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lands on the cover of two U.S. magazine.

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is in , R.I., this week for the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships along with Americans , , and and stopped by the Hall to deliver a piece of tennis history. Mahut, who lost his record-setting five-set match with in the first round of , […]

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One of the upsides to working at a bookstore is stumbling across hidden gems of the literary world. The gem I happened upon a couple of weeks ago, Nic Brown?s new novel, Doubles, isn?t exactly hidden: the acclaimed author of Floodmarkers takes his sophomore swing with a story entrenched in the world of tennis. I […]

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Commencing his sixth season with the WTT, Roddick will rally against both the New York Sportimes on Randall’s Island, NY and the Boston Lobsters at the Villanova Pavilion in Philadelphia at 7pm.

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BLAKE Pure poetry (No, not the campy Wimbledon kind): http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?id=5358534

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Remember the agony and anguish Nadal went through for nearly two freaking years as No. 2 in the world with a prospect of never being No. 1? He was destined to become another stat in a long line of No. 2s who never could take the next step. With Federer showing no signs of declining […]

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adidas has the FIFA World Cup in a lock but we?re pretty sure Nike?s not losing any sleep. They can rest comfortably in the fact that they clothed some of the biggest stories at this year?s . (images by Nike via The Slice.)

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OVERALL GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS Overall Record accomplished Player tied Wimbledon 2003 — Australian Open 2010 16 Grand Slam titles Stands alone US Open 2008 — Australian Open 2010 Career Grand Slam Rod Laver Andre Agassi French Open 2008 — Australian Open 2010 Winner and Runner-up at all four Grand Slam tournaments Stands alone Wimbledon […]

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Player No. of straight set wins in finals Opponent(s) Scoreline Borg 2 Nastase 6-4, 6-2, 9-7 Connors 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 Sampras 3 Ivanisevic 7-6, 7-6, 6-0 Pioline 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 Federer 2 Philipoussis 7-6, 6-2, 7-6 Roddick 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 Nadal 1 Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 6-4

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Singles champions never World No. 1 According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail and the computer rankings of the Women’s Tennis Association, only seven women have won the Wimbledon singles title since 1921 but never reached the World No. 1 ranking. (Since Wimbledon’s “Open Era” (1968), only four of the […]

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BJORNINO TP, how about a new live thread for Newport & Davis Cup quarter-finals? Cheers/B

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BLAKE Oooer But what about my ‘lurker’ status Claire!! I’m not sure how well us ‘swamp’ creatures survive outside our natural habitat lol. Alas, TP- mailbox away… ——————————————- Hmmmm…. ok, so I’ve held off putting up something about myself for a couple of years now.. Mostly because a). being a semi-anonymous ‘lurker’ has it’s advantages […]

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CLAIRE I found this on Blick – Switzerland newspaper – site above doesn’t take you there. To get to article: Google – Bick Switzerland newspaper -translate this page. then : go to sports – hit on Federer’s picture -then hit on Federer’s picture again – right upper side of paper. this will take you to […]

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Nicolas Mahut had it a bit easier this time.

Nicolas Mahut - John Isner - Newport - Wimbledon Championships - Tennis

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Nicolas Mahut had it a bit easier this time. The loser in the record-setting three-day match at Wimbledon returned to the court on Tuesday and advanced with a 6-3, 6-1 6-3 victory over Alejandro Fallo.

Nicolas Mahut - Wimbledon Championships - Wimbledon - John Isner - England

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Although the finals weekend of served more as a confirmation for both and , the entire fortnight definitely had its share of drama, upsets and even history being made. But probably the overall theme I got from this year?s Wimbledon probably came from surprise finalist when she was asked […]

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Top-seeded Alisa Kleybanova has beaten Sesil Karatantcheva in a first round match at the Budapest Grand Prix.

Alisa Kleybanova - Sesil Karatantcheva - Budapest - Sport - Hungary

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Recent champ told the Times Online that he will only play one of the two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events this summer.
Nadal?s decision to only participate at one Masters event was taken in order to preserve the health of his knees.
?Nadal had made it plain that the is […]

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Top-seeded Alisa Kleybanova of Russia beat Kazakhstan’s Sesil Karatantcheva 7-5, 6-4 in a tightly-contested first round match at the Budapest Grand Prix on Tuesday.

Alisa Kleybanova - Russia - Sesil Karatantcheva - Hungary - GDF SUEZ Grand Prix

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Top-seeded Alisa Kleybanova of Russia beat Kazakhstan’s Sesil Karatantcheva 7-5, 6-4 in a tightly-contested first round match at the Budapest Grand Prix on Tuesday.

Alisa Kleybanova - Russia - Sesil Karatantcheva - Hungary - GDF SUEZ Grand Prix

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World No. 47 married long time girlfriend Biljana Sesevic over the weekend at the ?S Club? at Jakovo, near .
Dating each other for nearly three years, the wedding was attended by , , and Nenad Zimonjic.
Never one to shy away from the spotlight, Djokovic serenaded the wedding guests with a […]

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Recently turned American will become a father in November with his fiancée Sara Foster.
Haas, who is currently out of action after undergoing shoulder surgery, hopes to return to the Tour in August.
Haas and Foster are scheduled to be married this summer.

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After taking part in the longest match in history with at , Frenchman recently donated his competitive shirt and one of his shoes to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in , R.I.
Mahut, who ended up losing the match to Isner after 11 hours and five minutes, was honored to have […]

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Howdy, everyone. Today is catch-up day at the office. Tomorrow I’ll empty my mental outbox with random thoughts, impressions and experiences from my stint at . I may not get to post tomorrow on Matt Harvey, the Wimbledon poet, with…

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Flavia Pennetta has breezed through to the second round of the Swedish Open with a straight-sets victory over Anna Brazhnikova.

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Flavia Pennetta has breezed through to the second round of the Swedish Open with a straight-sets victory over Anna Brazhnikova.

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bounded up another couple of steps at the tennis pantheon yesterday, overtaking Johnny McEnroe in the number of Grand Slam singles titles he?s now won (eight), looking ahead to see who else he can muscle past. The beef from Majorca is phenomenal, amazing. His movement is sensational, inexplicable. I?m going to need to […]

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The forehand grips pro players use attract considerable interest–and with good reason; grip is a key factor in what a player can do. Here are photos and descriptions of the forehand grips used by top pros from Nadal to Sampras.

Photo Tour of Male Pro Forehand Grips originally appeared on About.com Tennis on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 at 11:41:27.

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