How To Train for Tennis

by Editor on July 29, 2010

in Tennis Tips

Today’s post is the 5th in a series of reprinted articles by the author of OCA’s Tennis Tips Posts. The 2 pages below provide tips on How To Train for Tennis.

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Power To You was first published in Australian Tennis Magazine in the January 2008 issue.

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How To Improve YOUR Tennis

by Editor on July 28, 2010

in Tennis Tips

Today’s post is the fourth in a series of reprinted articles by the author of OCA’s Tennis Tips Posts. The 2 pages below provide tips on How To Improve YOUR Tennis.

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Evaluate To Elevate was first published in Australian Tennis Magazine in the March 2008 issue.

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How To Hit with Topspin

by Editor on July 27, 2010

in Tennis Tips

Today’s post is the third in a series of reprinted articles by the author of OCA’s Tennis Tips Posts. The 2 pages below provide 3 tips on How To Hit with Topspin.

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Spin or Be Spun was first published in Australian Tennis Magazine in the April 2008 issue.

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ATP Tour Finals 2010: Nov 21-28

by Editor on July 26, 2010

in ATP Tour Finals

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Pictured above is the centre court in the O2 Arena in London in Great Britain. The ATP World Tour Finals were held on this court last year and will be held there again this year.

This men’s event runs from November 21 to 28 with only the Top 8 men able to compete in the end of year championships tournament. This year the Men’s Singles Final will be held on Sunday 28 November August and the Men’s Singles Semi Finals will be in played on Saturday 27 November. The first 6 days are used for the round robin matches after which the semi finalists are decided.

This post is the 15th in a series that aims to make it much easier for you to find what you are looking for on this tennis website. In order for you to find out more about what you are interested in or are searching for, we will supply all of the links within this single post that are related to one particular topic.

Today’s topic is the 2010 ATP Tour Finals in London. When all of future coverage of the ATP Tour Finals is added to this tennis website, it will be continually updated on this directory page. Add this page to your favourites to make coming back here EASY!

  1. The ATP Tour Cheated Andy Murray! #2
  2. The ATP Tour Cheated Andy Murray!
  3. 2009 ATP World Tour Finals Results
  4. 2009 ATP World Tour Finals Draw
  5. 2009 ATP World Tour Finals in London
  6. What’s Next on the 2010 Men’s Tour?
  7. What’s Next in Men’s Tennis? Part 2
  8. Understanding Men’s Tennis Rankings #1
  9. Understanding the Men’s Pro Tour #1
  10. Understanding the Men’s Pro Tour #2

If there is anything further you would like to know about please email to info@oncourtadvantage.com.

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The WTA Premier FIVE tournament in Cincinnati is a hard court event and will be held at the Lindner Family Tennis Centre in the suburb of Mason, Ohio in the USA. What was formerly known as the Cincinnati Open is now called the Western and Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.

The women’s tournament begins on Saturday 7 August with the qualifying singles and runs for 9 days, concluding with the Women’s Singles Final on Sunday 15 August at 3pm local time in Cincinnati. 

The draw for the women’s qualifying singles draw will be available on Friday 6 August and the women’s singles main draw will be drawn on Saturday 7 August. As soon as these draws are available we will post them in here our coverage of the 2010 Western and Southern Financial Group Masters and Women’s Open singles events in Cincinnati.

Last year No.5 seed Jelena Janković won the W&SFG Women’s Open singles championship for the first time. Janković defeated No.1 seed Dinara Safina in the final 6-4 6-2 in 2 hours and 17 minutes after being down 4 consecutive match points in her semi final the day before. Janković earned 800 WTA ranking points whilst Safina collected 550 points.

The 2009 W&SFG semi finalists were No.4 seed Elena Dementieva who lost to Janković and No.14 seed Flavia Pennetta who was defeated by Safina. In the quarter finals Safina knocked out Kim Clijsters, Pennetta beat Daniela Hantuchova, Dementieva defeated No.8 seed Caroline Wozniacki and Janković won against Sybille Bammer. Bammer upset Serena Williams in the round of 16.

Pictured above is Safina as she is recovering after hitting this serve. Safina has dropped to No.33 after being the World No.1 last year at Cincinnati. Can the 24 year old Russian make a comeback to form during the hard court season over the next 2 months and qualify for the WTA Tour Finals?

Premier FIVE and Premier Mandatory tournaments have varying sized main draws. Indian Wells and Miami have the largest draws with 96 spots, then Madrid and China have 60 spots whilst, Dubai, Rome, Cincinnati, Canada and the Japan Opens’ all have a 56-player draw.

In a 56-player draw there are 16 seeded players and they will be selected according to the WTA rankings on the final Monday before this event commences. This year the seeding will be based on the WTA Tour rankings as at 2 August 2010. 44 of the 56 main draw spots are allocated to direct acceptances.

The direct acceptances are the highest 39 ranked players on the cut-off date. This year the cut-off was the ATP Rankings on July 5 2010. Russia has the most players in the women’s singles draw with 9. To date, the only players from the Top 40 who will not be playing are the injured Serena Williams and Justine Henin.

The remaining 17 spots in the main draw are allocated from 2 categories: wild card entrants (WC) and qualifiers (Q). Qualifiers earn 12 of the 17 spots and 5 spots are given to wild cards at the discretion of the tournament management. 

The women’s qualifying event is a mini knock out tournament consisting of 48 players. Only 12 players who each win 3 matches in a row will “qualify” for the main draw. The 5 wild cards that are to be selected and the details for the qualifying event, will be updated here in our coverage of the 2010 W&SFG Women’s Open as they are announced.

Last year only 3 wild cards were awarded with the other 2 spots given to the next highest ranked players (direct acceptances) and there were only 8 sots for qualifiers. This year the number of spots for qualifiers and the qualifying draw size has been increased to 48. The men’s event will only have 28 spots in the qualifying singles draw. 

If you need any help in buying tickets to attend or further information about this event please email to info@oncourtadvantage.com.

Stay tuned to this tennis website for more coverage of both the men’s and women’s events in Cincinnati. Click this link for the details thus far -> Cincinnati 2010: August 7 – 22.

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Canada 2010 Men’s Singles Draw

July 18, 2010

photo credit:Christian Mesiano The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Canada will be held at the Rexall Centre at York University in Toronto. What was formerly known as the Canadian Open or Canada Masters is now called The Rogers Cup. The 2010 Rogers Cup will be held in Toronto this year. The men’s tournament [...]

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Understanding ITF Junior Tour Rankings #2

July 17, 2010

photo credit:Squeaky Knees In this ITF Junior Tennis Tour post we will take a closer look at the “Grade A” category tournaments for the girl’s and boy’s international junior tennis tours. ITF stands for International Tennis Federation. The junior tennis tour is called the ITF Junior Tour and has only one age group, which is 18 years and [...]

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Cincinnati 2010 Men’s Schedule of Play

July 11, 2010

photo credit:Melodie Mesiano The 10th Major Tournament for the men’s professional tennis tour is Cincinnati in the USA. The Western and Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati is one of the major tournaments on the ATP Tour calendar. It is a major tournament because it 1 of only 9 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 category events. The [...]

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Cincinnati 2010 Women’s Schedule of Play

July 10, 2010

photo credit:thestevelau The 9th Major Tournament for the women’s professional tennis tour is Cincinnati in the USA. The Western and Southern Financial Group Women’s Open in Cincinnati is one of the major tournaments on the WTA Tour calendar. It is a major tournament because it 1 of only 5 WTA Premier FIVE category events. In 2003 Cincinnati [...]

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Cincinnati 2010: August 7 – 22

July 9, 2010

photo credit:sebrenner Pictured above is one of the 3 main stadium courts in Cincinnati, Mason, Ohio in the USA. This tournament began in 1899 as the Cincinnati Open. The women’s and men’s events are played back-to-back with the women playing 1st whilst the men play in Canada, then the women head to Canada, whilst the men play [...]

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