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A world record tennis crowd sees Kim Clijsters beat Serena Williams in an exhibition match umpired by Martina Navratilova.

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Painting the Lines ? A tennis media blog by Chris Oddo
It may not be the tell-all that its title promises, but Patrick McEnroe?s ?Hardcourt Confidential? (with Peter Bodo) is a must-read for those who crave insider knowledge on the game-changing players, coaches, and technology that have shaped tennis over the last forty years.  Spicing […]

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The anti-corruption tennis integrity unit has been called into investigate the possibility of a betting scandal at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island. More than $1 million pounds in bets were placed during a match between…

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With what we know today, specially after Wimbledon, there’s no doubt that there’s ABSOLUTELY no one who can now stop Nadal – at least on two surfaces – other than his knees. Even if he fails to master the US Open surface, we know he has won the AO once – beating Federer in his […]

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A preview of this weekend’s Davis Cup quarterfinals.

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Hasn’t the prize money now gone up practically every freaking year since the whole of past decade or so? Isn’t that tactic usually reserved for when you are trying to attract top players to your event? So if you are a Slam and that’s taken out, shouldn’t these increases be more to just keep pace […]

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The anti-corruption tennis integrity unit has been called into investigate the possibility of a betting scandal at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships in , Rhode Island. More than $1 million pounds in bets were placed during a match between…

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Tennis legend John McEnroe, surrounded by traditional ancient guards, arrives to the port of Dubrovnik on July 8, 2010 for the humanitarian match against Goran Ivanisevic (not pictured) on the streets of the ancient old city of Durovnik. All money raised from this event will go to the renovation of the children’s ward of Dubrovnik hospital. AFP […]

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Tennis legend John McEnroe, surrounded by traditional ancient guards, arrives to the port of Dubrovnik on July 8, 2010 for the humanitarian match against Goran Ivanisevic (not pictured) on the streets of the ancient old city of Durovnik. All money raised from this event will go to the renovation of the children’s ward of Dubrovnik hospital. AFP […]

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and set a world record on Thursday, playing an exhbition before 35,681 fans at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.  Serena was a replacement for Justine Henin, who pulled out of the match because an elbow injury sustained at . The match was originally titled the ?Battle of the Belgians? but […]

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BETTYJANE Hi Claire, I went to bed early last night and missed the rest of the thread about the dogs. I LOVE your idea of sharing. Tell me all about Molly. (I prefer pets that have human names. I had a golden named Emma for 14 years.)These mixed breeds are the rage now aren’t they! […]

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BETTYJANE Hi Claire, I went to bed early last night and missed the rest of the thread about the dogs. I LOVE your idea of sharing. Tell me all about Molly. (I prefer pets that have human names. I had a golden named Emma for 14 years.)These mixed breeds are the rage now aren’t they! […]

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A world record tennis crowd has watched Kim Clijsters defeat Wimbledon champion Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 in an exhibition in Brussels.

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A world record tennis crowd has watched Kim Clijsters defeat Wimbledon champion Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 in an exhibition in Brussels.

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Brian Dabul of Argentina has defeated Dustin Brown of Jamaica 6-4, 6-4 at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships to advance to his first ATP semifinal.

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A world record tennis crowd has watched Kim Clijsters defeat Wimbledon champion Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 in an exhibition in Brussels. The crowd of 35,681 at King Baudouin Stadium on Thursday surpassed the previous record of 30,472 set in 1973 at the Houston Astrodome in the Battle of the Sexes match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.

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While jets on down to South Africa to root for Spain in the World Cup finals as his Spanish Davis Cup teammates stay at home to face off against France this weekend, another former world No. 1 (but still the No. 1 tennis hottie for many) Marat Safin is serving as hitting partner […]

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The USTA revealed today that the men?s and women?s singles champion at the will each earn $1.7 million.
With the overall purse for the event increasing by $1 million, the US Open becomes the highest paid event in the world.
Players will also have a chance to add $1 million to their prize […]

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2nd seed defeated Anastasja Savastova 6-7, 6-2, 7-6 in the semifinals today in a match that lasted two hours and 41 minutes. Also advancing were , who defeated wild card , and , who defeated 4th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues in a mactch that lasted almost two hours and 58 minutes. took advantage of a shaky , and defated her 7-5, 1-6, 6-4.

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The “Best of Belgium” exhibition event, renamed the “Best of World” after Justine Henin was replaced by in the match due to an elbow injury, set a new world record for attendance at a tennis match with 35,681 spectators surpassing the previous record of 30,472 set by the “Battle of the Sexes” match in 1973 featuring Billie Jean King + Bobby Riggs.Kimmie defeated an injured ReRe (foot) 6-3, 6-2 with 18-time Grand Slammer Martina Navratilova serving as chair umpire and Roland Garros champ making a surprise appearance.”I was here often as a little girl to come

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had a great opportunity to reach his first ATP semifinal today at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in , RI, especially after taking the first set from qualifier Richard Bloomfield of Great Britain 7-5. Harrison hit an amazing running forehand passing shot to take the opening set, but couldn’t sustain the momentum, losing the second set in a tiebreaker and the third 7-5. Bloomfield, with an ATP ranking of 552, looked comfortable on the grass and never waivered from the serve-and-volley game plan. He had an early break in the second set, but

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Players who are the top seed for an ATP World Tour or Grand Slam event are usually deemed the favorites to take home the title by week?s end.
However, the ?Casino Curse? which has held strong at the Campbell?s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships for 35-years, continued once again on Wednesday.
Winner of three tournament titles […]

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Throughout the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games taking place July 18-23 in Lincoln, Neb. Model and actress, Brooklyn Decker, will serve as Co-Emcee with Special Olympics athlete and co-star of the 2005 Fox Searchlight and Farrelly Brothers film The Ringer, Eddie Barbanell.

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Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships?—, R.I.
Reaching his first career ATP World Tour semifinal, Argentine ousted Jamaican 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday.
Using his left-handed serve to great affect, Dabul broke his opponent on two of four occasions. Never losing his serve throughout the one hour and seven minute match, Dabul struck […]

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by Pete Bodo Davis Cup nut that I am, I must admit that this is the least inspiring Davis Cup week of them all. That’s partly because the players—the ones still standing, anyway—have just completed the most crucial and demanding…

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The players and match ups for this weekend?s Davis Cup ties were revealed by the ITF on Thursday.
With notable star not taking part in this weekend?s competition, the four ties will still feature some great national action.
The following is the match ups for this weekend?s Davis Cup ties:
Spain vs. France—Zenith ? Grande […]

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Recent champ and world No. 1 will travel to South Africa to support his native Spanish team in Sunday?s World Cup final.
Posting a message on his official site RafealNadal.com, Nadal informed his fans about his exciting trip.
?Nadal will announce today that he will be in South Africa next Sunday supporting […]

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Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy leads the top four seeded players into the Swedish Open semifinals after beating Jill Craybas of the United States on Thursday.

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Former champion Alize Cornet of France ousted third-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-0, 6-4 on Thursday to set up a quarterfinal with defending champion Agnes Szavay of Hungary.

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Sports Illustrated’s tennis expert L. Jon Wertheim declares Serena Williams to be the “Best Ever” in the recent issue of SI. Agree with him or not, he makes a compelling case despite thefact that she “only” has 13 singles Grand…

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The U.S. Open will offer the richest purse in tennis history, with its singles champions each earning a record $1.7 million. The U.S. Tennis Association said Thursday the purse for the year’s final major will top $22.6 million, an increase of $1 million from last season. The purse for men’s and women’s prize money is up nearly 7 percent from a year ago.

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Brooklyn gets wind-swept on the Bravo TV show Double Exposure. See more of Brooklyn, and what hubby Andy thinks of LiLo?s jailing in this week?s short balls. (screen grab via BravoTV.com) Who said the week after was a dead one on the tennis news front? There is plenty of stuff going on, from the […]

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is making the trip to South Africa to cheer on Spain.

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Eighteen-year old IMG Bollettieri student, , has reached his first career ATP quarterfinal by defeating Denis Kudla 7-5, 7-6(5) at the Campbell?s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in , RI. He is the youngest player ever to reach the quarterfinals at Newport, and now will face British qualifier, Richard Bloomfield, with a chance to […]

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Sports Illustrated’s tennis expert L. Jon Wertheim declares to be the “Best Ever” in the recent issue of SI. Agree with him or not, he makes a compelling case despite thefact that she “only” has 13 singles Grand…

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