The Tennis Times » featured http://thetennistimes.com Your Look Inside The World Of Tennis From a Players Perspective Thu, 24 May 2012 21:08:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Victoria Azarenka 2012 French Open Dress for Roland Garros http://thetennistimes.com/victoria-azarenka-2012-french-open-dress-for-roland-garros/ http://thetennistimes.com/victoria-azarenka-2012-french-open-dress-for-roland-garros/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 19:29:40 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=7857 Here is what Victoria Azarenka will be wearing at the 2012 French Open at Roland Garros. This Nike dress is going to look amazing up against the clay backdrop.


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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/victoria-azarenka-2012-french-open-dress-for-roland-garros/feed/ 1 What Colour Clay Will Be Used at the Madrid Masters? http://thetennistimes.com/what-colour-clay-will-be-used-at-the-madrid-masters/ http://thetennistimes.com/what-colour-clay-will-be-used-at-the-madrid-masters/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:44:56 +0000 Natasha Sulimoff http://thetennistimes.com/?p=7805 The Madrid Masters have apparently gone through some drastic changes, as the traditional color of clay will not be present at the ATP 1000 event. Instead, the color will be a somewhat new and different: blue. I am deeply interested at the sight of these courts, and some players have already spoken their thoughts about the change at the Mutua Madrilena Open:

Rafael Nadal: “The history of the clay court season was on red, it wasn’t on blue. . .”

Novak Djokovic: “Sometimes change is good. I like innovative and creative people. But, on the other hand, it’s going to be the only blue clay-court tournament in the world, first time ever in history. To be honest with you. . . I never played on blue clay. Rafa didn’t. Roger didn’t. We’re going on there and we’re going to play for the first time ever. We don’t even know if it’s a natural blue clay because natural clay is a red clay. I’m not really too happy about it.”

Andy Murray: “For the players, it would be better for it to be on the red clay. But at the same time, I’ve watched sometimes in Madrid. It’s very difficult to see the ball. I understand the reasons for doing it.”

We have yet to know what Roger Federer thinks about this change, and I wonder if his opinion will be positive or negative, and whether, based on all of these opinions from top players, the tournament will change back to red clay in a matter of years…

Blue Clay!

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Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters will not play the French Open held in Paris, France due to still needing recovery from a hip surgery.

The 28-year-old, previously stating that she will end her career after this season, has been suffering from ankle and hip injuries for a while now. Clijsters admitted to having an injury after being defeated by Yanina Wickmayer in the Sony Ericsson Open last month.

The Belgian has also stated that she will mainly focus on the grass-court season that comes after the clay-court season, which includes Wimbledon and the Olympic Games.

Good luck to getting better and playing well again, Kim!

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The end of former world No.3 Ivan Ljubicic’s career is over. After losing to fellow Croat Ivan Dodig, the 33-year old broke down into tears. “I felt like it could end up emotional, but I didn’t expect it this big, this emotional,” he told reporters. “Obviously, it’s the end of something beautiful for me. I knew my mind was everywhere else but on the tennis court.”

During his tennis career, Ljubicic served as the Vice President and President on the ATP Player Council, and his best result in any singles Grand Slam was a semifinal run in the 2006 French Open.

“Really to feel also now walking into the locker room, all the guys standing and clapping, it’s something beautiful to see how guys respected me and the way I represented them for many, many years.”

Good luck in the future, Ivan, and may you be happy without your favorite sport!

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/ivan-ljubicic-retires/feed/ 0 Serena Williams Kills Lucie Safarova in Family Circle Cup Final http://thetennistimes.com/serena-williams-kills-lucie-safarova-in-family-circle-cup-final/ http://thetennistimes.com/serena-williams-kills-lucie-safarova-in-family-circle-cup-final/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:09:07 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=7513

It was another great win for Serena Williams at the Family Circle Cup. Serena Williams defeated Lucie Safarova 6-0 6-1 in the final. This was by far the most dominant tournament I have ever seen from Serena.

I know the Clay courts in Charleston are a lot different to those in Paris, but this will hold her in good sted for a French Open 2012 push.

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/serena-williams-kills-lucie-safarova-in-family-circle-cup-final/feed/ 0 Caroline Wozniacki Starting Pop Career! http://thetennistimes.com/caroline-wozniacki-starting-pop-career/ http://thetennistimes.com/caroline-wozniacki-starting-pop-career/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:04:05 +0000 Ben Dansie http://thetennistimes.com/?p=7369

World number six, Caroline Wozniacki seems to have found a new talent other than using those incredible legs to defend against other players. With Caroline being extremely famous in Denmark, she has decided to release a charity single, “Oxigent” (Oxygen) to support the Danish and Polish Paralympic teams.

While this was apparently recorded back in 2010, it’s now being released for the same cause! Even though it has autotune written all over it, I’m a big fan of Caroline and love the song. While you have players like Djokovic and Monfils in music videos and Rafa sharing a video with Shakira, here you have a tennis player using their voice, which very often is used to grunt, or to yell, so to hear the Danish number 1 sing is quite a breath of fresh air! Let me know in the comments what you think, wonder what Wozniacki’s boyfriend, Rory Mcllroy thinks of her potential to duet with Rihanna!


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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/caroline-wozniacki-starting-pop-career/feed/ 0 Bubka Vaulting Up The Rankings http://thetennistimes.com/bubka-vaulting-up-the-rankings/ http://thetennistimes.com/bubka-vaulting-up-the-rankings/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:22:47 +0000 Clare http://thetennistimes.com/?p=6938

Sergei Bubka Jr. has lived his entire existence being called “the great pole vaulter’s son.” However, it seems that he is now being removed from his fathers shadow.

Sergei Jr., No. 182 in the ATP World Tour rankings, played a strong opening main-draw match at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park, defeating 79th-ranked Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 6-4, 6-4, on a low-profile side court.

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/bubka-vaulting-up-the-rankings/feed/ 1 Maria Kirilenko Interview Direct from Indian Wells http://thetennistimes.com/maria-kirilenko-interview-direct-from-indian-wells/ http://thetennistimes.com/maria-kirilenko-interview-direct-from-indian-wells/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:29:17 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=6608

Thanks to Adidas we were lucky enough to have a phone interview with Maria Kirilenko direct from Indian Wells. Clare was our reporter and she did a great job. All the questions she asked were grabbed directly from our introduction post or via Twitter.

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Andy Murray has had one of the matches of his life defeating Novak Djokovic in Dubai. Murray looked strong from the outset and defeated Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-5.

It is amazing how Andy Murray can pull off such great performances in the lower tournaments, but struggle in Grand Slams to beat the other top players. He has improved his game of late and is a lot fitter since Ivan Lendl started coaching him.

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Is Serena Williams dating Grigor Dimitrov? Well it seems like the paid were having a romanic lunch together at L’Avenue, and then left together for a romantic stroll on the streets of Paris. Oh.. and then they visited the Eiffel Tower together. Definitely a date!

Oh.. did I mention he is 10 years younger than her!


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