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Has Maria Sharapova switched to a Prince Speedport Black racket at the Rogers Cup tournament in Montreal?

Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic pleads for pet poodle Pierre to be allowed into tournament

Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic pleads for pet poodle Pierre to be allowed into tournament
Novak Djokovic, the world’s second best tennis player, is in distress after being told he cannot bring his pet poodle Pierre with him to Wimbledon.

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The Italian Open Golf Tournament for Charities Part 1

Part 1 – 1996 St. Louis Italian Golf Tournament for Charities featuring Honorees Mark Lamping and Tony Larussa. Our co-host for this show was Bill Frisella who was then President of the IO. Lori Barabaglia received the Joe Tangarro Scholarship that year. There’s music and video of the event.

what other tennis tournament does rafael nadal competes in?

he’ll probably in the french open, wimbledon, and US open…any other tournament?..and can you give the dates of the events above and the others he is into?..

thanks!!

What is Roger Federer’s next tournament after AO 09?

I noticed that Federer was not present in the draws of tournaments immediately after AO 09. It’s been 3 weeks since but there’s no news on his next tournament? Thanks a lot guys for any info.

US Open 2010 Schedule,US Open Tournament Players details

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WITH THE qualifiers already underway and a possible non-participation threat cloud looming large over Serena Williams, the U.S Open 2010 will kick start on August 30 and will continue till September 12, 2010 at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States.

Last years, defending champions were Juan Martin del Porto from Argentina in the men’s category and Kim Clijsters of Belgium in the women’s category. Although del Porto will not be defending his title this year due to a wrist injury, Clijsters is a favourite as a player who has continuously performed well at the US Open. Serena Williams, undoubtedly the best top ranked player and holder of two grand slam titles might not participate in this year’s tournament due to an injury in her right foot.

Another seeded player, who appears to be in top form is Lleyton Hewitt who is basking in his own comfort zone as a third seed post the ATP Atlanta Tennis Championship.

The schedule for the upcoming U.S Open 2010 is given below:

Session

Day

Date

Time

Singles Schedule

Tuesday

24-Aug

11:00:00 AM

Qualifying Tournament

Wednesday

25-Aug

11:00:00 AM

Qualifying Tournament

Thursday

26-Aug

11:00:00 AM

Qualifying Tournament

Friday

27-Aug

11:00:00 AM

Qualifying Tournament

Saturday

28-Aug

09:30:00 AM

Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day

1

Monday

30-Aug

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s & Women’s 1st Round

2

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s & Women’s 1st Round

3

Tuesday

31-Aug

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s & Women’s 1st Round

4

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s & Women’s 1st Round

5

Wednesday

1-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s 1st Round/Women’s 2nd Round

6

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s 2nd Round/Women’s 2nd Round

7

Thursday

2-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s 2nd Round/Women’s 2nd Round

8

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s 2nd Round/Women’s 2nd Round

9

Friday

3-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s 2nd Round/Women’s 3rd Round

10

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s 2nd Round/Women’s 3rd Round

11

Saturday

4-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s 3rd Round/Women’s 3rd Round

12

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s 3rd Round/Women’s 3rd Round

13

Sunday

5-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s 3rd Round/Women’s 4th Round

14

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s 3rd Round/Women’s 4th Round

15

Monday

6-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s 4th Round/Women’s 4th Round

16

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s 4th Round/Women’s 4th Round

17

Tuesday

7-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s 4th Round/Women’s Quarterfinals

18

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s Fourth Round/Women’s Quarterfinals

19

Wednesday

8-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s Quarterfinals/Women’s Quarterfinals

20

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s Quarterfinals/Women’s Quarterfinals

21

Thursday

9-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s Quarterfinals

22

Night

07:00:00 PM

Men’s Quarterfinals

23

Friday

10-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Women’s Semifinals

24

Saturday

11-Sep

Day

11:00:00 AM

Men’s Semifinals

25

Night

07:00:00 PM

Women’s Singles Final

26

Sunday

12-Sep

Day

12:00:00 PM

Men’s Singles Final

Venus Williams Pulls Out Of Cincinnati Tournament

Venus Williams Pulls Out Of Cincinnati Tournament
Venus Williams, the world’s No. 4 player, has pulled out of next week’s tennis tournament in Cincinnati because of knee pain, Cincytennis.com reported.

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Tennis- Nadal wins the Capitala Exhibition Tournament

After a long losing streak, Rafael Nadal finally won a title, the first of the season. The win comes as preparation for the year’s major tournaments, beginning with the Australian Open in the second week of January, an event that will gather together the most elite tennis players. Nadal finally defeated Robin Soderling after two losses against the Swede. The match was close and difficult for both players. Although Nadal won with two straight sets, the first set had to be decided on a tie break, while the second one was close as well, ending with a score of 7-6 (3), 7-5 for the final of the season-opening Capitala exhibition tournament. The tournament semifinals were full of surprises, the largest of which involved Roger Rederer’s ouster by Soderling for the first time in 13 matches. The fans’ dreams of seeing a Nadal vs. Federer final were dashed; Soderling took Federer 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 in the semifinals in a deeply contested match. Each player held serve in the first two sets before Soderling broke the Swiss player in the third and seventh games of the third set to earn his first victory against the world No. 1. Federer had a difficult season starter against Soderling, of whom he said, “Obviously it’s hard to start playing against him, but I had fun.” Federer took the tournament as preparation for Doha and the Australian Open, aiming for the title that he missed last year to Nadal in the final. The other match in the semifinals, Nadal against David Ferrer, saw the world No. 2 win 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. The game seemed challenging to both Spaniards, who played together in the Davis Cup finals last month. In the end, however, Nadal was able to prove the return of his abilities, sealing his spot for the final. A final against Soderling must have been what Nadal had been dreaming of, since his defeat at the Swede’s hands in the last two matches. In the first set, Soderling pushed Nadal to a tiebreak that gave the Spaniard the win. The second set seemed the only hope for the Swede, who was clearly hoping to reverse the results of the first set. Soderling appeared to have a chance – until Nadal broke Soderling’s serve in the sixth game, giving the Spaniard the match. Nadal viewed the tournament, which was only an exhibition, as great preparation for both the Australian Open and the Doha tournament. He seemed determined to take the season one game at a time. “Everybody wants the No. 1 ranking, but, believe me, for me it is not my goal for this year,” the Spaniard said. “To play competitively throughout and win as many tournaments as I can, that is my goal. To be happy playing, to be healthy and to play like I have played over the last two days.” Nadal, along with Federer and Soderling, will be participating next week at the Qatar Open in Doha; then he will head to the Australian Open to defend his title and lastly to the Netherlands, in Rotterdam, before he can take a break.

What clay court tennis tournament is the best to watch if I want to see Rafael Nadal?

except Roland Garros and what’s the best seat to get if you’re on a semi-tight budget?

What was Sania Mirza’s WTA rank before Wimbledon and what was it after the tournament?

Any good way to watch Wimbledon tennis tournament 2010 live online?

Any good way to watch Wimbledon tennis tournament 2010 live online?

Jankovic of Serbia returns the ball to Shvedova of Kazakhstan during the French Open tennis tournament at Roland …

Jankovic of Serbia returns the ball to Shvedova of Kazakhstan during the French Open tennis tournament at Roland …
Jelena Jankovic of Serbia returns the ball to Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan during the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris June 2, 2010. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

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Roger Federer was stringing at 48lbs during the 2008 Wimbledon Tournament?

Is this possibly why we saw many errors at this tournament and also who else is completely shocked because I thought it would be higher like at 65lbs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Federer

Roland Garros French Open 2010 Tennis Tournament?

Does anyone know if ESPN 360 will be cover all of the games like they did with the Australian Open? I don’t want to miss any of the action. I know it starts at 5AM thanks.

Sharapova beats Barrois to win Strasbourg tournament

Sharapova beats Barrois to win Strasbourg tournament
Russian Maria Sharapova won the Strasbourg tournament with a 7-5 6-1 win over Germany’s Kristina Barrois on Saturday.

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Preparations for Chennai Open 2009 Atp Tennis Tournament

Chennai Open Tennis 2009 is scheduled to take place from Monday 5 January to Saturday 10 January, 2009. The qualifying rounds will take place on 3rd and 4th January 2009. The tournament will consist of Singles and Doubles, and the announced singles have already been made known, with some of the world’s top tennis players competing against each other for the $450,000 prize money at stake.

The line-up includes Nikolay Vladimirirovich Davydenko who is considered as the top ranked male player for Russia, 5th in the world and winner of fourteen ATP singles titles, Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland who is currently ranked 13th in the world and was a finalist in Rome Masters and is a Doubles gold medallist from Beijing Olympics and Carlos Moya who was the runner up for Costa do Sauipe and Bucharest as well as the Chennai tennis champion in 2004 and 2005.

Line-up continues with Rafael Nadal the top seeded Spaniard currently ranked as worlds no. 1, Ivo Karlovic from Croatia who has won four ATP Singles titles and ranked 26th in the world, Ivan Ljubicic from Croatia ranked 38th in the world, Marin Cilic also from Croatia who is ranked 23rd in the world, Rainer Schuettler from Germany ranked 33rd in the world, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes who will return to play with their respective partners Mark Knowles from Bahamas and Lukas Dlouhy from Czech Republic.

Many more well known players like Janko Tipsarevic from Serbia, Marcel Granollers from Spain, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez from Spain and Fabio Fognini from Italy will compete as well along with several others.

These tennis stars will take the centre-stage at 2009 Chennai Open, bringing you one of the most competitive fields ever in the events history. Bryan brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan who are world number one doubles duo and Beijing Olympic bronze medallists were also confirmed to play at the Chennai Open 2009 tournament, but have withdrawn their participation owing to an injury to Bob.

Out of these, 8 players in the Chennai Open 2009 tournament are ranked in the worlds top 50 tennis players, which is what will make this event more interesting and exciting. Another thing which makes the upcoming tournament more powerful and impressive is that as many as 15 participating players are part of the worlds top 100 players. Tennis lovers from around the world as well as in India will once again look forward to some enthralling tennis action.

Tennis : Federer and Nadal Headline Field at Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament

TORONTO – After a month-long break, the top two men’s tennis players in the world are ready to get back to business.

World No. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland and No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain headline the 64-man field at the $2.45-million US Rogers Cup, which begins Monday at the Rexall Centre on the campus of York University.

The Masters Series event boasts 17 of the top 20 players in the world, but many fans will be hoping to witness another chapter in the rivalry between Federer and Nadal, who have owned the ATP Tour this season and are playing for the first time since meeting in the Wimbledon final.

Nadal won the Rogers Cup last year in Montreal while Federer won here in 2004. Two other former champions, Marat Safin of Russia (2000) and Thomas Johansson of Sweden (1999), are also in the field but former winners Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi were late withdrawals. Roddick, the 2003 champ, is nursing a muscle strain in his side while Agassi – a three-time champ (’92, ’94, ’95) who pulled out Friday – will concentrate on getting ready for the next Masters Series event in Cincinnati before ending his stellar career at the U.S. Open.

Federer, who turns 25 on Tuesday, is coming in on a high after beating Nadal in the final for his fourth straight Wimbledon title four weeks ago. He will open against Paul-Henri Mathieu of France, his same opponent from the first round at the All-England Club. Federer is an impressive 56-4 record this season but all four losses – including one in the French Open final – have come to Nadal, who is 43-5 on the year.

Federer said he enjoys their rivalry and thinks it’s good for the sport.

“I think it deserves the attention,” he said. “We’ve been playing so good for the last one and-a-half years. He’s been really coming along since his French Open win back in ’05. He’s been able to back it up on clay and then also he’s started to improve on hardcourt and on grass. The difference is not that big anymore.”

Nadal, 20, handed Federer his lone hardcourt loss of the season in the final at Dubai last March. However, the Spanish star could be tested early as he opens against Nicolas Massu of Chile, who won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

There are some other intriguing first-round matchups, which will be spread out over two days. Former French Open champions Gaston Gaudio of Argentina and Carlos Moya of Spain will square off while veteran Frenchman Fabrice Santoro will take on rising star and countryman Richard Gasquet. There’s even an all-Canadian matchup between wild-card entries Frank Dancevic of Niagara Falls, Ont., and Peter Polansky of Thornhill, Ont.

Daniel Nestor of Toronto and Philip Bester of North Vancouver, B.C., also picked up wild-card spots but both have tough draws. Nestor faces No. 13 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic while Bester will take on fifth-seeded James Blake of the U.S.

Nestor and partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas are seeded fourth in the 24-team doubles field. The top seeds are Bob and Mike Bryan of the U.S.

The weather is expected to cooperate for the 125th anniversary of the tournament with warm temperatures and sunny skies in the long-term forecast.

Organizers had to do make some last-minute changes to the draw after Roddick’s withdrawal was announced Sunday afternoon. It was good news for Robby Ginepri, who was slated to meet No. 3 David Nalbandian of Argentina. Ginepri instead became the No. 17 seed and will play qualifier and fellow American Kevin Kim while Nalbandian will face qualifier Davide Sanguinetti of Italy. Roddick’s No. 9 seed position was not filled and lucky loser Nicolas Mahut of France was added to the draw. He’ll play Czech qualifier Jan Hernych.

Tournament director Grant Connell said he understood that Roddick wanted to take some more time to nurse the strain in his left side that also kept him out of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.

“When he cancelled his flight from Texas, I knew his injury was still an issue,” Connell said. “Andy loves the hardcourt surface and I’m certain he wishes he could play in Toronto.”

Roddick issued a statement saying he was very disappointed that he could not compete, adding he’s optimistic he’ll be back in top form for the U.S. Open.

Connell is still pleased with the depth of the field, calling it one of the strongest in tournament history. The winner of Sunday’s final will receive $400,000 while the winning doubles team will split $99,300.

Notes: Six-time champion Ivan Lendl, tennis great Roy Emerson and Robert Bedard, the last Canadian to win the tournament, will be on hand for the opening ceremonies . . . I.F. Hellmuth won the first edition of the Canadian Open at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club in 1881 . . . The women’s Rogers Cup will be played at Montreal’s Uniprix Stadium Aug. 12-20. Kim Clijsters of Belgium won the tournament last year.

Maria Sharapova vs. Serena Williams in the 4th round of the Sony Ericsson Tournament?

As you may know, Sharapova will face Serena Williams in the 4th round after she defeated V. Williams in a bloody match. Who do you think will get revenge? Sharapova, for loosing to S. Williams in the Australia Open final? Or S. Williams, for having Sharapova beat her sister?

Injured Clijsters out of Madrid tournament

Injured Clijsters out of Madrid tournament
Belgian Kim Clijsters has pulled out of next week’s Madrid WTA tournament because of a foot injury.

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Wimbledon 2009 Tennis Tournament, Day 10 Wimbledon Picks

WIMBLEDON 2009 TENNIS TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

Semi-Final Stats

* This is the third time in the last 13 years that the top four seeds are all in the semi-finals.
* The Williams sisters have won all 10 Wimbledon semi-finals they have played, excluding matches against each other.
* They have won seven of these matches in straight sets and won the first set by three or more games six times.
* Nine of their 10 semis have been won by six or more games.

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Wimbledon 2009 Tennis Tournament – Tommy Haas

Venus Williams v Dinara Safina

Head-to-head: Williams leads 2-1; never met on grass
Last Meeting: Safina won 6/7, 6/3, 6/4 at Rome 08/05/09

Venus Williams has dropped a mere 19 games in her five matches so far and the heavy strapping around her knee didn’t look to have any adverse affect on her quarter-final. The five times champion has extended her winning streak to 19 matches at SW19, with the last 16 all been won in straight sets.

Her semi-final record here is impeccable with seven wins from seven. The last six of these victories were all achieved by at least a six game margin while the seventh was won by five games. Venus may have lost her last meeting with Safina but that was played on clay and in their previous two meetings which were both in the last 12 months and on hard courts she won by at least five games.

Since 2001 Venus has beaten the 5.5 games handicap in 37 of her 52 Wimbledon matches including 16 of 24 matches against seeded players.

Dinara Safina has only ever beaten one seed at Wimbledon and that was with the roof on against Amelie Mauresmo this year. She has lost four of her seven semi-finals in Grand Slam and Tier One tournaments excluding clay in the past three years by a margin of five or more games.

One of these defeats was a 6/2, 6/3 demolition by Serena Williams in the US Open semi last year and this was an example of how she has struggled under the extra pace the Williams sisters hit with. In total she has lost five of her eight matches against Serena by seven or more games, including all three in the last 12 months.

Safina has lost six of her last seven matches against the current top 10 players away from the clay, with five straight sets defeats and five losses by five or more games.

Recommendation: Venus Williams to win -5.5 games 2.10, Betfair

Serena Williams v Elena Dementieva

Head-to-head: All-square 5-5; Williams leads 1-0 on grass
Last Meeting: Dementieva won w/o at Paris 14/02/09

Remarkably Elena Dementieva has won five of her six meetings with Serena Williams since the start of 2006 – although her last win was a walkover. However, Serena was a convincing winner when they met in the Australian Open semi-final in January (6/3, 6/4) and has won both their career Grand Slam meetings.

Serena was at her brutal best in her quarter-final win over Victoria Azarenka and at one stage had made 19 winners to just one unforced error. Added to her current form is her outstanding record in Grand Slam semi-finals of W12-L1 with her one loss coming against Justine Henin on clay. In fact her semi-final record in Grand Slam and Tier One events away from clay since the start of 2002 is a perfect W19-L0 (W4-L3 on clay). Excluding clay she has won eight of her 11 Grand Slam semi-finals in straight sets and seven times won the first set by three or more games.

Serena has a W12-L3 record at Wimbledon against seeded players excluding her sister and has won the first set by three or more games eight times.

Elena Dementieva is yet to face a seed in this year’s Championships as she has cruised through the draw dropping no more than five games in any of her five matches. However, this lack of a competitive match could hurt her against Williams.

She has only been longer than 3.5 to win 11 times in the last three years and has lost nine times with one of her two wins coming courtesy of a retirement. Excluding the retirement she has lost the first set by three or more games in seven of the 10 matches with a further two first sets lost by two clear games.

Dementieva has coped well in a lot of her previous meeting with Serena but this may be more due to her opponents desire than anything else as she has certainly struggled against the power game when playing Venus Williams, losing the last six meetings with five first sets lost by three or more games and the other lost by two.

Dementieva’s record in Grand Slam and Tier One semi-finals is a poor one with 10 defeats in her last 12. Her Wimbledon record is not impressive either, when looking at her results against seeded players she has lost all seven times against top 20 seeds and lost the first set by four or more games in three of her four matches against top eight seeds.

Recommendation: Serena Williams to win the first set -2.0 games 2.25, William Hill

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