From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Hong Kong ITF Junior Tennis Results

October 16, 2009

Eudice Chong is focused The ITF Junior Tennis tournament held in Hong Kong that offered junior world ranking points proved to be a great experience and opportunity to attain an ITF ranking. ITF juniors has only 1 age group that all players must compete in, 18 years of age and under. In the junior girls singles event unranked 13 [...]

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Women’s Tennis Results in Beijing, China

October 12, 2009

photo credit: chascow The China Open in Beijing for the first time on the WTA Tour showcased a Premier Mandatory category event. The 10th year for the China Open had a very strong field as you would expect for one of the most prestigious events in women’s tennis.  The best result for a qualifier was [...]

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ATP Major Tournament: Shanghai Masters

October 10, 2009

photo credit: Edwin Martinez1 The next major tournament on the Men’s Pro Tour is the very first edition of the Shanghai Masters 1000 in China. Shanghai is the only Masters 1000 tournament outside of Europe and North America.  The Qi Zhong Tennis Center in Shanghai has a centre court called the Qi Zhong Stadium which holds 15,000 spectators. [...]

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Women’s Tennis Results in Tokyo, Japan

October 8, 2009

photo credit: fi_chince The Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan celebrated its 25th consecutive year on the WTA Tour with a very strong field and a very popular winner, although all of the local players went out in the 1st round. In fact all 4 wild cards were beaten in their 1st match. Japanese players Ayumi Morita lost to [...]

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Tennis in Hong Kong: ITF Junior Event

October 4, 2009

The junior professional tennis tour is called the ITF Junior Tour and has only one age group, which is 18 years and under. ITF stands for International Tennis Federation. The ITF Junior Tour is restricted to players aged 18 years and under and to those who have turned 13 years old prior to the tournament that [...]

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LEARN from these Images #4

October 4, 2009

photo credit:swampa This is the 4th part of our visual learning series. The photographs chosen at OnCourt Advantage are carefully selected to ensure they have great value for you to learn from and improve your game. See the photo directory below, it lists a brief description of which player is in the photo and what they are demonstrating. To see part 1 click this link [...]

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Learn How to Serve in Tennis *Updated

October 3, 2009

photo credit:Francisco Carbajal In this edition of Tennis Tips we show you how to serve. The worst thing you can do when you are trying to serve is to get too tense and anxious and try to hit the ball hard. So relax, stay loose and just try to feel the ball coming off the sweet spot of your [...]

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WTA Major Tournament #9: Beijing, China

October 2, 2009

photo credit:chascow The next major tournament on the Women’s Pro Tour is the China Open in Beijing. This year is the 10th straight year that this tournament has been held for the women. From 1997 to 1999 there was no event and the first 3 years it was played on the WTA Tour were 1994 to 1996. In [...]

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Update: Topics To Be Covered Next…

October 2, 2009

photo credit:y.caradec In order to let you know what you can look forward to seeing here next at OnCourt Advantage this post will outline the topics of upcoming discussion, explanations and coverage of tennis in the coming weeks. We aim to act in the best interest of tennis, our readers, Facebook Fans and email subscribers. Therefore, we want this tennis [...]

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LEARN from these Images #3

October 1, 2009

photo credit:bourgol This is the 3rd part of our visual learning series. The photographs chosen at OnCourt Advantage are carefully selected to ensure they have great value for you to learn from and improve your game. We have made it much faster and easier for you see our photos by providing links to them. Basically, now you have a photo directory with a brief description [...]

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