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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

Tatiana Golovin Fatal Woman

After her recent withdrawals from Birmingham and Eastbourne, Tatiana has finally decided to skip all the grass court season : she pulled out of the 3rd Grand Slam of the year today. She apparently wants to take all the necessary time to come back completely fit and not to rush like she’s done a few times in her career.

But she is still very busy...with her private… Continue

Added by Svetlana on June 16, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Cibulkova and Monfils sweet love...

The Paris romance continues in Barcelona...Gael Monfils was spotted in the stands watching Dominika's first round match of Barcelona KIA tournament, Spain (June 10).

And they showed some…

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Added by Svetlana on June 16, 2008 at 4:34pm — No Comments

"Venus Williams" book by Koto Bolofo

When fashion photographer Koto Bolofo spotted tennis star Venus Williams in a London street, he saw in her a grace and elegance that none had captured before. The result: a book of revelatory images of the world’s most iconic female tennis player.…

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Added by Svetlana on June 16, 2008 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

Nestor and Zimonjic won The Artois Championships title

Second seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic captured their second ATP title of the year after defeating fifth-seeded Brazilian duo Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa 6-4, 7-6(3) in The Artois Championships doubles final on Sunday. The match lasted one hour and 18 minutes.…

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Added by Svetlana on June 15, 2008 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Video - Artois Championship Trophy Ceremony

Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic

Video from bbc sport website

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Ana on the front page of The Daily Telegraph

Ana appeared on the front page of The Daily Telegraph newspaper in Britain today. She was also on the cover of the magazine supplement, and the feature interview appeared in the sport section:

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Weekend WTA Winers!

Kateryna Bondarenko claimed her first WTA Tour singles title Sunday with a 7-6 (7), 2-6, 7-6 (4) victory over Yanina Wickmayer in the final of the DFS Classic.

Bondarenko, a 21-year-old Ukrainian who won the Australian Open doubles championship with her sister Alona, won a long battle of groundstrokes in the… Continue

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Weekend ATP Winers!

World No.1 Roger Federer extended his unbeaten run on grass to 59 matches after beating Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-4 in the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle.

Federer, who sailed through the Wimbledon warm-up tournament without dropping his serve, extended his record unbeaten run on grass to 59… Continue

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Nicole Vaidisova's tattoo

Nicole Vaidisova has a star on her wrist. It looks nice, maybe the star will help her find her way to the top… Continue

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Maria Loves LA Lakers!

While relaxing between tournaments Sharapova was spotted at the game between the Boston Celtics against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game Four of the 2008 NBA Finals on June 12, 2008 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

She posed… Continue

Added by Svetlana on June 15, 2008 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

Kirileno and Martinez Sanchez reach Barcelona final

Second-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko downed France's Stephanie Cohen-Aloro Saturday to advance to the final of the $145,000 clay-court Barcelona KIA tennis event.

The 21-year-old Kirilenko, the only seed still standing here in the semifinals, moved on with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Cohen-Aloro, who was appearing in only her second career WTA Tour semifinal and her first… Continue

Added by Svetlana on June 14, 2008 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Davydenko to meet Robredo in Warsaw final

Top-seeded and former champion Nikolay Davydenko and second-seeded and defending titlist Tommy Robredo were Saturday's semifinal winners at the $670,000 Warsaw Open.

Davydenko, who won here in 2006, jumped out to a 5-1 lead and only lost five points on his serve in the first set. He then broke Fognini… Continue

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Federer to face Kohlschreiber in Halle final

World number one Roger Federer swept into the final of the Halle Open on Saturday with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Nicolas Kiefer of Germany.

Federer, four times winner of the grass tournament in Halle which the Swiss uses as a warmup for Wimbledon starting on June 23, extended his winning streak on the surface to 58 games.

Federer will play Germany's… Continue

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Nadal and Djokovic Reach Queens Final

Rafael Nadal ended Andy Roddick's bid for a record fifth title at the ATP tournament at Queen's Club by charging into the final with a 7-5 6-4 win on Saturday.

"After winning Roland Garros I never thought I could play this final," Nadal said. "I (am) feeling comfortable on grass. The important thing that's… Continue

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Will Reebok finally do a new dress for Jelena?

OK, I don't know what you people think, but I'm very disappointed with Jelena's outfit and with all other Reebok player's outfit! Reebok should definitely change their designer team and do some changes! Jelena is world No.3 and she deserves to look great on the court (like… Continue

Added by Svetlana on June 14, 2008 at 10:19am — 1 Comment

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

Queens Club Day Five Photos

Image details: Artois Championship - Day Five served by picapp.com…

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Added by Svetlana on June 14, 2008 at 10:17am — No Comments

Ana's Wimbledon Outfit

Finally we'll see a new dress on Ana Ivanovic and that's probably just because everybody have to wear white at Wimbledon! But however, here is a sneak preview of the adidas outfit Ana will wear during The Championships, which begin at Wimbledon on Monday 23 June.…

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Added by Svetlana on June 13, 2008 at 5:20am — 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

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