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Do you support Venus and Serena’s continued refusal to play at ?

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Former No. 1 Marat Safin will open up play in his debut Champions Series tennis event Friday against Wayne Ferreira at the Banco Cruzeiro do Sul Rio Champions in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The Banco Cruzeiro do Sul Ri

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Pete Sampras and have both put their homes on the market.

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By Mike McIntyre As if Russia needed another women’s tennis player to be winning titles on the WTA Tour. Add Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to an already abundant number of talented Russian women on the WTA Tour. The eighteen year old defeated…

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Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova holds her trophy after defeating Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-0 in the final tennis match of the women’s singles at the Monterrey Open in Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, March 7, 2010.

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Third-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia defeated Anastasia Sevastova of Latvia 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 to reach the final of the Monterrey Open.

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From the Associated Press: The WTA Tour and Sony Ericsson reached a contract extension that continues their relationship through the end of 2012 but drops the mobile phone company as the title sponsor of the women’s tennis tour. In 2005,…

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New Zealand has asked the International Tennis Federation to move its upcoming Davis Cup match against Pakistan to New Zealand or a neutral venue.

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The WTA Tour and Sony Ericsson reached a contract extension that continues their relationship through the end of 2012 but drops the mobile phone company as the title sponsor of the women’s tennis tour. In 2005, Sony Ericsson became the global title sponsor for the WTA Tour under a six-year, $88 million deal due to expire at the end of 2010.

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Argentina’s was first thought too injured to participate in the tie, but after a successful insertion in the Saturday doubles, Nalbandian played the hero in the fifth and deciding singles match, defeating Sweden’s to put Argentina into the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Swede forced a fifth match by defeating Argentina’s in straight sets in the first Sunday singles. Argentina will travel to Russia for the quarterfinal encounter.

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The WTA Tour and Sony Ericsson reached a contract extension that continues their relationship through the end of 2012 but drops the mobile phone company as the title sponsor of the women’s tennis tour.

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Former finalist and Davis Cup hero is hoping that and will commit to a potential fundraiser for the earthquake victims of Chile before the start of the Masters 1000 in mid March.
Gonzalez, who is skipping next week?s event in order to help the people of his country recover, […]

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia defeated Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-0 for her first WTA title at the Monterrey Open on Sunday The 28-year-old Pavlyuchenkova came back from a set down to overwhelm Hantuchova in the final of the hard-court tournament. Pavlyuchenkova also defeated Hantuchova earlier this season in a hard-court match in Dubai.

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Actress Brook Shields, who is the ex-wife of tennis star Andre Agassi, recently told the Ladies? Home Journal that Agassi?s comments about his run in with the cast of ?Friends? was not 100 percent.
Shields reflected on the innocent where Agassi claimed he walked out of the studio because Shields was suppose to lick Matt Le Blanc?s […]

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Chile vs. Israel: Chile leads 2-1
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram gave their Israeli teammates a lifeline on Sunday by defeating and 6-7(5) 7-6(9) 2-6 6-1 6-0 to draw within one match of tying their Davis Cup tie with Chile.
Israel, who lost both singles matches on Saturday to […]

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Chile vs. Israel: Chile leads 2-1
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram gave their Israeli teammates a lifeline on Sunday by defeating and 6-7(5)  7-6(9)  2-6  6-1  6-0 to draw within one match of tying their Davis Cup tie with Chile.
Israel, who lost both singles matches on Saturday to and Nicolas Massu, had their backs against the wall after […]

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Is he the ONLY one in sports who was CORRECTLY picked to be one of the greats of the game? We have all heard of so many busts that this has to be one of only if not the rarest of occasions when an athlete has more than lived up to the hype.
Wasn’t he in […]

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-Choose a far better looking and with a higher potential of being in shape girl friend at the Olympics.
-Would avoid the heavy dose of acne cream he has had to ‘indirectly’ ingest in this current run.
-Work tediously in selecting a long time coach from the start.
-Never believe when told about ‘being on the pill’ – […]

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expressed his interest in one day being captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team.

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expressed his interest in one day being captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team.

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By Mike McIntyre As if Russia needed another women’s tennis player to be winning titles on the WTA Tour. Add to an already abundant number of talented Russian women on the WTA Tour. The eighteen year old defeated…

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From the Associated Press: The WTA Tour and Sony Ericsson reached a contract extension that continues their relationship through the end of 2012 but drops the mobile phone company as the title sponsor of the women’s tennis tour. In 2005,…

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1. Want to look younger. Receding hairline leaves no other option. It’s either going bald thereby lending some ambiguity as to what the real age is OR show the thinning hairline and look more aged than you really are. No brainer.
2. Want to look menacing and macho either to highlight the big frame or to […]

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Hugging syndrome too hard to give up?

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The Davis Cup run for the United States is over in the first round. Novak Djokovic withstood 24 aces and outlasted John Isner 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-4 on Sunday, giving Serbia a clinching 3-1 lead against an American team looking for its 33rd Davis Cup title. In the last rubber, Sam Querrey beat Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-2 to make the final score 3-2.

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Israel’s doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram defeated Chile’s Paul Capderville and Jorge Aguilar on Sunday, narrowing Chile’s lead to 2-1 in the best-of-five Davis Cup tie. Erlich and Ram won 6-7 (5), 7-6 (9), 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 to set up the key reverse singles matches Monday. Fernando Gonzalez faces Dudi Sela and Nicolas Massu plays Harel Levi.

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Pictures from the Davis Cup tie between Great Britain and Lithuania

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David Ferrer swept Stanislas Wawrinka aside in straight sets to put defending champion Spain into the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Sunday, while David Nalbandian secured Argentina’s 3-2 victory over Sweden by beating Andreas Vinciguerra in the last match.

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Serbia vs. United States: Serbia wins 3-1
World No. 2 battled past a diligent effort from tall American during Sunday?s first reverse singles match to send Serbia into the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup world group.
Defeating Isner 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4 just over four hours, Djokovic fought off 24 aces […]

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Serbia vs. United States: Serbia wins 3-1
World No. 2 battled past a diligent effort from tall American during Sunday?s first reverse singles match to send Serbia into the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup world group.
Defeating Isner 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4 just over four hours, Djokovic fought off 24 aces […]

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Sweden vs. Argentina: Winner Argentina 3-2
Initially flying in to support his Argentine squad this weekend, Davis Cup stalwart inevitibly rescued his team from the jaws of elimination by defeating 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Helping to secure the doubles point on Saturday with teammate , Nalbandian subbed in for before […]

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Spain record of winning home ties in the Davis Cup remains intact. The Spaniards have now won 21 consecutive ties at home. On Sunday easily disposed of 6-2, 6-4, 6-0, for his fourth consecutive win over the Swiss number 2 to give Spain the victory. The victory puts Spain in the quarterfinals, and one step closer to a successful title defense.Wawrinka managed to create some opportunities to level in the second set, after racing to a 4-1 lead, before throwing in a few wayward shots. Things continued to visibly annoy the Swiss with him ultimately

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- In other good news for Spanish tennis, will be flying to on Tuesday to attempt to defend his title and play his first match since he retired against in his quarterfinal match at the . Rafa also posted ’s Chilean earthquake video on his Facebook site, saying “We have to support Chile!”- Fernando Gonzalez is hoping to arrange a charity show, similar to Hit for Haiti, in later this month to raise money for the Chilean people. He will have the support of Rafa Nadal and .-

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Brooke Shields is set to clarify some of Andre Agassi’s stupid behaviour during their two year marriage. Agassi originally claimed that after watching Shields guest star in a Friends episode as a psychotic fan of Joey Tribiani’s TV character Drake Remore (played by Matt LeBlanc), which required her to lick and suck on LeBlanc’s finger. Agassi claim’s he “lost it” and went home and smashed all his tennis trophies in a rage. Shields today said; “Does he mention I spent the next three years replicating those trophies? He doesn’t say that, does he? Of course not. That’ll be in my

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With sitting out the doubles tie, instead spending some time with ice on both his knees, and battled Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram over 5 sets and just over 3 hours, with Israel coming out on top, winning 6-7, 7-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0. The tie score is now 2-1 in favour of Chile. The Chileans will be hoping to win one of the reverse singles on Monday (Gonzalez V Sela, Massu V Levy) to give the Chileans something to smile about in the wake of the earthquake that has devastated the country.The Israeli’s are

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proved to be the saviour of Argentina again. Sweden had leveled the tie at 2-2 after beat in the first of the reverse singles on Sunday. Nalbandian was declared fit and was named to play the other reverse singles rubber that would decide the tie. Because of Nalbandian’s efforts the Argentinian’s will next face Russia in July. Nalbandian defeat Vicciguerra 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.Argentina had been weakend by the loss of and Juan Martin del Potro but were ultimately saved by the last minute entrance of Nalbandian who is also coming back

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Great Britain team captain John Lloyd says he feels “devastated” after the 3-2 Davis Cup loss to Lithuania.

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Novak Djokovic withstood 24 aces and outlasted John Isner 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-4 on Sunday, giving Serbia a clinching 3-1 lead against an American team looking for its 33rd Davis Cup title.

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Novak Djokovic outlasted John Isner 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-4 as Serbia beat the United States in their Davis Cup first-round match.

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As the US fights with Serbia (it?s currently 2-1 Serbia and Djokovic and Isner are at a set all), we?re wondering about ?s decision to sit out Davis Cup this year and focus on his own career. In the past, Roddick stated it was one of his top priorities to play for the red, […]

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World No. 11 was forced to retire from his dead rubber singles match on Sunday in France against of Germany.
Tied at one set all and on serve in the third set, Tsonga sprained his ankle at 4-6, 6-2, 1-0.
The loss by Tsonga gave Germany its first point of the weekend, but […]

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David Nalbandian has sent Argentina into the Davis Cup quarterfinals by defeating Sweden’s Andreas Vinciguerra in the last reverse singles for a 3-2 series win. Nalbandian secured a 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory on Sunday to clinch the series at Stockholm’s Royal Tennis Hall. Nalbandian broke for a 2-1 lead in the fourth set and held his serve the rest of the way, converting his first match…

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Dan Evans’ five-set loss in the decisive singles match sees Great Britain lose 3-2 to Lithuania in the Davis Cup.

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With three teams advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2010 Davis Cup World Group on Saturday, the remaining five ties (excluding the Chile-Israel tie, who will play their doubles rubber today due to a late start) would highlight Sunday?s reverse singles action.
Let?s now take a look at Sunday?s singles action.
Spain vs. Switzerland: Spain wins 3-1
Spaniard […]

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Jo Wilfried Tsonga has retired with a sprained ankle against Simon Greul of Germany, ending the Frenchman’s unbeaten run in the Davis Cup. Tsonga retired while trailing 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 on Sunday, a day after France qualified for the quarterfinals when Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber and Christopher Kas for an insurmountable 3-0 lead.

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David Ferrer has sent Spain into the Davis Cup quarterfinals by beating Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 in the first reverse singles match. Ferrer was in control throughout Sunday’s match and broke twice in the third set before serving out the victory to give Spain an unassailable 3-1 lead.

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Russia is advancing to the Davis Cup quarterfinals after Mikhail Youzhny defeated Somdev Devvarman 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 in the first reverse singles to secure an insurmountable 3-1 lead over India. Youzhny dominated for the start Sunday, breaking his opponent six times while never losing his serve to close out the match in less than two hours.

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/India PRwire/ ? Maui Jim, the manufacturer of premium sunglasses, confirmed today that they have entered into a partnership with the world?s number seven ranked tennis
player . Under this agreement, Elena will be a brand ambassador for Maui Jim, promoting its products on a global level with various forms of marketing, advertising, PR, […]

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