Gillette posted a video on YouTube at the start of the week, which showcased a trick shot by Roger Federer. Obviously the question of whether it is real or fake has been brought up.
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Tennis Canada Has a New Official Online Home: LoveMeansNothing.ca
This morning I came across the new online home of Tennis Canada, LoveMeansNothing.ca. I find it amazing how a professional tennis organisation can have selected such a poor URL and then launch such a poorly designed site!
Tomas Berdych To Open The Toronto Stock Exchange Today
In recognition of the new presenting sponsorship of Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto, world No. 8 Tomas Berdych will join Tennis Canada and National Bank Financial to open trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday.
Alexandra Mueller Wins Womens US Open Qualifying Wildcard
Alexandra Mueller has just won a wild card into U.S Open qualifying after defeating Alina Jidkova 6-0, 6-3 in the USTA playoffs.
Yen-Hsun Lu Featured on Front of GQ Magazine
Yen-Hsun Lu has been the main man in Asian tennis since his great result at this years Wimbledon. Lu was just featured on the cover over the Taiwanese version of GQ Magazine. He is looking like he is loving all the attention.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to Miss US Open Due to Injury
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is now in doubt for the US Open. L’Equipe, France’s leading tennis magazine, recently spoke with Tsonga about his current knee injury. The injury was sustained in the quarterfinal loss to Andy Murray at Wimbledon.
Darren Cahill Will Not Become Andy Murray’s Full Time Coach
Darren Cahill has now completely ruled out the possibility of becoming Andy Murray’s full-time coach. We reported that Cahill would become Murray’s new coach, but since that time Cahill has now stated that is just simply not going to be possible.
Andy Murray’s New Coach Will Be Darren Cahill
Yesterday we reported that Andy Murray had split from Miles Maclagan, but now The Guardian has suggested that the Scot will likely begin a coaching tenor with Australian coach Darren Cahill after the US Open.
Andy Murray Splits from Coach Miles Maclagan
Andy Murray has announced on his site that he is no longer working with Miles Maclagan. Anyway, according to an article by The Telegraph there have been rumblings for weeks and it wasn’t so mutual though still amicable.
Jelena Jankovic Retires With Ankle Injury
Jelena Jankovic has retired injured from the Slovenia Open yesterday. Jankovic was cruising at 6-1, 2-1 against qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova then stepped awkwardly when chasing a ball on the baseline and twisted her ankle. Jankovic continued to play after getting medical help, but lost that set 6-3 and eventually retired after losing the first game of the third.
Dunlop Launch Their New Website: Back in Business!
Dunlop has just launched their updated website and it looks a lot better than previous versions. The new Dunlop site showcases their team and all the rackets, accessories, baggage that Dunlop has for tennis.
Frank Dancevic Out with Injury Due To Running into the Scoreboard at Atlanta Tour Event
Frank Dancevic sustained an injury in the qualifying rounds of the Atlanta event this week when he crashed into the scoreboard. Dancevic was playing match point against Nick Lindahl when he crashed into the scoreboard.
Channel 9 Australia Drop The Wimbledon Championships for 2011
It has been announced that Channel 9 in Australia will not be renewing their rights to cover The Wimbledon Championships next year. Covering the year’s third Grand Slam for 40 years, Channel 9 has decided to focus its attention on more popular sports.
Nikolay Davydenko is in Search of a New Coach
Nikolay Davydenko is reported to not be working with his coach/brother Eduardo Davydenko anymore. Eduardo was helping Nikolay on a week to week basis, so does this mean Nikolay has now found a more permanent coach?
Serena Williams and Andy Roddick Talk Twitter
Here at The Tennis Times we have put together an official Twitter List of Professional Tennis Players. A lot of the top players are on Twitter these days and here is what Serena and Andy have to say about the service.
Gael Monfils Playing Some Great Tennis and Now in Stuttgart Final
Gael Monfils seems to be in great form at the moment, as he has just booked himself a place in the Stuttgart ATP World Tour final. Gael defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain 6-4 4-6 6-0. He will now face Albert Montanes in the final. Montanese has been playing some great clay court tennis and he [...]
Oakley Eyeshade Covered in Tennis Ball Fuzz to Celebrate Their 35th Anniversary
It has been reported that Oakley is just about to celebrate their 35th anniversary and to mark the celebration they have teamed with Staple to issue a new eyewear design.
Thomas Johansson Asked to Play for Swedish Davis Cup Team
According to a Swedish newspaper (Svenska Dagbladet) Thomas Johansson has been asked to come out of retirement to play Sweden’s Davis Cup playoffs against Italy in September.
Peter Lundgren is Stanislas Wawrinka’s New Coach
It is now official, Peter Lundgren is now the coach of Stanislas Wawrinka. Stanislas wants to return to the top 10 in the world and he hopes that Peter is the man to help him achieve that goal.
Gael Monfils and Novak Djokovic Star in Martin Solveig’s New Music Video “Hello”
First we had Rafael Nadal in a Shakira video and now we have Gael Monfils and Novak Djokovic guest starring in French electro artist Martin Solveig’s new music video “Hello”. The track is part of his forthcoming album, Smash.
