All Articles Tagged 'injury' (15)

Why Don't We Just Quit?

The sun is shining and the court is calling. Your tennis bag is already in the back of the car just begging you to come out and play. You force your body off the couch, your knee reminding you of yesterdays three setter. You reach for the keys and your shoulder reminds you of the three aces you hit in the second set. Out to the car you go and as you turn the ignition your…

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Added by Sandra on March 18, 2012 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Staying Healthy for the Transition from Indoor Winter Tennis to Outdoor Play

As spring welcomes the outdoor season, tennis enthusiasts potentially face unwelcome injuries if they do too much too soon and fail to take proper precautions to transition from indoor to outdoor play. For many players, an hour a week indoors is not enough to prepare for the many hours they will spend outdoors during the first spring weekend. Each year, more than 78,000…

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Added by Mark / The Mayor on April 15, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Nadal cites fitness as reason for Barcelona withdrawal

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Added by TennisEarth on April 21, 2010 at 5:41am — No Comments

Avoid Wrist Injuries on your Forehand

Added by Gary Sakuma on October 15, 2009 at 2:41am — No Comments

Maria Sharapova in Arizona doing shoulder rehab

As we already wrote Maria Sharapova pulled out of the Olympics and US Open due to shoulder injury. Maria is currently in Arizona doing her shoulder rehab with physio Brett Fischer.…

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Added by Svetlana on August 13, 2008 at 7:05am — No Comments

Tatiana Golovin pulled out of Olympics

Tatiana Golovin has pulled out of the women's singles and doubles at the Olympics after failing to recover sufficiently from a nagging back problem.

Tatiana wasn't playing for the past three months because of the injury.

She has received a lot of treatment on her back over the past few weeks and has taken part in light training sessions, but is still not… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 10, 2008 at 8:42am — No Comments

Jelena Jankovic may pull out of the Olympic Games

As we already said, Jelena got an injury during her practice on Friday morning and that was why she skipped the Opening Ceremony. But more bad news. She will maybe pull out of the Olympic Games.

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Added by Svetlana on August 10, 2008 at 8:40am — No Comments

Lindsay Davenport withdraws from Olympic singles

Lindsay Davenport who was the 1996 Olympic champion, pulled out of the singles event at the Beijing Games with a knee injury, the United States Tennis Association said.

"It's the same injury she had during Wimbledon," said USTA spokesman Tim Curry.

Lindsay sustained the injury in the… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 10, 2008 at 8:37am — No Comments

Jelena Jankovic skips opening ceremony

I really can't believe this! According to Serbian "Blic" , Jelena will miss opening ceremony because of the injury she got on the practice on Friday morning. The tournament didn't even begin… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 8, 2008 at 5:31am — No Comments

Ana Ivanovic will play in Beijing

There were lot of speculations about Ana's trip to Beijing. According to Serbian "Press" magazine, Ana will go to Beijing, but still don't know if she'll play.

Today, Dusan Orlandic, director of Serbian Tennis Association confirmed that Ana will play in Beijing.

Orlandic said that Ana went to Italy after the Montreal elimination and that she did all necessary tests… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 4, 2008 at 5:16pm — No Comments

Ana vanovic crashes out in Montreal

Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic, the world's No. 1, was stunned 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 by unheralded teenager Tamira Paszek in the third round of the Rogers Cup at Montreal on Thursday night.

Ivanovic played with a sore right thumb that was heavily taped and that prevented her from gripping her racket properly.…

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Added by Svetlana on August 1, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Davenport pulls out of Eastbourne but expects to compete at Wimbledon

Former Wimbledon champion Lindsay Davenport withdrew from the Eastbourne International on Tuesday with a knee injury.

Davenport, who was set to play in her first event since defaulting from her semifinal match against Maria Sharapova at Amelia Island in April, won the Eastbourne title in 2001, and Wimbledon… Continue

Added by Svetlana on June 17, 2008 at 11:31am — No Comments

Andy Murray Interview

Andy Murray pulled out of the Artois Championships at London's Queen's Club after spraining his thumb in a fall.

Andy was due to face Andy Roddick in the quarter-finals of the tournament.

He said: "I hit a few balls this morning but I felt some pain and discomfort on my backhand and after the doctors did a scan, I decided… Continue

Added by Svetlana on June 14, 2008 at 10:18am — No Comments

Daniela withdraws from the Ordina Open

After withdrawing from Roland Garros,world No.11 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia has announced her withdrawal from Ordina Open. She is still dealing with the nagging stress fracture in her foot which forced her to pull out of recent tournaments.

"It is very disappointing but after almost two months of being out of competition due to a… Continue

Added by Svetlana on June 13, 2008 at 5:00am — No Comments

Bartoli loses in DFS Classic and faces Wimbledon blow

The 23-year-old French number one, who was runner-up to Venus Williams at SW19 last year, was beaten 5-7 6-4 6-0 by Petra Cetkovska of the Czech Republic in her first match of the year on grass.

Bartoli won a difficult first set against Cetkovska and then began to feel pain from the tendonitis that first flared at Strasbourg on the eve of the French Open last month.

Asked why she did not retire,… Continue

Added by Svetlana on June 11, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments