From the monthly archives:

August 2009

ATP Masters Events: Montreal & Cincinnati

August 14, 2009

photo credit:love40mp UPDATE ON THE MONTREAL MASTERS: August 14, 2009: The top 8 seeds made it through to the quarter finals at the Canadian Open in Montreal. That was the first time that had happened at that event since 1987. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Roger Federer in the quarter finals after being 5-1 down in the [...]

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Comeback Kim at Cincy Open, USA

August 12, 2009

photo credit:Mercurier Kim Clijsters is making her comeback to the WTA Tour at the Western & Southern Financial Group tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Clijsters was a former World No.1 and won the US Open singles title in 2005. The Belgian was runner-up in 4 Grand Slam singles finals and won 2 end of year WTA [...]

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Federer Eyes His Birthday Cup

August 10, 2009

photo credit:nicogenin Roger Federer is looking to win the Cup with his name on it. The Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada is a major tournament (ATP World Tour Masters 1000) on the men’s tour, with 3 million US dollars on offer. After winning this tournament in 2004 and 2006, Federer lost in the 2nd round in Canada last year to [...]

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Champion in Focus: Roger Federer

August 8, 2009

photo credit:Lucky B In this post we will take a closer look at Roger Federer. He is pictured above meeting the ball at the perfect impact point for a forehand volley. Federer was born on this day in 1981 in Binningen, close to Basel in Switzerland. Federer’s highest ranking of No.1 was first achieved on 2 February 2004, making him the 23rd man [...]

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Understanding Women’s Tennis Rankings #1

August 6, 2009

photo credit:Mercurier Pictured above is Amelie Mauresmo’s beautiful one handed backhand drive. Mauresmo is in the very early stage of her forward swing before impact with the ball. The French woman was the 15th of only 19 woman to hold the world No.1 ranking since the WTA ranking system began on 3 November, 1975. The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour bases the women’s tennis rankings [...]

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WTA Major Tournament #6: Cincinnati, USA

August 4, 2009

photo credit:bourgol The Women’s Tour event in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA is now one of the major tournaments on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour after being upgraded since 2008. In 2009 the total prize money is 2 million US dollars up from 175,000 US dollars. Cincinnati is now a major tournament because it is 1 of the top 9 WTA Tour [...]

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Understanding Men’s Tennis Rankings #1

August 2, 2009

photo credit:nicogenin Pictured above is Rafael Nadal extending his racquet out through the ball with his mighty forehand ground stroke. Nadal became the 24th man to earn the world No.1 ranking since the ATP ranking system began in August 1973. The ATP World Tour calculates the men’s tennis rankings over a rolling 12 month system. The rolling system is the [...]

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