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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 [...]

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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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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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Mickey Mouse Plays Tennis With Gael Monfils and Stansilas Wawrinka

Visitors to Disneyland Paris today had a big surprise when they saw Mickey Mouse playing a game of doubles with invited children against professional tennis players Gael Monfils and Stansilas Wawrinka. The court itself was a little short and had quasi-official dimensions, but that didn’t matter when the children had such a great event. Disneyland [...]

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Marin Cilic and His Quick Rise To The Top 20

Marin Cilic is a young player from Croatia who currently finds himself at number 14 in the world singles rankings. Marin has had a very quick rise to the top. He was playing junior tennis up until 2006 in which he then received his highest ranking of the world number one junior. While at the [...]

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ATP Developing New Show with Justin Gimelstob as Host

According to the SportsBusiness Journal, the ATP is developing a new TV show hosted by Justin Gimelstob: “The ATP is developing a TV series titled “ATP World Tour Uncovered,” offering a behind-the-scenes look at the circuit. The show is being produced by British Telecom and IMG and will be sold by Pitch International, a British [...]

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Andy Murray Defends ATP Ranking System

New world number three Andy Murray hit back at number four Novak Djokovic on Thursday after the Serb said the current rankings system was cruel. Djokovic was leapfrogged by Murray in the rankings on Monday despite landing a second title of the year in Belgrade at the weekend and reaching the last three Masters Series [...]

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ATP Live Free Screensaver

The ATP has released a new live screensaver. The screensaver is completely free and it provides some of the latest photos and videos from the Tour. With updates made automatically to the Screensaver, tuning into the ATP World Tour has never been so easy. The screensaver runs on Windows 2000, XP and Vista only and [...]

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Worlds Top Players Stop To Remember Federico Luzzi

Some of the worlds top players including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, all played exhibition matches at the Rome Masters last weekend to remember and raise money for Fedelux. Fedelux is a leukemia foundation established in the memory of former player Federico Luzzi, who died of the disease last year aged 28 last [...]

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Novak Djokovic In The Funiest Head Tennis Commercial I Have Ever Seen

This is just Novak Djokovic all over. It is good to see that tennis commercials are actually a little fun. I really think they should be a little more like Australia beer commercials, because they are just so well done. However I really want to hear everyone’s thoughts on this commercial.

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Worlds Top ATP Tennis Players When They Were Young

Have you ever wondered what some of the worlds best tennis players looked like when they were younger. Well over at the Tennis Warehouse forum they have come up with some brilliant pics. Pictures include Stefan Edberg, Mats Wilander, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and more.

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Hewitt in Court Battle with Octagon Management

It has been reported that Lleyton Hewitt is in a bit of a court battle with his former management company Octagon. Octagon are taking Hewitt to court for breach of contract and then Hewitt is now fighting back with a countersuit, citing incompetence and deception on the part of the agency. In 2005 and 2006, [...]

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What To Expect of This Year’s Australian Open?

As every year at the end of January the tennis world focuses on Down Under, where the year’s first out of four Grand Slam is taking place. But what to expect of this year’s Australian Open? A surprise and a close battle for the title! As every year, at least one of the finalists will [...]

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Jonas Bjorkman Retires From Mens Professional Tennis Tour

Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman has bowed out of professional tennis after a glittering 17 year career that earned him nine Grand Slam doubles titles. Bjorkman, 36, was treated to a special ceremony at Qi Zhong Stadium after he and partner Kevin Ullyett were knocked out of the Tennis Masters Cup doubles. “They reminded me a little [...]

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Lacoste Will Continue Its Partnership With The ATP Tour

Shanghai, China – LACOSTE, renowned lifestyle brand of relaxed Elegance, and the ATP, governing body for the men’s professional tennis circuit, today announced that they have extended their partnership. LACOSTE will continue as the official apparel and footwear partner of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals until 2013. As the exclusive provider of apparel and [...]

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Bernard Tomic To Make Attack on ATP Tour If Possible

The reigning Australian Open junior champion is eligible to spend another two years bolstering his already impressive age record, if he wants to. But, after mixing junior and senior events in roughly equal measure in 2008, the talented Gold Coast teenager would prefer to speed up his development by committing fully to the men’s circuit [...]

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Ana Ivanovic and Fernando Verdasco Have Been Taking In Some Football

We have previously reported about the relationship between Ana Ivanovic and Fernando Verdasco and this time they have been out and about together. It is good to see Ana and Fernando are just being open about their relationship. Ana has to be one of the best looking female tennis players on tour and Fernando is [...]

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Daniela Hantuchova Confirms For Brisbane International

Slovakian glamour girl, Daniela Hantuchova, is the latest to confirm her attendance at the Brisbane International in January. The world number 19 was a semifinalist at the Australian Open in 2008 and broke into the top 10 when she reached number 5 in August 2002. She will be joined by French Open Champion Ana Ivanovic [...]

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Novak Djokovic Might Have Helped Serbia With First ATP Tour Event

World Number 3 Novak Djokovic spoke very enthusiastically about how he has been able to help Serbia to possibly host its first ATP tournament. Djokovic, who has already qualified for the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai, and his family are on the point of buying out the rights to the Dutch Open tournament in Amersfoot [...]

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Guillermo Coria Has Disappeared Again From The ATP, Where is He?

Im not too sure why but I just today started to wonder what has happened to Guillermo Coria. Coria was a top ten player back a few years ago and until a drug scandal was leading the way on clay before Raphael Nadal. Guillermo played a few ATP tournaments this year in the middle of [...]

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