tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91509736640489584642024-02-20T11:27:29.215-05:00Tennis NewsNews, gossip and mayhem from the pro tennis world.tennisnewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825359683141017323noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150973664048958464.post-43606155879913754202010-12-25T14:08:00.002-05:002010-12-25T14:10:36.860-05:002011 Tennis Season BeginsThe 2010 season just ended and already the new season begins is just a week in Perth Australian for the Hopman Cup and in Abu Dhabi for an exho featuring Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.Venus Williams will also play an exho against Barbara Schultz next week. Venus's sister Serena Williams is still on the mend from a foot injury she suffered while in Europe post-Wimbledon.Happy Holidays!tennisnewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825359683141017323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150973664048958464.post-12013024206454672792010-07-10T14:13:00.001-04:002010-07-10T14:19:24.746-04:00What's Up With Roger Federer?What happened to the great Roger Federer?Just a few years ago he was winning everything under the sun. Now he's losing to everyone, and if it were not for an Australian Open title he'd have zero wins in almost a year!!!Roger is getting older - he turns 29 next month - and with it he does get slower. But the cat is losing on hardcourts, clay and as we all saw at Wimbledon and even at halle, he's tennisnewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825359683141017323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150973664048958464.post-16785539615226570052010-05-18T00:58:00.002-04:002010-05-18T01:04:03.611-04:00French Open Prediction: Rafael Nadal Will WinYou heard it here first, Rafael Nadal will win the French Open which starts on Sunday. Nadal will rise to the challenge and make up for his shocking loss in the fourth round last year to Robin Soderling and capture his fifth Roland Garros trophy.My intuition tells me Nadal will beat his countryman and fellow left hander Fernando Verdasco in the final 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. That's right, mark it tennisnewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825359683141017323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150973664048958464.post-19927424656413931752010-03-17T23:56:00.002-04:002010-03-18T00:01:55.659-04:00Andre Agassi Showed No ClassFor a guy who runs a highly regarding preparatory academy in his hometown of Las Vegas, Andre Agassi sure has a thing or two to learn about class!I am of course blogging about the much-discussed events that took place last Friday night at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden when four of the greatest names in all of tennis - Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras and Agassi - made an apperance for atennisnewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825359683141017323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150973664048958464.post-89398405987122224942010-02-05T09:21:00.000-05:002010-02-05T09:27:42.247-05:00Will Andy Murray Ever Win a MajorRoger Federer beat up on Andy Murray again last weekend in the final of the Australian Open.Murray had led Federer 6-4 in their 10-match head-to-head before the showdown. But after as was stated on ESPN, it was Federer 6-0 in sets in two career finals against Muzza in Majors.Had Federer not been in the final would Murray still have won? He would have been the favorite that I know after he beat tennisnewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825359683141017323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150973664048958464.post-52278211425358823692010-01-06T22:38:00.003-05:002010-01-06T22:43:16.018-05:00Roddick rolling early, test Gasquet nextAndy Roddick has showed no signs of trouble with his left knee.The 27-year-old American injured that knee back on October 13th in Shanghai, and after taken a few months to rest and rehab the former No. 1 seems fit and ready to go.Roddick is playing in his first event of the year in Brisbane, and he's already posted a couple wins including a 76 63 victory over Australian Carsten Ball.But Roddick tennisnewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825359683141017323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150973664048958464.post-16833028446105065812009-12-15T18:54:00.000-05:002009-12-15T18:57:18.849-05:00Federer opens in Abu DhabiWorld No. 1 Roger Federer will open his 2010 campaign at the Abu Dhabi exhibition later the month.The exo begins on December 30 and features three rounds of knockout style competition. Also scheduled to appear are Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko and Stanislas Wawrinka.Federer will travel to Doha for the Qatar Open thereafter, and then onto Melbourne in search of his 16th career Grand Slam tennisnewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825359683141017323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150973664048958464.post-44242920642282056112009-12-12T23:32:00.001-05:002009-12-12T23:36:28.743-05:00Federer the athelete of the decade?Should Roger Federer be considered among the athletes of the decade? Abosultely.Federer has to be on any shortlist of such an award, right along with Tiger Woods, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, David Beckham, Kobe Bryant and Derek Jeter.The difference for Federer, though, is that the Swiss has been that more consistent than his peers. Federer's finish the year on top FIVE times this decade, a feat notennisnewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825359683141017323noreply@blogger.com0