The Tennis Times http://thetennistimes.com Your Look Inside The World Of Tennis From a Players Perspective Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:10:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Roger Federer’s Trick Shot – Is It Real or Fake? http://thetennistimes.com/roger-federer%e2%80%99s-trick-shot-is-it-real-or-fake/ http://thetennistimes.com/roger-federer%e2%80%99s-trick-shot-is-it-real-or-fake/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:10:08 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=2679

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, and Gillette has this to say about that.

All we’ll say at the moment is we’ll leave the ‘real or fake’ debate up to the viewers, but the evidence is there to see. Roger’s skill and ability is incredible (that’s why he’s a Gillette ambassador!) so of course it was filmed in one take during a shoot for Gillette Fusion’s partnership with the British Skin Foundation.

The video went viral after being posted on Monday. It has more than 3 million views it just four days, an incredble testament of how powerful the internet is. Take a look for yourself!


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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! After taking a good look at the site I was more than impressed. I really think Tennis Canada and other tennis organisations should hire a strong web development team before launching such a site.


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    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.

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    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.

    Mueller, 22, is ranked No. 447 and will have the chance to play the qualifying event for the first time since 2004. “That was six years ago, so I’m a lot more mature now, both mentally and physically,” she said. “To be able to have this chance to go back really is amazing.”
    Jidkova, 33, reached as high as No. 51 in the world before undergoing knee surgery in 2005.

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    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. It would be great to see him and other Asian stars raise their games and get the top of Mens and Womens tennis.


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    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. Tsonga will now undergo his final MRI just before the start of the US Open.

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    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.

    “I’m not sure, but it looks like he’s leaning towards employing a full-time coach, and that can’t be me. I’m not in a position to be anybody’s full-time coach with my commitments here at ESPN and also as a consultant for Adidas,”stated Cahill.

    Cahill will be at Murray’s disposal though, through their relationship with Adidas, which would allow the Aussie to help Murray on a part-time basis.

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      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.

      Murray, who is currently sponsored by Adidas, would have an opportunity to work with Cahill based on the clothing and shoe maker’s development program. Cahill has also worked with other Adidas players, such as Ana Ivanovic, Fernando Gonzalez, and Fernando Verdasco.

      Cahill will continue to fulfill his broadcasting duties for ESPN throughout the summer, while Murray will work with part-time coach Alex Corretja

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      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. The rumour is that Murray was keen to keep Miles on his coaching team, but Miles wanted a break.

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      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.

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