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Sixth-seeded Mardy Fish beat James Ward of Great Britain 6-1, 6-2 Monday night in the first round of the Atlanta Tennis Championships.

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Since last winning here the year he turned pro, Andy returns as the top seed after accepting a Wild Card at the Tennis Championships.

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Serena Williams is in doubt for the U.S. Open because of her recent foot injury, according to the WTA Tour.

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Sixth-seeded Vera Dushevina of Russia reached the second round of the Slovenia Open on Monday after rallying for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over countrywoman Anna Lapushchenkova.

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Sixth-seeded Vera Dushevina of Russia reached the second round of the Slovenia Open on Monday after rallying for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over countrywoman Anna Lapushchenkova.

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Granted many tennis players and athletes have had injuries in the past. Some knuckleheads have even played through them just to be called a ‘maverick’. Kobe? Most however take a break, go through surgery / rehab etc. and return to form quite close to the one they left with – sometimes matching it if not […]

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* , who is scheduled to return to the practice courts this Thursday according to his site, was spotted with girlfriend Xisca Perello on the green still in vacation mode. You see? His infamous ass-ets are so drool worthy even SHE needs to document them and Xisca’s seen them up close and personal, I’m guessing (read: fantasizing.)

* was denied a wild card into and will need to play qualifying to get into the main draw. The tournament director handed it to homegirl instead and said in a statement, “…she’s a player who has done

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So aside from the tournament in this week, the men are also playing at the German Open in , where is the top seed and defending champ. He’s still trying to work his way back into form after missing months out of the season due to injury. But what I’m wondering is that instead of playing in Hamburg, should he be down in Atlanta gearing up for the U.S. Open? Or if getting a jump on the hard courts isn’t his priority, should he just be taking off this week? Wouldn’t either one of those options be

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, who won the Rogers Cup in 2006, will have to qualify to get into the main draw this year.Former world number 10 has married ATP star . Vaidisova retired from professional tennis earlier this year.’ agent describes her client as “a fast healer,” and says that Williams is hoping to play in the U.S. Open.Martina Navratilova will receive the Eugene L. Scott Award during the 2010 U.S. Open. The award, sponsored by the International Tennis Hall of Fame, “honors an individual who consistently embodies Gene’s commitment to communicating honestly and critically about the game,

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©Colette Lewis 2010–, TN–With temperatures in the 90s and high humidity, the third day of the USTA Girls 18s Clay Courts certainly had its challenges. Catherine Harrison, the No. 5 seed, who is from suburban Memphis, had the most benign conditions, with an 8 a.m. start time on Stadium Court. After barely an hour, she had powered past Madeleine Hamilton 6-2, 6-3 and could go home to the air conditioning, but the rest of the field wasn’t so fortunate. There were main draw matches played at two other sites in addition to the main site, the Racquet Club of

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Top seed and defending champion won her first round in today, defeating 6-4, 6-0, but 3rd seed , 4th seed , 5th seed , and 6th seed were all upset.Yesterday, in Bad Gastein, saved eight match points and defeated in a match that lasted almost three hours.In Slovenia, hometown star Katarina Srebotnik got off to a good start by defeating 6-3, 6-1. Top seed defeated countrywoman , but 2nd seed was upset by Stepanie Voegele. Also

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According to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, world number 1 may not play in the 2010 U.S. Open. Williams cut her foot in a restaurant in , and the injury required surgery. She has already withdrawn from the World Team Tennis season, and from three tournaments leading up to the Open.

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Russian tennis player has changed his first name to Teymuraz, the atpworldtour.com confirmed last week.
Reaching the fourth-round of Roland Garros in May, Gabashvili is currently ranked No. 93 in the world.
The 25-year-old is coached by Francisco Roig (?s coach) and Alvaro Margets from Total Tennis Club.
Gabashvili becomes the second player […]

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‘Girl’ Roddick is leaving Brooklyn bridge for to continue the ‘Stepanek’ wave. I think WTA needs to have separate budget to promote sumo wrestling to make sure that sport is not deserted. It just keeps getting better.

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Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania rallied to beat Kathrin Woerle of Germany 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Gastein Ladies. Olaru, who lost to Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in last year’s final, had 11 double-faults but converted her seventh match point. Woerle has yet to win a singles match on the WTA Tour this season.

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Channel 9 in Australia recently confirmed that they will not be renewing their rights to cover The Championships next year.
Covering the year?s third Grand Slam for 40 years, Channel 9 has decided to focus its attention on more popular sports.
?Unfortunately it hasn?t rated well in recent years and we think that money […]

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HAMBURG, Germany - Italian duo Potito Starace and Fabio Fognini with straight-sets wins have reached the second round of the German Open with straight-sets wins.

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Former world No. 3 will reportedly not have the assistance of his coach/brother Eduardo Davydenko on a week-to-week basis anymore.
Davydenko?s wife Irina broke down the situation to Lifesports.ru regarding the families? coach-player relationship.
?He needs the presence of a coach more than Nikolay,? said Irina, who was alluding to Eduardo focusing his attention […]

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International football hero Cristiano Ronaldo admitted recently that he is the father of an American baby boy.
Reportedly having a fling with an American waitress when he was in last summer, Ronaldo took a DNA test to confirm that the child was his.
Initially providing the waitress with £10million to buy her silence, Ronaldo compared […]

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The International German Open received three significant withdraws on Monday when , , and were all forced to pull out of the event.
Monfils? reason for not taking part in the 500 point clay-court tournament came down to an injury he sustained during the finals of the event on Sunday. […]

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Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine saved a match point Monday before beating Tatjana Malek of Germany 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-2 in the first round of the Gastein Ladies.

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At first glance, looks like a normal 20-year old.  There is nothing exceptional about his stature as he is only 5″8 and he speaks with a modest tone.  However, if you put him on a tennis court, you will start to notice what all the hype is about.  Berankis, a former world #1 ranked […]

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