Tennis Top Gear

August brings the start of the North American hard court season, when players finalise their preparations for the that starts at the end of the month. With a post- rest behind them, the tennis betting pundits and the elite male players themselves know these events are competitive and a crucial part of the […]

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No. 2 seed John Isner fought through another final-set tiebreaker with a 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7) victory over Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in the second round of the Atlanta Tennis Championships on Wednesday night.

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No. 2 seed John Isner fought through another final-set tiebreaker with a 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7) victory over Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in the second round of the Atlanta Tennis Championships on Wednesday night.

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With a career spanning 18 years, Shaq has earned – just a salary – of $290 million. Federer: $56 million over 12 years. Sampras: $43 million over 14 years. Shaq earned Federer’s salary (12 years) in about 3 1/2 years. Sampras’s: (14 years) 2 1/2 years. And Shaq is not even close to being the […]

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It’s called Food Inc. Sure you may have heard about it, like I did, but bet you haven’t seen it, like me – until now. Go to your village video store and rent it today. Or you can watch it on You-Tube. Here’s part 1 of 11. Just keep going.

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Fourth-seeded Sara Errani was upset in straight sets by Anna Chakvetadze of Russia in the second round of the Slovenia Open on Wednesday.

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Fourth-seeded Sara Errani was upset in straight sets by Anna Chakvetadze of Russia in the second round of the Slovenia Open on Wednesday.

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Stefanie Voegele topped 2006 champion Tamira Paszek in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals of the Slovenia Open.

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So the shave because he is getting bald. Can you envision anyone other than a serial killer with this look and hair-do?

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Top ranked Canadian will reportedly miss the next two week?s on Tour because of an injury he sustained by crashing into a scoreboard.
The injury took place during the qualifying rounds of the event over the weekend. Dancevic was playing match point against when he crashed into the scoreboard.
Dancevic will […]

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“There really wasn’t much no deep reasoning. I must have been having a Britney Spears moment after , minus the whole hitting people with umbrellas and stuff like that. I’m responsible [for shaving it]. Someone didn’t get me in the middle of sleep or anything like that.”~ on shaving his head earlier this month.(Image via Yahoo! Sports) HCFoo’s Tennis Blog

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JETT09 Rafa enjoying a well deserved break Multi-talented: Rafael Nadal shows off his football finesse on holiday in Form Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1296465/Rafael-Nadal-shows-skills-beautiful-game.html#ixzz0uLfEnxG2

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PHIL To illustrate it a bit more graphically, here are some photo links: Fed: http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09uA4415Rq0VX/800x.jpg Delpo: http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0d8bfLs6p51hR/610x.jpg Djokovic: http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Olympics+Day+3+Tennis+cthzUuV5iGWl.jpg A good indicator as to how extreme a grip is, is to look at the position of the thumb. With Fed you can see that his thumb is almost gripping around the racquet towards the bottom. […]

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sits atop Sports Illustrated’s highest earning international athlete’s list.

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The Davis Cup semifinal clash between France and Argentina will take place in , France according to the French Tennis Federation.
The tie, which will be played Sept. 17-19, will be held at the Palais des Sports de Gerland on an indoor hard court.
France reached the semifinals by dismissing defending champs Spain 4-1 in the […]

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Current world No. 3 recently topped the $61,768,110 mark and the No. 1 spot on The Fortune 50 list for Highest Earning International Athletes according to SI.com.
Jumping eight spots from last year to the top spot, Federer captured and alongside his record-breaking 15th Grand Slam victory.
pulled in […]

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Three-time U.S. Open champion Serena Williams and four other past winners head the provisional women’s field for the year’s last Grand Slam tournament.

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Third-seeded Juergen Melzer of Austria defeated Eduardo Schwank of Argentina 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the third round of the German Open, but three other seeded players were eliminated on Wednesday.

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Third-seeded Juergen Melzer of Austria defeated Eduardo Schwank of Argentina 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the third round of the German Open, but three other seeded players were eliminated on Wednesday.

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International German Open—
Recent champ lost a nail-biting match to countryman in Hamburg on Wednesday.
Falling in three tight sets 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (4), Montanes held his nerve until the deciding tiebreak, but showed the inevitable wear-and-tear from capturing a Tour title last week.
Dropping to 26-15 on the season, Montanes […]

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France will host Argentina on an indoor hard-court in Lyon in their Davis Cup semifinal in September. The French Tennis Federation said Wednesday the tie will be held at the Palais des Sports de Gerland from Sept. 17-19. This will be the fifth time that Lyon hosts the Davis Cup, and the first time since the 1991 final when France defeated the United States 3-1.

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lost his fourth straight match last night in .

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As mid-July brings the grueling summer heat, it also brings the American hard court season.  From professional players to club players, everyone is ready for the fast-paced action that culminates at the U.S. Open in late August.  And judging from yesterday’s practice, nobody is more prepared than . The 5″11 Slovakian was crushing balls of […]

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Lack of opportunities undermine search for future talent

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In this video interview by Paul Macpherson from the atpworldtour.com, American discusses his world wind media Tour after his epic against .
Appearing a little jaded in the video, Isner confesses that he?s happy to be back on Tour, and hopes that the rest of his career will be able to overshadow […]

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Ahead of his opening singles match at the Tennis Championships, Andy teamed up with in the doubles to record a straight sets win over Gabashvili/Przysiezny 6-2, 6-4.

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Enjoying his mini off season to the fullest, world No. 1 and reigning and champ was seen this week enjoying the sun and a little beach futbul with his friends on the Island of Formentera.
Resting his battered knees after his second career Euro Slam, Nadal posed with his fans on […]

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Second-seeded Timea Bacsinszky rallied to beat Belarus qualifier Ekaterina Dzehalevich 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the Gastein Ladies quarterfinals on Wednesday.

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Three-time U.S. Open champion Serena Williams and four other past winners head the provisional women’s field for the year’s last Grand Slam tournament. Ninety-nine of the top 100 women in this week’s WTA rankings were granted direct entry Wednesday into the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 30. The one missing is No.

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Press Release
, the 2002 champion and 2005 runner-up, will return to the Legg Mason Tennis Classic presented by GEICO for the first time since 2006, receiving a Wild Card berth (the third of four available spots) into the ATP World Tour 500 and Olympus Series event. The Legg Mason Tennis […]

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by Pete Bodo The other day, I was in the mood to catch some World TeamTennis again, which is a nice aspect of this job. I don’t have to call in sick. I don’t have to skulk around with one…

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