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Andy Murray says sacking his coach Miles Maclagan came as a result of the pair differing in their view of his game.

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Pete Sampras is to make his long-awaited debut in China as part of a star-studded eight man field at the second annual Chengdu Open, it was announced today. Sampras will take on old rivals Pat Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov

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Defending champion Vera Dushevina of Russia defeated Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-2 Wednesday in the second round of the Istanbul Cup.

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Second-seeded Sam Querrey rallied to beat Kevin Anderson 7-6 (10), 4-6, 6-0 to open defense of his title at the Farmers Classic on Wednesday night.

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Australia’s Samantha Stosur celebrated her highest singles’ ranking ever with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over American qualifier Christina McHale on Wednesday in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic.

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For any big-time tennis fans, the name Lynn Welch rings a bell at first mention. She?s the ever-present WTA chair umpire who has been around the game for years, calling major matches and small ones week in and week out. Welch?s accent is decidedly American, so there is no British or French inflection to add […]

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John McEnroe believes Wawrinka has one of the most powerful backhands he has ever seen and describes him as having “the best one-handed backhand in the game today”. Best Slam result: 4th round. Career high rank: 9. Wawrinka, one of four tennis-playing siblings, turned pro in 2002 at the age of 17. The surname Wawrinka […]

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, fifth seed at this week?s Bank of the West Classic in , Calif., is safely through to the second round after taking out Zheng Jie 6-4, 7-5. As you may remember, Zheng beat Masha in the first week of the 2010 tourney. Draw: Up next for her in that bottom half […]

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That headless body belongs to Christina McHale. The American lost in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic this afternoon to Sam Stosur 6-1, 7-5. McHale is a Jersey girl herself, so the ruffles you see on the shoulders and the skirt shouldn?t be too surprising. Snooki approves. The WTA has been […]

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Last night?s eye-candy-filled doubles match between Tipsarevic/Lopez and Blake/Querrey (will I get a cavity in my cornea??) had no visible Sam-urai contingent, possibly contributing to the Americans? 6-3, 6-3 loss in the opening round. Meanwhile, , now clad in Lacoste, took out shotmaker 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in their first round singles match. […]

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If you eliminate the ‘related’ clowns, Djokovic’s Marian Vajda should head that list, don’t you think? Unless he continues to put on weight at current rate and becomes immovable soon, he is not going anywhere it seems – irrespective of what Djokovic does on the tour. Shouldn’t it have already happened by now if it […]

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Lacoste have very generously donated their suite at the to be auctioned off for three sessions. The proceeds benefit the Foundation.

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Defending champion Nikolay Davydenko beat Stephane Robert 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the Croatia Open quarterfinals on Wednesday.

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Too many freaking reasons why you shouldn’t have been wearing the cap backfreakingwards. Old age, baldness, gap too big………….. What is this?

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by: Nima Naderi
Hopefully you?ve noticed by now that our slogan at the top of the site states: Coaches. Journalists. Tennis Fans. In light of our coaching roots here at TennisConnected.com, we?re delighted to support and feature this new modern day footwork video by fuzzyyellowballs.com.
Will Hamilton, who runs the show for the tennis teaching site, lends […]

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by: Nima Naderi
Hopefully you?ve noticed by now that our slogan at the top of the site states: Coaches. Journalists. Tennis Fans. In light of our coaching roots here at TennisConnected.com, we?re delighted to support and feature this new modern day footwork video by fuzzyyellowballs.com.
Will Hamilton, who runs the show for the tennis teaching site, lends […]

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JENNY ATP Tour Uncovered – Juan Manaco, known as Pico. Click here.

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JENNY ATP Tour Uncovered – Juan Manaco, known as Pico. Click here.

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The boot that was strapped on ?s foot recently (see above) might have the world?s top-ranked player out of the Series and in doubt for the US Open, but it certainly hasn?t slowed down the social part of her life. Serena was spotted yesterday in LA, hanging out at the Farmers Classic […]

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Injured and out of action for a greater part of this year, world No. 7 Juan Martin del Potro provided an update earlier today on Twitter regarding the confusion surrounding his taxes.
Apparently, del Potro was late in submitting his gross income for the year, which ultimately resulted in a debt of 40,000 pesos. However, […]

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TennisConnected faithful James Henry, who goes by the name of Olerafa on Twitter, has put together a great photo gallery of the new and improved tennis center.
Highlighted by new locker rooms, a revamped media center, and larger interview facilities, The Western & Southern Financial Group Masters will once again set the standard for the […]

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defeated top seed 6-4, 6-2 today in the second round of the Cup. Also going out was , who has made a bit of a splash on the tour lately. Larsson was defeated 6-4, 6-4 by . 3rd seed and also advanced to the next round.In , defending champion and 4th seed won her second round match against wild card in straight sets. 5th seed defeated , 8th seed (and wild card) defeated , and upset Shahar

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The Kansas City Explorers are the 2010 World Team Tennis champions. It is the first championship for the team. was named the final’s Most Valuable Player. Groth, who won all three of her sets, played doubles with Kveta Peschke., South Carolina, , Georgia and Richmond, Virginia are the three finalists of the ten cities nominated by the USTA as the 2010 Best Tennis Town. The winning city, to be announced next month, will get $100,000 worth of tennis equipment to be used in its tennis community. 2010 Family Circle Cup champion Sam Stosur said: “Charleston certainly felt like

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World number has retained Loic Courteau to be her coach. For many years, Courteau coached Kuznetsova’s friend and doubles partner, Amelie Mauresmo. Under his guidance, Mauresmo won the Sony Ericsson Championships, the and .

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David Marcus, one of the proprietors of sponsor OTZ Sporting Goods, is in Israel this week, and is attending the European Qualifying for the ITF’s Junior Davis Cup. He filed this report on the action, and it sounds as if Serbia will continue to be part of the tennis conversation for many years to come.I will post briefly later tonight on the results of the first round of the Women’s National Playoffs and notable Pro Circuit results today.Junior Davis Cup/European Qualifyingreport by David MarcusWednesday marked the start of the qualifying tournament for the European Junior Davis Cup on

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The Women’s National Playoff began yesterday, with four matches played, and today the first round was completed, leaving eight players still alive for the U.S. Open qualifying wild card, including all four seeds. Yesterday No. 1 seed beat Eleanor Peters 6-4, 6-3, Kaitlyn Christian downed Samantha Powers 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2, No. 3 seed Brittany Augustine defeated Belinda Niu 6-4, 6-1 and Evangeline Repic got past Jan Abaza 6-3, 7-6 (2). For more details on Wednesday’s matches, see this story from usopen.org.In today’s action, Jessica Pegula won over Megan Falcon, 6-0, 6-4, No. 4

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The women have kicked off their Olympus U.S. Open Series in , Calif., this week where and are the top two seeds. Half of the quarterfinal field is set, but it’s actually the doubles draw and who’s in it that’s caught my eye.Two-time mom and three-time Grand Slam singles titlist Lindsay Davenport is teaming up with Liezel Huber there. She’s planning on playing a lot of dubs this summer and ripped it up in World Team Tennis. I don’t know her comeback intentions, but it looks like all signs are pointing toward one.I wonder, though, if

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The women have kicked off their Olympus U.S. Open Series in , Calif., this week where and are the top two seeds. Half of the quarterfinal field is set, but it’s actually the doubles draw and who’s in it that’s caught my eye.Two-time mom and three-time Grand Slam singles titlist Lindsay Davenport is teaming up with Liezel Huber there. She’s planning on playing a lot of dubs this summer and ripped it up in World Team Tennis. I don’t know her comeback intentions, but it looks like all signs are pointing toward one.I wonder, though, if

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work by to beat American 36 62 63 at the Farmers Classic in . Okay, so maybe Baghdatis should have won in straight sets since this Sweeting character is only ranked 118th in the world, but this is the first tournament back for Baggy since so let’s just be happy for him, okay?

Congrats also to (who is quickly becoming my favourite player on tour because he is the best tennis tweeter ever!) who defeated from India 76(9) 62. At least this was a straight sets win. Goooo Tipsy!

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With yesterday?s news confirming that world No. 4 will no longer be coached by Miles Maclagan, The Guardian has suggested that the Scot will likely begin a coaching tenor with Australian coach Darren Cahill after the .
Murray, who is currently sponsored by Adidas, would have an opportunity to work with Cahill […]

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Allianz Suisse Open —Switzerland
Former top 10 player , and recent champ advanced to the quarterfinals in Gstaad on Wednesday.
Gasquet, who needed three sets to defeat of Germany 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0, used nine aces and 83 percent of his first serve points won to capture his 22nd […]

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, top seed at this year?s Farmers Classic in , debuted on the home turf of the L.A. Dodgers with a swing and a miss on the practice courts at the UCLA Tennis Center. Murray, who announced yesterday that he and coach Miles Maclaglan along with part-time consultant Alex Corretja had all parted […]

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Seeded players Albert Montanes and Richard Gasquet have each rallied from a set down to win at the Swiss Open and will meet in the quarterfinals.

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By TennisWorld Contributing Editor Andrew Burton Half a lifetime ago, I came to the US to study International Relations at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. One of my focus topics was Security Studies, which was run by a group…

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Jonathan Overend delves into the

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FARMERS CLASSIC, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. ORDER OF PLAY ? WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010 STRAUS STADIUM start 12:00 noon (GER) vs (USA) Not Before 2:00 PM [6] (SRB) vs [Q] (IND) Not Before 4:00 PM [WC] (USA) vs [3] (CYP) Evening Session ? Not […]

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