Brad Gilbert is one of the best tennis coaches of all time. Brad seems to be high up on social media (or he has someone doing it for him, but doubt it!).
Follow Brad on Twitter – http://twitter.com/bgtennisnation
Brad’s Official website – http://www.bradgilberttennis.com
Anderson Cooper plays tennis with Serena Williams. Good to see Serena celebrating when the old guy falls flat on his face!
Prince Sports Inc has filed for bankruptcy protection in the USA for around $100 million. This is a big hit for Prince and they blamed declining demand and increased competition over the past five years.
Prince, the exclusive licensee of the All England Club for Wimbledon-branded rackets, racket bags and accessories, was bought in 2007 by Providence, Rhode Island-based buyout fund Nautic Partners LLC.
Prince today said its subsidiaries outside the U.S., including those based in Europe, Taiwan and China, are not subject to the proceedings and “are expected to operate in ordinary course.”
The sports of Football & Tennis came together yesterday in protest.
Seville fans took to throwing hundreds of tennis balls onto the pitch shortly after kick-off. They were upset about their match against Levantes being moved back to allow the El Clasico sole possession of the TV coverage.
A banner was also held up in sarcastic reference to Real’s Manager “Stop the match, Mourinho is talking”. Quite witty actually.
This is not the first time tennis balls have been used to cause chaos at a football match. FC Basel turned against their most famous supporter in Roger Federer a few years back when their watch was moved in order to give his match against Novak Djokovic top billing with the TV.
Compare the two matches. Which team has the best ball skills?
FC Basel
Seville
Kei Nishikori decided to visit the movies. I knew Kei was small but not this small.
Richard Gasquet and a matte finished Swiss-registered Aston Martin in Paris. Very nice car Richard.
I came across this great computer generated image of Maria Sharapova. It was designed by Nikita Volobuev, but apart from that there is not much information about the design.
A tennis ball chair doesnt really look like the most comfortable chair, but I bet it gives you a nice massage while sitting on it.
Rafael Nadal featured in the recent Kia Sportage advertisement. What do you think of his performance? and the car?
The LTA will be receiving a huge cut in their funding because of poor performance figures.
Sport England, the government-backed development agency, said in a statement on Tuesday that Britain’s tennis body had agreed to accept a reduction of 530,000 pounds ($848,800) in the light of disappointing participation figures.
A survey showed the average number of English adults playing tennis at least once a week has declined from 487,500 in 2007/08 to 375,800 in the latest update.
It seems like tough times ahead for British Tennis.
Vera Zvonareva was struggling to win a game against Samantha Stosur, so she probably did the best racquet smash ever!
There was a lot of talk a few months ago about Serena Williams dating Grigor Dimitrov. The rumours have died down, but I was sitting here wondering if anyone had a scoop as both players are hanging out together at the Sony Ericsson Open 2012 this week in Miami.
Any gossip?
Here is the USA TV schedule for the Sony Ericsson Open 2012 in Miami. All of the times below are Eastern Time.
Tennis Channel
Saturday, March 24 11 am – 12 am Live
Sunday, March 25 11 am – 11:30 pm Live
Monday, March 26 11 am – 11:30 pm Live
Tuesday, March 27 11 am – 11:30 pm Live
ESPN2
Wednesday, March 28 1 pm – 5 pm Live
7 pm – 11 pm Live
Thursday, March 29 1 pm – 5 pm Live
7 pm – 9 pm Live
Friday, March 30 3 pm – 5 pm Live
7 pm – 9 pm Live
CBS Sports
Saturday, March 31 12:30 pm Live
Sunday, April 1 1 pm Live
Former world number one and two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin, has apparently announced his plans to settle down.
The Russian player who is known for his on-court temper tantrums will marry Russian model Anna Druzyaka, with the couple intending to hold two ceremonies; one in his hometown, Moscow and the other in New York.
After dating Druzyaka during the period of 2007-2009, they split up for a while and Marat dated a Russian pop singer. He eventually realized his mistake and now the couple are planning to tie the knot (hopefully once and for all).
Sorry to disappoint all the women who absolutely adored him, but your dream man is now off the market for good.
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We came across this great picture of behind the scenes on the Wilson racquet campaign photoshoot.
I came across this video that just makes me laugh. The video is of John Shaw playing tennis one day after work. Very cool!
Tennis…SAIL! from John Shaw on Vimeo.
This is a bit of a random article. I recently started playing tennis again and lately I have been having a lot of trouble with my backhand. I play at a decent level, used to play ITF Future tournaments, etc. My backhand technique is very similar to the ex-professional Swedish player Magnus Norman and I have been trying to find a good high definition video of his backhand. However, I havent been able to find anything decent. Im putting feelers out to see if any of our readers have a good quality video of Magnus Norman’s double handed backhand. If you do drop us a message in the comments or via our tips email.
Here are some free live streaming possibilities for the 2011 Indian Wells. Live streaming on these sites isnt always legally done, so view at your own risk.
Bet 365: Free Live Tennis Stream
Bet365 Website (free, but requires sign up with credit card. Not available in the States, but some international GTT readers swear by it)
FROMSPORT: Free Live Tennis Stream
Fromsport website
ATDHE: Free Live Tennis Streams
ATDHE website
VIPBox: Free Live Tennis Streams
VIP Box website
LiveScoreHunter: Free Live Tennis Stream
LiveScoreHunter website
MYP2P: Free Live Tennis Stream
myP2P website
VEETLE: Free Live Tennis Stream
Veetle website
