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Thomas Muster Scraps It Out for Fun on the Challenger Tour

Thomas Muster has decided to play a few professional matches on the Challenger tour for a bit of fun. His latest match was at the NORD/LB OPEN Challenger event in Braunschweig, Germany earlier this week. Unfortunately Thomas lost 6-2 6-1 to Conor Niland of Ireland. Its great to see the classic players still loving tennis [...]

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Tomas Berdych Out of Czech Davis Cup Team or Is He Just Taking Some Time Off

On the back of making the Wimbledon final, Tomas Berdych has decided to take a little break and ruled himself out of the Czech Republic’s Davis Cup quarterfinal against Chile because of an abdominal muscle injury. “If I have a problem, it’s this muscle,” Berdych told Czech public radio on Sunday just hours after losing [...]

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Nicolas Mahut Donates Racket and Shirt to Tennis Hall of Fame

Nicolas Mahut has started to notice back in France he is getting recognised in the streets. “People on the street congratulate me,” he said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, less than a week after he played in — but lost — the longest match in tennis history. “This is weird. [...]

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John Isner Throws the First Pitch at Yankee Stadium

Only moments after I found John Isner on David Letterman, he has popped up throwing the first pitch at a New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners Baseball game. Isner received a warm standing ovation from the Yankee Stadium crowd, in contrast to the welcome plate umpire Joe West got. In April, West criticized the Yankees [...]

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John Isner Appears on David Letterman

The media run for John Isner has begun and he has just appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. The longest tennis match ever can make you a lot of money! John read out “Top Ten Thoughts That Went Through John Isner’s Mind During the 11-Hour Tennis Match.”

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Nicolas Mahut Receives Wildcard into Hall of Fame Tennis Championships

A week after playing the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon, Nicolas Mahut has landed a wild-card spot in a grass court event in Newport, R.I. The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced Monday that Mahut will play in the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships running from July 5-11. Mahut will also present [...]

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Official Professional Tennis Players Twitter List

Twitter is already a huge medium for players to reach their fans online. Twitter provides a little personal touch and allows players and the general public to communicate in a simple way. I have been wondering for a while now, which players are actually already using Twitter! So here is our official WTA and ATP [...]

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Andy Roddick Was Expecting to Lose Early at the French Open

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Wilson BLX TV Ad, Featuring the Federer

With the Wimbledon press starting to kick in, everyone seems to be bringing out more tv advertisements. The latest Wilson tv ad features Roger Federer and it shows off the Wilson BLX racquet. Im loving the couch in this ad, looks cool but doubt its very comfortable. Federer dont give up your day job, cause [...]

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Meet Tommy Haas a USA Tennis Player?

German great Tommy Haas has been living in the USA for several years now, and in January he thought it was about time he gained U.S. citizenship. Tommy always maintained that he would keep playing for his native Germany. However, I don’t really think Tommy understood that once gaining U.S citizenship that would mean he [...]

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Andy Murray Shows off Some Tennis Tricks in New Head Promo

Andy Murray shows off some tricks in a new Head promotion. This is very cool and creative. Its great to see something a little bit different and professional from a tennis company!

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Fernando Gonzalez To Miss Wimbledon

Fernando Gonzalez will miss Wimbledon 2010 due to a knee injury he sustrained during the European clay court season. Speaking on his official website, Gonzalez had the following to say to his fans. “The treatment I’m receiving makes me stop for a long time. If I come back for Davis Cup it would make the [...]

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Paradorn Srichaphan Retires from Mens Tennis

Paradorn Srichaphan is a superstar in his homeland of Thailand, and he has just decided enough is enough and has retired from mens tennis. Paradorn suffered a motorcyle accident which kept him from the tour since 2007. Remaining one of the most beloved players from Thailand to ever play the game, Srichaphan will continue to [...]

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Top Players Just Didnt Show Up at Queens

All top six seeds are now out of the Queens Club event. Rafael Nadal lost to compatriot Feliciano Lopez 7-6 6-4, while Andy Murray lost to Mardy Fish 6-4 1-6 7-6. It is going to be a very interesting Wimbledon event which starts in just over a week. A lot of the top players will [...]

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Top Players Dropping Like Flies at Queens Club

A huge amount of the top players were struggling with the tough conditions at Queens Club yesterday. Andy Roddick lost to Dudi Sela 6-4 7-6, Novak Djokovic lost to Xavier Malisse 6-3 4-6 6-2, and Marin Cilic lost to Michael Llodra 7-6 6-2. The conditions were damp and quick slippery at Queens, but I love [...]

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Roger Federer to Play Halle Tournament for Rest of His Career

Roger Federer has signed a lifetime contract with Gerry Weber Open, the Halle, Germany grass court event. “Lifetime” obviously means the rest of his career. Roger’s feeling good about the blessed union: “I am delighted.” Federer said. “It feels a bit like I am getting married. I wanted to plan more long-term. I want to [...]

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Murray Looks Like He Might Be Getting Some Action Again!

Andy Murray has been struggling with on-court form of late, but he seems to be doing a little bit better off-court. At Murray’s Queens Club match yesterday his ex-girlfriend seemed to stop by to watch. Kim Sears who broke up with Murray last December, mainly cause he spent too much time playing his Playstation, is [...]

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David Nalbandian Focused on Wimbledon Return

David Nalbandian is expected to be fit for Wimbledon. David has sets his sights on competing once again at The Championships starting on June 21. Nalbandian was forced to pull out of Roland Garros this year because of a hamstring injury. Nalbandian’s medical team has asked him to not accept an invitation to play the [...]

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Rafael Nadal is the Worlds Number 1 Mens Tennis Player

It is now official, the ATP have just released their new rankings and Rafael Nadal is now officially World Number 1. After winning his fifth Roland Garros title over the weekend, he has passed Roger Federer yet again. I cant see Nadal dropping from this position for a while, as he has no points to [...]

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Is Roger Federer on the Decline?

Roger Federer is one of the greatest tennis players of all time, and I find it very interesting that when he loses a match before the finals of any Grand Slam the press say he is past it! A lot of the press have been slating Roger after his loss to Robin Soderling at the [...]

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