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When I visit the zoo, guess where I spend 50% of the time. Check out the ‘Big Cat Diary’ on, I think, Discovery channel. Click here.

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M Following Roger’s ownership lead, Rafa becomes a shareholder in Primera Liga Side Mallorca http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/88/spain/2010/07/08/2016871/tennis-ace-rafael-nadal-becomes-shareholder-in-primera-liga-side-

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DEE This is very interesting it’s about finding your personality by name, by month, by date http://www.freeseosemtraining.com/node/124

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Argentinian player David Nalbandian celebrates after winning against Russian player Mikhail Youzhny on July 11, 2010, during their quarterfinal match of the Davis Cup World Group in Moscow. Nalbandian won 6-7, 4-6, 3-6.

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He can’t seem to play anywhere else anymore. I can’t even remember the last time I’ve seen him hit a tennis ball at an ATP event, yet here he is doing what he does in Davis Cup once again:

Winning.

Russian team players haven’t exactly been in the mood for great tennis of late, but still: DaVEED led Argentina to a victory over Russia in Davis Cup in Moscow.

Mardy Fish added a grass court title to his resume in Newport, completing the career, all-surface title holder list with only his fourth career title.

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And Rafael Nadal was in South Africa to witness his nation’s history-making performance in the World Cup.

I watched a bit of it. Given that my mate is from the Netherlands and we have a visitor from the Netherlands interning on the farm, it’s safe to see I flew solo in the field for most of the day yesterday.

Depressed, they emerged after the final ready to sow fall crops. Carrots, beets, scallions, leeks, lettuce, rutabagas, celeriac, sugar peas, and more carrots. They were quite industrious.

Had to break the news to the mate, after the fact, of course, that while I couldn’t exactly cheer for Spain, I didn’t see the Netherlands winning their first World Cup title in South Africa. Karma and all that.

But that’s an essay for another blog and another time.

Back in Davis Cup, France kicked Spain squarely in the teeth. Guess the Spanish team was somewhere else…

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Servers at the beginning and intermediate levels should find this step-by-step lesson helpful to learn the serve for the first time or to improve technique on an existing serve. With intentional spin, this can quickly become an advanced serve.

Photo Lesson: The Basic Serve originally appeared on About.com Tennis on Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 22:00:46.

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Learn how to use age, size, strength, and experience to choose the right length tennis racquet for a junior player. This article includes tips on choosing a racquet when demos are not available.

Buying the Right Length Racquet for a Junior Player originally appeared on About.com Tennis on Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 21:58:48.

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Serena Williams will miss the entire World TeamTennis season after cutting her foot.

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Serena Williams will miss the entire World TeamTennis season after cutting her foot.

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Serena Williams will miss the entire World TeamTennis season after cutting her foot. The WTT said Monday she was to have played four matches for the Washington Kastles, but she hurt the bottom of her foot late last week and needed stitches. It was not clear how she was injured. A message left with her publicist was not immediately returned.

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The Serena Party Watch was in full effect last night as the world’s top lady baller hosted a pre-ESPY party in Bel Air, CA.

A Burberry-clad ReRe, which seems to be her fave design house ATM after she worked their dress at the ball earlier this month, was joined by sister Venus (who the WTA - yes that WTA - tweeted was Selita Ebanks) and a bevy of athletes, celebs, reality stars and musicians at the event.

She is nominated for the Best Female Athlete and Best Tennis Player Awards. The 2010 ESPYS will be televised live on ESPN this

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2010 NCAA finalist Austen Childs of the University of Louisville clinched New Zealand’s 3-2 defeat Pakistan last weekend in an Asia-Oceania Group II Davis Cup tie at home. New Zealand trailed 2-1 going into the final day, and Childs had not played in the opening day of singles. Childs’ teammate Rubin Statham, who had given New Zealand an early 1-0 lead Friday, on Sunday beat Pakistan’s No. 1 player Aisam Qureshi, who had needed over four hours to defeat Michael Venus on the opening day, leaving the score tied at 2. Childs, taking Venus’s place, then downed

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Former world No. 1 has lost a court battle with an Australian man who claimed that the ?C?mon? fistpump gesture was originally his.
Hewitt, who has historically been known as a fired up competitor, recently lost the court hearing in Australia.
The court ruling decided that the gesture encompassed Australian sports as a whole, […]

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Andreas Vinciguerra set up an all-Swedish second-round match with top-seeded Robin Soderling after defeating Daniel Brands in three sets at the Swedish Open on Monday.

Robin Söderling - Swedish Open - Rafael Nadal - Roger Federer - French Open

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Andreas Vinciguerra set up an all-Swedish second-round match with top-seeded Robin Soderling after defeating Daniel Brands in three sets at the Swedish Open on Monday.

Robin Söderling - Swedish Open - Rafael Nadal - Roger Federer - French Open

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Anna Tatishvili of Georgia has rallied to defeat Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova 0-6, 7-5, 7-5 and reach the second round of the Prague Open.

Magdaléna Rybáriková - Georgia - Czech Republic - Anna Tatishvili - Slovakia

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Anna Tatishvili of Georgia has rallied to defeat Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova 0-6, 7-5, 7-5 and reach the second round of the Prague Open.

Magdaléna Rybáriková - Georgia - Czech Republic - Anna Tatishvili - Slovakia

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Free live streaming for this week?s MercedesCup in , Germany, and the SkiStar Swedish Open in Båstad, Sweden can be found below.
This year?s MercedesCup will feature: , , Gael Monfis, and .
The SkiStar Swedish Open will feature: , , , and .
Free live streaming for this week?s […]

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Tournament Previews:
The summer clay-court swing will take over proceedings this week on the ATP World Tour. I?m really not sure why the ATP sanctions clay events leading up the the , but I guess every tournament wants a piece of the pie, and it?s simply not possible to fit in all the clay […]

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Canada’s Frank Dancevic is in the process of working his way back into match-shape after missing many months away from the ATP Tour due to back surgery. Returning to the tour in time for the grass-court swing, Dancevic failed to…

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Briton Richard Bloomfield says the LTA needs a “shake-up” as he makes a huge leap in the rankings after reaching an ATP semi-final.

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Related posts:Why Do So Few in the U.S. Care About Davis Cup?
Why British Davis Cup Woes Shouldn?t Consume Sports Media.
LA Tennis Open Welcomes Del Potro, Djokovic and Rest of Tennis World in July.

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Related posts:Why Do So Few in the U.S. Care About Davis Cup?
Why British Davis Cup Woes Shouldn?t Consume Sports Media.
LA Tennis Open Welcomes Del Potro, Djokovic and Rest of Tennis World in July.

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Congratulations to Victor Choy, the July Fan of the Month! Read his great entry!

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Canada’s is in the process of working his way back into match-shape after missing many months away from the ATP Tour due to back surgery. Returning to the tour in time for the grass-court swing, Dancevic failed to…

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Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas was more than happy to share his World Cup glory with fellow countryman on Sunday.
Nadal, who had traveled to South Africa to support his native team, was ecstatic to celebrate Spain?s first ever World Cup victory.
?I cried like a baby,? said Nadal. ?We have to celebrate for a whole […]

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Notes: Only three of the eight seeds have winning records in ; Chardy could face (1) Davydenko in the second round; Chardy beat Hanescu in last year’s final.

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