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Congrats to the qualifiers at Bad Gastein, Austria and Bastad, Sweden!

Players in the qualifying rounds of the WTA Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11 in Bad Gastein, Austria and the ATP Skistar Sweden Open in Bastad, Sweden had to make it through three rounds of qualifying in order to make it into the main draws. I’ve listed the main draw qualifiers (country in parenthesis) for each tournament below.

Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11 (Bad Gastein, Austria)

Nastja Kolar (Slovenia)
Dia Evtimova (Bulgaria)
Sofia…

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Added by WTA Today on July 11, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

John Isner breaks "Casino Curse" at Newport, Rhode Island

American John Isner broke the 34 year old “Casino Curse” by winning the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships title at Newport, Rhode Island in a straight set victory against Olivier Rochus 6-3, 7-6(6). The “Casino Curse” extended back to 1976 and was a curse on all number one seeds. Vijay Amritraj was the last number one seed to win the grass court event at Newport. The big-serving John Isner now has two ATP World Tour singles titles, with his first occurring in Auckland, New Zealand…

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Added by WTA Today on July 11, 2011 at 5:48am — No Comments

Tennis World SA appoints new Director of Publishing for new USA Tennis Publication

Tennis World SA would like to announce the hiring of Andre Christopher Smith as the new Director of Publishing for their USA edition – Tennis World USA.

Andre’s responsibilities will be to follow and update all news content on the newly developed website/blog/forum www.TennisWorldUSA.org (going live by October 2010), creation and supervision of the tennis website (daily news articles), creation and supervision of the articles for the monthly… Continue

Added by H.A.A.T. on September 29, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Wimbledon 2009: Doubles Finals Will be a Classic

The Bryan Brothers are the #1 team in tennis.

Nestor and Zimonjic are #2.

The Bryans regained #1 after dethroning Mr.Nestor from the #1 position.

Nestor-Zimonjic hold a 5-3 lead over the brothers in head to head match-ups.

The Bryan's and of course Nestor (with relatively new partner) are easily the most decorated and accomplished doubles pairs in mens tennis. They own all of the titles, including Olympic Gold between… Continue

Added by Mark Oskar on July 4, 2009 at 9:05am — No Comments

Federer - Soderling 2009 French Open Finals: The Calm Before the Storm

Less than an hour to go before the French final between Robin Soderling, and Roger Federer. Both players are certainly performing their final preparations before taking the stage...Most which are mental preparations, and you have to believe that the mindsets of each warrior is slightly different.

Whether Soderling likes it or not, this is uncharted territory. Robin has gone far further than he has (boldly) ever gone before in a slam, and he's got… Continue

Added by Mark Oskar on June 7, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Soderling Triumphs, to Face Federer in French Open Big Show

Soderling has done it again.

To many, this is probably one of the most improbable runs at a Grand Slam in recent memory. While he certainly isn’t the lowest ranked player to get this far, Robin Soderling has never made it past the 3rd round of any major, ever! The guy has not even won a clay event in his life...And here in France, Soderling has not only made it to the finals, he defeated arguably the greatest clay court player of all time, in what was one of the… Continue

Added by Mark Oskar on June 5, 2009 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Federer, Fererr Advance, Davydenko Stunned

Top-ranked Roger Federer was an easy third- round winner on Saturday, while fifth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer went the distance to avoid an upset against former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, and world No. 4 Russian Nikolay Davydenko was a stunning loser at the 2008 French Open.

Federer outplayed close friend… Continue

Added by Svetlana on May 31, 2008 at 3:15pm — No Comments

Serena Williams crashes out, Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova progress in Paris

Former champion Serena Williams has crashed out of the French Open in straight sets after losing her third-round clash with world No24 Katarina Srebotnik 6-4, 6-4.

“There are a lot of things I would try to do different, but you can’t rewind time,” Williams… Continue

Added by Svetlana on May 30, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

A little sister's plea

Dinara Safina pleaded with big brother Marat on Tuesday not to quit tennis, insisting that his colourful, rollercoaster career, which has yielded two Gramd Slam titles, is far from over.

Safin, a former world number one, has struggled with form and motivation in recent years and has not added to his career… Continue

Added by Svetlana on May 27, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Sharapova waits as Kuznetsova cruises

Torrential rain swamped Roland Garros on Tuesday leaving the French Open with a backlog of first round matches and Maria Sharapova forced to wait another day to make her 2008 bow.

Only Russian fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and 13th seeded compatriot Dinara Safina were able to complete their opening matches… Continue

Added by Svetlana on May 27, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

More rain at French Open

Heavy rain prevented any early play in the French Open on Tuesday with defending champion Rafael Nadal due to kick off his campaign on the centre court.

The start of play was pushed back one hour to midday, but the forecast was for more rain during the afternoon.

Already several hours were lost due to rain on Monday the second day of the… Continue

Added by Svetlana on May 27, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Jelena, Venus Move On as First Round Continues

On Sunday it was Ana Ivanovic and Serena Williams who took the first step toward a projected quarterfinal meeting and on Monday it was Jelena Jankovic and Venus Williams who did the same, grinding past their first round opponents at Roland Garros. Patty Schnyder was also among Day 2's winners.

Third seed Jankovic was the first of the two Sony Ericsson WTA… Continue

Added by Svetlana on May 27, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments