Tennis Top Gear

Oakley celebrates its 35th anniversary by collaborating with Staple on issuing new versions of the eyewear company?s designs, each tied to a sport in which Oakley has a solid presence. First up (released July 13) is a tennis-themed version of the Eyeshade, a style that debuted in 1984. The entire frame?s coated in tennis ball […]

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Originally slated to begin his Series in D.C. in early August, , America’s top men’s player, has accepted a wild card into the Tennis Championships. Roddick won the last ATP World Tour tournament in Atlanta in 2001. The Atlanta event, owned and operated by USTA Southern, will serve as […]

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, America’s top men’s player, has accepted a wild card into the Tennis Championships. Roddick won the last ATP World Tour tournament in Atlanta in 2001. The Atlanta event, owned and operated by USTA Southern, will serve as the kick-off to the 2010 Olympus Series.
The 2003 US Open champion and current […]

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will play in next week’s Tennis Championships.

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Andy rocked it on the East Coast with his WTT’s Philadelphia Freedom last night, even though they fell to the New York Sportimes by one point, 20-19.

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Andy Roddick will play in the Atlanta Tennis Championships that begin next week.

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JENNY I’m missing the man already.

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Andy Roddick will play in the Atlanta Tennis Championships that begin next week. The 2001 tournament champion received a wild-card entry on Thursday from tournament organizers. He’ll join fellow Americans Mardy Fish, James Blake and John Isner, as well as Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt in the tournament at which he won his first ATP title.

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and have teamed up and entered the Bank of the West Classic (at starting on July 26). This is the only the third time since 2005 that Masha?s played doubles. We love this Maria Doodle from FT (they didn?t quite get her penmanship right, though). Tix and info: Check out […]

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Second-seeded Aravane Rezai of France won her seventh straight match Thursday, beating Mariano Duque Marino of Colombia 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the Palermo Open second round.

Aravane Rezaï - Colombia - South America - Travel and Tourism - Aravane Rezai of France

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Second-seeded Aravane Rezai of France won her seventh straight match Thursday, beating Mariano Duque Marino of Colombia 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the Palermo Open second round.

Aravane Rezaï - Colombia - South America - Travel and Tourism - Aravane Rezai of France

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Ever since the Tennis Championships announced its return to the ATP tour, one player has been on the event?s wish list for quite some time. However, when the initial round of confirmed players was announced, , who won his first ATP title in Atlanta back in 2001, was not among them. Not to […]

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In an effort to bring our readers better service, the west coast offices of TSF recently signed up to get Tennis Channel. DecoTurfin? U.S.A.: The network?s 2010 Olympus U.S. Open Series coverage will cover nine tourneys starting July 23: the Tennis Championships (Atlanta), Farmers Classic (), Legg Mason Tennis Classic (, D.C.), Rogers […]

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From holding the ‘majority’ vote to being the best tennis player of all time, Sampras got passed – by two – barely out of retirement. Not only is he No. 2 – at least on the Slam ladder – there’s another train headed with even more steam to relegate him to No. 3 if not […]

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……….that the ’2′ something on Federer’s cap is actually ‘RF’. I don’t think this is good reflection on your character if this is how you are trying to deceive people – specially people on drugs for mental ‘inconsistencies’. And why are those two bars missing anyways?

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Several tennis players picked up ESPY hardware Wednesday night in L.A.

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Usually the most ideal time to take time off is when you have achieved some ‘hard to reach’ goal or are celebrating some good news, date etc. This way that sweet taste adds exponentially to the landscape at the vacation spot making the hiatus that much more memorable and enjoyable. Sure some profess ‘getting away […]

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Tennis Canada and Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday that Canadian tennis greats Grant Connell and Glenn Michibata have been named the 2010 inductees into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Rexall Centre in . Connell and Michibata will also be on site for autograph […]

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Fifth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain has beaten Catalina Castano of Colombia 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Prague Open.

Anabel Medina Garrigues - Colombia - Catalina Castaño - Czech Republic - Prague Open

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Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia was ousted from the Mercedes Cup in the second round by Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-1 on Thursday.

Spain - Nikolay Davydenko - Russia - Daniel Gimeno-Traver - Travel and Tourism

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Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia was ousted from the Mercedes Cup in the second round by Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-1 on Thursday.

Spain - Nikolay Davydenko - Russia - Daniel Gimeno-Traver - Travel and Tourism

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Some between the lines stuff: “I am not 32………….”. Read: “Don’t go there, moron, if you want me to continue with this interview”. “Nadal doesn’t push me anymore because we haven’t played that much lately”. Really? Are you freaking kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is that the criteria? No wonder you are nose diving. Geeeezzzz!!! And why does […]

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The 16-and-under USTA Team Intersectionals wrapped up on Thursday, with the Midwest section’s boys and girls beating the Southern section’s 6-3 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Southern had won three straight titles, and last year blanked the Midwest, but a sweep of the doubles after a split of the six singles matches gave the Midwest team its revenge. Brooke Austin and Kyle McPhillips led the way, winning all four matches they competed in. The Shreveport Times always does an excellent job covering the event, with daily stories throughout the tournament. For their article on the final and the

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It generally takes a while (well, a long time) for researchers to get around to studying females instead of extrapolating onto us the results of studies using male subjects. Here is a very interesting, and useful, study about female athletes, carbohydrates and proteins.This is from the New York Times Straight Sets blog, and is a nice tribute to from her former coach, Geoff MacDonald.Here is a new profile of (via Zoo Tennis).Who would play Bethanie Mattek-Sands in a biopic of the Fed Cup star? and will be doubles partners in .

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is fast becoming the WTA’s most prolific video vixen, filling the void left since she made the decision to now TweetPhoto her life (and a couple of other notable things) away over making crazy ass vids anymore.

In her latest entry, a newscaster, who has an eerie similarity to the German lady baller, offers her humorous report on the missing Petkorazzi. Seriously, can we take her personality juice and shoot up a few other ballers on both tours?

Oh yeah, check her out on Twitter @andreapetkovic. She’s full on HILARITY.

BONUS: Here’s Petko taking fans behind-the-scenes earlier this year

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Reigning champ Juan Martin del Potro told his fans on his Twitter page today that he?s hopeful of a quicker-than-expected return to Tour.
Sidelined with a wrist injury since the in January, del Potro recently took another trip to his doctor before revealing his optimistic news.
Translated from Spanish to English by […]

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STELLA Serena’s carnival houseparty.

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Entering this week?s SkiStar Swedish Open as the No. 2 seed, Spaniard also unveiled his long awaited Dunlop racket. Signing with Dunlop at the end of March, Verdasco played his second-round match in today with his new frame.
Previously using Tecnifibre rackets, Verdasco had also experimented with a few Yonex frames earlier […]

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MercedesCup—, Germany
Top seed lost his first match of an event for the first time since October of last year when he was defeated by in Stuttgart on Thursday.
Falling in three sets, 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-1, Davydenko appeared fatigued from his Davis Cup duties over the weekend. Splitting his two […]

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Two-time champion Tommy Robredo reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Andrey Golubev on Thursday.

Tommy Robredo - Andrey Golubev - Swedish Open - Fernando Verdasco - Recreation

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Two-time champion Tommy Robredo reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Andrey Golubev on Thursday.

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Retiring from the sport at the end of last season, former Tour bad boy Marat Safin has begun his post tennis career in style.
Known for his flamboyant on-court personality and racket breaking expertise, the powerful Russian recently told tennis.com that he will stick around and help the game grow.
Becoming a member of the Russian […]

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In this short clip for the upcoming Series, and share their love affair with Twitter.
If you aren?t already following the dynamic pair on the world?s most popular social media network, what are you waiting for?

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Dressing, acting and crying like a 12-year-old boy (all so charmingly, might we add!), embraced the World Cup in all its glory by cheering on his champs, Spain, in South Africa on Sunday. The Spanish team downed The Netherlands 1-0 to win the country?s first-ever World Cup title, and Rafa got all giddy […]

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by Bobby Chintapalli, Contributing Writer I stopped by Borders’ downtown Chicago store the other day to check out the book signing held for her new book, Come To Win. In it, an “an A-list group of visionaries” tell…

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John Isner and Nicolas Mahut continue to be recognized for their epic first round match at Wimbledon where Isner prevailed 70-68 in the fifth set. The pair have now won an ESPY for greatest record breaking performance of the year….

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and continue to be recognized for their epic first round match at where Isner prevailed 70-68 in the fifth set. The pair have now won an ESPY for greatest record breaking performance of the year….

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