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Liam Broady shunned LTA funding

June 14, 2011

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Liam Broady through to second round of Wimbledon qualifiers

British teen Liam Broady came through a marathon compare to make the second turn of Wimbledon qualifiers opposite a actor ranked 582 places higher. Broady, 17, who is rated rarely after shunning LTA appropriation and going it alone, kick Italy’s universe No 160 Alessio di Mauro 6-3, 1-6, 12-10 and was assimilated in the second [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Serena Williams

June 2, 2011

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Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1and currently ranked World No. 17 in singles and No. 20 in doubles with sister Venus Williams. The Women’s Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Margaret Court

June 2, 2011

Margaret Court, AO MBE, (born 16 July 1942, also known as Margaret Smith Court) is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player fromAustralia. In 1970, she became the first woman during the open era and the second woman in history to win all four Grand Slam tournament singles titles in the same calendar year. Court won a record 24 [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Chris Evert

June 2, 2011

Christine Marie “Chris” Evert (born December 21, 1954) is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. According to the Women’s Tennis Association, she was the year-ending World No. 1 [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Stefanie Maria Graf

June 2, 2011

Stefanie Maria Graf (born 14 June 1969, in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) is a former World No. 1 German female tennis player. In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court’s 24. In 1988, she became the first and only tennis player (male or female) to achieve the Calendar Year [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Martina Navratilova

June 2, 2011

Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956) is a Czech American and former Czechoslovak tennis player and a former World No. 1. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, “She’s the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who’s ever lived.” Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam women’s doubles titles (an all-time record), and 10 Grand Slam [...]

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French open order of Play:Wednesday June 1

June 1, 2011

FRENCH OPEN ORDER OF PLAY: DAY 11 Court Philippe Chatrier 2:00 PM Start(Local Time) Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals Na Li(CHN)[6] vs. Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[4] Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals Rafael Nadal(ESP)[1] vs. Robin Soderling(SWE)[5] Women’s Doubles – Semifinals Vania King(USA)[3] /Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ)[3] vs. Andrea Hlavackova(CZE) /Lucie Hradecka(CZE) Court Suzanne Lenglen 2:00 PM Start(Local Time) Women’s Singles – [...]

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Pippa Middleton watched a tennis match between Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska

June 1, 2011

Imagine sitting next to the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister at an event. Yes, it would be enough to make us clear off out of her shadow too. All eyes were on Pippa Middleton while she watched a tennis match between Maria Sharapova of Russia and Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during the French Open tennis tournament on [...]

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Hottest Tennis Player:Maria Sharapova

May 24, 2011

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova( born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player. Sharapova has won 23 WTA singles titles, including 3 Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 A ustralian Open. She has also won the year-end invitational WTA Tour Championships in 2004. The Women’s Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in [...]

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Hottest Tennis Player:Anna Kournikova

May 24, 2011

Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova ( born 7 June 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player who now is a Russian-American citizen. Her celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis players worldwide. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name one of the most common search strings on the Internet [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Mats Wilander

May 24, 2011

Mats Wilander (born 22 August 1964, in Växjö, Sweden) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one Grand Slam men’s doubles title (at Wimbledon). [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Boris Becker (GER)

May 23, 2011

He was born Boris Franz Becker in Leimen, near Heidelberg, the only son of an architect who built the tennis center where Becker and Steffi Graf played against each other as children. On July 1, 1985, he became the first unseeded player, the first German, and the youngest man (17 years, 7 months) to win [...]

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Tennis Greatest:John McEnroe (USA)

May 23, 2011

John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles (three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open), nine Grand Slam men’s doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. McEnroe also [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Jimmy Connors (USA)

May 22, 2011

James Scott “Jimmy” Connors (born September 2, 1952, in East St. Louis, Illinois, also known as ”Jimbo”)is an American formerWorld No. 1 tennis player. He held the top ranking for 160 consecutive weeks from July 29, 1974, to August 22, 1977 (record at that time), and an additional eight times during his career (a total of 268 [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Ivan Lendl (USA)

May 22, 2011

Ivan Lendl (born March 7, 1960) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game’s most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Andre Agassi (USA)

May 22, 2011

Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29, 1970) is a retired Americanprofessional tennis player and former World No. 1.Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time,Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game. Agassi is the first of two male players [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Rod Laver (AUS)

May 22, 2011

Rodney George “Rod” Laver MBE (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970. He is the only tennis player to have twice won the Grand Slam (all four major singles titles in the same year) – first as an amateur [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Bjorn Borg (SWE)

May 22, 2011

Björn Rune Borg was born the 6th of june, in 1956. He is a swedish tennis-player, and one of the best ever. During the period of 1974-1991 he won 11 grand slam titles. Björn Borg is probably mostly known because he won 5 straight titles in Wimbledon. In 1983 he stopped playing tennis. He tried [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Pete Sampras (USA)

May 22, 2011

Petros “Pete” Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles. Sampras debuted on the professional tour in 1988 and played his last top-level tournament in 2002 when he won the US Open, defeating rival Andre [...]

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Top 50 Hottest Tennis Player Woman

April 4, 2011
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