the Swiss star will make every effort to play the event next week.
Today the site posted this statement from Federer. ?Dear Fans I am feeling really good again and I was happy to hear from my doctor today that I have the green light to start working […]

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Hit for Haiti: Sequel Set for Indian Wells.
Roddick?s Arm+Safina, Monfils & Nadal ? What Ails Us This Week?

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According to ?s official website, the Swiss star will make every effort to play the event next week.
Today the site posted this statement from Federer. ?Dear Fans I am feeling really good again and I was happy to hear from my doctor today that I have the green light to start working […]

Related posts:Federer Out of Indian Wells?
Hit for Haiti: Sequel Set for Indian Wells.
Roddick?s Arm+Safina, Monfils & Nadal ? What Ails Us This Week?

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goes one-on-two!

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goes one-on-two!

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by Pete Bodo The other night, beat , 7-5 in the third, in the Billie Jean King Cup exhibition, the centerpiece event of the USTA’s Tennis Night in America effort. This is a very solid idea; tennis…

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Greetings, everyone. This is a test post. Apparently, we are all being locked out of the most recent post; my own PC machine posts a Windows-type box with the message, This comment does not belong to this blog. Which is…

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The Davis Cup matches between Chile and Israel in Coquimbo have been delayed for a day because of the earthquake, and will start on Saturday and finish on Monday.

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