All Articles Tagged 'ITF' (4)

How to Navigate WTAtoday.com

Many of you know that I was covering both ATP and WTA tours at This Week in Tennis and then recently, I narrowed my focus to just the WTA tour via the WTA Today newsletter. The WTA Today newsletter has been such a nice success in a very short period of time that quite a few people don't even know about … Continue

Added by WTA Today on September 28, 2011 at 11:52am — No Comments

DOPERS, EN GUARD! TOUGH ANTI-DOPING TESTING AT ROLAND GARROS

Tough new anti-doping controls will be in effect at this year’s Roland Garros.

From Le Monde (click here for the original, my translation):

“This year, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, like all players who compete at Roland Garros (May 24 to Sunday June 7) will not only be subject to traditional anti-doping controls by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), but also those carried out by the very effective French Agency for the… Continue

Added by FreakyFrites on May 21, 2009 at 12:18am — No Comments

RICHARD GASQUET SUSPENDED FOR COCAINE, SAFIN BLAMES PARTY FOUL

The AP reported today that Richard Gasquet has been officially suspended from competition after testing positive for cocaine in Miami. He will be off the tour at least until the ITF holds an anti-doping tribunal on the matter, which could take up to 60 days to arrange. This means Richard Gasquet will definitely miss Roland Garros. He could face a two-year ban if found guilty.

Gilbert Ysern, director general of the French Federation had this… Continue

Added by FreakyFrites on May 11, 2009 at 6:22pm — 3 Comments

Novak Djokovic interview about Olympics

Here is an interview Novak Djokovic did for ITF Tennis site, called "Olympic spotlight on...Novak Djokovic". Novak talks about Olympic Games and Serbian team chances.

Q: What are your early memories of the Olympic Games?

ND: I always dreamed of playing in the Olympic Games.In the first place, because the… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 16, 2008 at 12:54pm — No Comments