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01st October 2009
Roger Federer is the current king of men’s tennis. 2005 was an incredible year for him as he entered 15 tournaments and won 11 of them including Wimbledon and US Open for the second consecutive year. His 4 losses came in one quarterfinal, two semifinals... Read >
Author: wbdoyle01st October 2009
Martina Navratilova is widely regarded as the greatest female tennis player in the history of the game. She captured 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 40 Grand Slam doubles titles.
She was born in Czechoslovakia on October 18, 1956 and at age 18 defecte... Read >
Author: wbdoyle23rd September 2009
My son has gained an edge on me after he became a staunch fan of Federer. Kids will learn from example, whether we’re talking matrices in precalc during highschool, picking their nose as a toddler, or in our case, the basics of mental tennis.
Federer... Read >
Author: wbdoyle23rd September 2009
The Grand Slam tennis tournaments - the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open - are the leading major championships in this choice sport and competition of champions and spectators alike. Remaining one of the prestige tennis professional... Read >
Author: wbdoyle13th August 2009
It wasn't surprising when tennis number one Roger Federer was named Laureus World athlete of the Year for a consecutive 3rd year in a row 2005, 2006 and now 2007. The 25-year-old from Switzerland now made one more mark when he became the 1st athlete to g... Read >
Author: Jon Berry08th August 2009
Tennis betting is a very popular choice for in-play punters. While one player may dominate the first set, it is not uncommon for his opponent to then go on and win the next set, meaning odds fluctuate wildly during the match. While Roger Federer has been ... Read >
Author: miteljanson28th June 2009
Girl power is very much in full force as evidenced by the number of women athletes we have. We have professional golf players, energetic tennis players, competitive swimmers, and more. Women have infiltrated almost every sport known to the world. What bet... Read >
Author: Michael Lee12th June 2009
What a Super Weekend for sports! No … NOT the Super Bowl (although I’ll get to that), I mean the Australian Open. When Federer plays Nadal in a Grand Slam final, you begin to lose words to describe what you see. Even the announcers were speechless,... Read >
Author: craighigdon11th June 2009
Are any of you catching the Australian Open among all of the Superbowl Hype and College Basketball Overpromotion? There was a great match between Roger Federer and Tomas Berdych this weekend. Berdych jumped out to a 2 set lead with blazing strokes and l... Read >
Author: craighigdon18th May 2009
Surprisingly it's as far back as the days of Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe that the world of tennis has been as exciting as it is today, as Rafa Nadal from Spain's Balearic Islands and Switzerland's Roger Federer make the game watchable to a mass audienc... Read >
Author: Roger Munns10th April 2009
France is a country renowned for its good food and wine, romantic and stunning towns and cities, beautiful landscapes, fantastic shopping, pulsating nightlife and much much more. There is much to see and do in France and if you are thinking of visiting th... Read >
Author: Mairead Foley09th March 2009
Great Britain number one player Andy Murray unfortunately has been pulled out of the great Dubai championship due to a virus in quarter final where he is playing match against Richard Gasquet. It is a great disappointment for the fans of this tennis star ... Read >
Author: Peri Witny25th February 2009
Hi Everyone! Here I would like to tell you about the incoming performance of the famous tennis star Wozniacki.
She has just come back from her quick trip of Germany and is thinking to make some untiring efforts for Cellular South Cup going to hold on 1... Read >
Author: Peri Witny23rd February 2009
WTA Pattaya Women's Open is a tennis tournament held in the city, Pattaya, Thailand. In this region, this tournament was held in 1991 but this time, WTA Tour event is played on hardcourts and is going on held as an International tournament. If you are fam... Read >
Author: Peri Witny20th February 2009
SA Tennis Open 2009 is the major part of the ATP Johannesburg Open series held under new ATP structure for the year 2009 in Johannesburg. In that Tournament, South Africa seemed on hard courts started on February 2nd to February 8th 2009. Wow, great news ... Read >
Author: Peri Witny18th February 2009
The Federation Cup is a tennis tournament played for a week and features women's tennis teams between two nations in a head on duel and vie a place in the finals.
It is the women's equivalent of the Davis Cup for men. Each team has to go through a seri... Read >
Author: Peri Witny16th February 2009
Indian tennis stars, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza, became the first Indians to win a Grand Slam mixed doubles at Australian Open 2009, sponsored by Kia Motors in Melbourne. For Bhupathi, the victory of mixed double Australian Open was his 11th Grand Sl... Read >
Author: Carazoo.com12th February 2009
The India and New Zealand in their opening ties of the Asia Zone Tennis match tried to defeat each other. The tennis match was held on Wednesday, 4 February 2009. The Indian team started game badly and lost the match because at the end of the match, India... Read >
Author: Peri Witny10th February 2009
It was another tennis masterpiece. This Australian Open Final, although lacked the quality as seen in the always Nadal and Federer finals, but it could be said that, this too was epic entertainment.
The match lasted for more than 4 hours in the fading ... Read >
Author: Peri Witny02nd February 2009
In as much as I never expected Serena Williams and Dinara Safina to meet in this year's women's singles final of the Australian Open, they turned out to be the most credible candidates to contest for the women's crown when the smoke of battle cleared. And... Read >
Author: Peri Witny02nd February 2009
Fans who have watched the Australian Open live from Melbourne Park and who own tickets for the men's final to be held on Sunday should consider themselves fortunate as the sport's greatest emerging rivalry have succeeded in conquering their respective opp... Read >
Author: Peri Witny01st February 2009
Tournament favorite and second ranked Serena Williams earned a ticket to play in the Australian Open tennis finals when she defeated fourth ranked Russian Elena Dementieva in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the first semi-final match this morning. The win snap... Read >
Author: Peri Witny31st January 2009
The women's side of the Australian Open has completed its line up of semi-finalists. What is striking is that three out of four of them are Russians. Vera Zvonareva, Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva are up against the lone American semi-finalist, Serena... Read >
Author: Peri Witny30th January 2009
Serena and Venus Williams powered into the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday, 20th Jan.
Both the Williams' sisters looked in top form as they cruised through the first round. It wasn't such a great day for Elena Dementieva of Ru... Read >
Author: Peri Witny28th January 2009
The first week of the Australian Open has passed and play has gone into the fourth round. As what I have come to expect, the women's draw has come to be the more open side, with the top four seeds not as solid as the men side and are then prone to upsets.... Read >
Author: Peri Witny22nd January 2009
It feels like ages to me since I have heard the name of a player other than Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to be the likely champion of a tennis tournament. Seeing Andy Murray's name up with the stars is, to use a cliche, breath of fresh air. He is the cu... Read >
22nd January 2009
Keeping track of tennis live scores online, I was surprised to see 5th seed Ana Ivanovic struggling in her opening match against Julia Goerges, today 19th Jan. She, however, regained her form midway through the game to finish with 7-5, 6-3.
Facing a to... Read >
Author: Peri Witny20th January 2009
With the way the men's division went disarray last season which finally resulted in a new top player, it seems that each one of them has a chance in winning a major tournament this year.
Although it shall be difficult for the rest of the players whos n... Read >
Author: Peri Witny16th January 2009
Although the organizers of the Australian Open have scheduled the release of the names of the seeded players on the 12th of January, it is safe to say that there are a handful of players in both the men’s and women’s sides that have been dominating th... Read >
Author: Peri Witny16th January 2009
The stage is set or should we say the court is ready for the Asian Pacific Grand Slam. The first one of the 4 mega competitions that really matter to the game of tennis is set to begin on the 19th of January 2009.
And what an event it shall be – wit... Read >
Author: wpronline16th January 2009
The stage is set or should we say the court is ready for the Asian Pacific Grand Slam. The first one of the 4 mega competitions that really matters to the game of tennis is set to begin on the 19th of January 2009.
And what an event it shall be – wi... Read >
Author: wpronline13th January 2009
Having stayed on the No.1 position for a period of twelve weeks last season has not been easy for top-seed Ana Ivanovic. She has struggled hard to maintain her place at the top and that's just what she did to claim a victory over Roberta Vinci of Italy o... Read >
Author: Peri Witny06th January 2009
With January coming up, the excitement is already building up for the thrilling annual Grand Slam tennis tournaments held at Melbourne Park each year.
This year round, the Australian open Grand Slams are scheduled to be held from 19 January to 01 Febru... Read >
Author: Peri Witny24th November 2008
Healthy hedonism masquerades, football, ballet, fashion, splendid restaurants….marvelously great, Melbourne is really a place to be visited.
Located in a leafy bay side, Melbourne is blessed with spectacular scenic and urbanized spots. The melting po... Read >
Author: gggorosin2202nd June 2008
The French Open or the Roland Garros has long been considered as one of the most prestigious Tennis tournaments in the world by players and fans alike. This tournament which is usually worked off during the latter part of May and early June is the premier... Read >
Author: eMarketingEye21st May 2008
BACKGROUND:
Melbourne is famous for a huge variety of hotels that are scattered over the entire city. From extremely expensive extravagances to very reasonable accommodations Melbourne offers it all.
A lot of people believe that in order to have a goo... Read >
Author: JessicaThomson08th May 2008
Spain’s number two tennis player, David Ferrer has been capturing the attention of the media in his native country as well as worldwide due to his remarkable appearances at the 2007 French Open where he reached the third round, the 2007 US Open where he... Read >
Author: Claudia Beckford19th March 2008
Melbourne, Australia is where a tourist can see different places. There are a number of attractions for tourists here. There are different places one can see and a variety of experiences for people with different interests and Melbourne Hotel Accommodatio... Read >
Author: JessicaThomson10th November 2007
Tennis is a game played between either two single players or two teams; each has two players. Player(s) use a racquet to strike a rubber ball. In some places, tennis is still called lawn tennis, to distinguish it from real tennis, an older form of the gam... Read >
Author: Dr.smith johnson03rd July 2007
The Championships were started under the control of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in 1877 as a Men�s Singles only event. It has grown since then from its garden-party roots to a Grand Slam tournament with millions of fans. The Grand Slams... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer29th January 2007
Hello, my name is Karen Fish. I am a 27 year old writer living in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Have you ever heard the saying “Love is blind?” I recently bought a seeing eye dog for my next relationship. His name is Caesar. He loves Caesar salad. L... Read >
Author: Karen Fish05th July 2006
The last time no Americans reached the quarterfinals was at the All England Club in 1911, when no U.S. women and only three men were entered in the tournament. The last Grand Slam event when no Americans entered the final eight was the 1976 Australian Ope... Read >
Author: Ally White15th February 2006
The Grand Slam tennis tournaments - the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open - are the leading major championships in this choice sport and competition of champions and spectators alike. Remaining one of the prestige tennis professional... Read >
Author: Jack Scrafford
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