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Tennis Ball Machines

Michaela - Friday 12.09.08, 11:14am

The basic purpose of a Tennis ball machine isn’t to recreate a tennis match but as a substitute for a tennis partner, who consistently plays the shots. Dependent on how advanced the machine is, topspin, backspin, ball depth can all be altered to give a good work out.
A Tennis ball machine will give you consistent [...]

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Laura Robson - will the media attention get too much?

Michaela - Tuesday 08.07.08, 10:44am

Virginia Wade is concerned by the Media attention and expectations suddenly attracted by Laura after her fantastic Junior Wimbledon Title win 
But Wade admits Robson has made a stunning start to her career and says there is no reason why she cannot be challenging for honours in the future.
“I’m really proud of her for what she did [...]

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British Lady at Wimbledon - no wild card in sight

Michaela - Tuesday 10.06.08, 15:26pm

Britains Anne Koethavong recorded the best month of her career in May as she won a $50k singles title in Lebanon. This win entered her into the world’s top 100 for the first time and became the first Brit since Sam Smith in 1999 to gain direct acceptance into the ladies’ singles main draw at [...]

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LTA Eastbourne Women’s Tennis Open

mjr - Monday 10.03.08, 16:49pm

As the worst rain & storms sweep across south-east England, tickets for the prestigous Wimbledon curtain rasier, the Lawn Tennis Association’s Eastbourne International Women’s Open Tennis Championships go on general sale today (1oth March), while previous customers were able to but tickets from 25th February.
According the the Mid Sussex Times, over 6,000 tickets were sold [...]

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Monica Seles Retires

mjr - Sunday 17.02.08, 12:19pm

After considering a comeback, Monica Seles officially retired from women’s tennis last Thursday.
Her magnificent career included nine Grand Slam women’s singles titles and was cut short when she was stabbed in the back while watching a match in April 1993, at a tournament in Hamburg, Germany.
“I have for some time considered a return to professional [...]

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Sharapova into Australian Open final

mjr - Thursday 24.01.08, 20:11pm

Maria Sharapova has beaten the No.3 seed Jelena Jankovic to make it to her second successive Australian Open final.
Sharapova beat Jankovic 6-3 6-1 in 78 minutes.
Sharapova, the No.5 seed, started the match in tremendous form and stormed into a 4-0 lead in the opening set. Jankovic had injury problems and was never in the [...]

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Maria Sharapova defeats Justine Henin

mjr - Wednesday 23.01.08, 20:45pm

The Australian Open Women’s Tennis semi finals will see the third-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Croatia play No. 5 seed Russian Maria Sharapova, and Ana Ivanovic of Croatia against ninth-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of the Slovak Republic, who defeated the Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska by 6-2, 6-2 to reach her first Grand Slam semi final at the [...]

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Justine Henin to play Maria Sharapova

mjr - Monday 21.01.08, 17:06pm

Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova are both safely through the fourth round of the Australian Open and will meet in the quarter finals.
The favourite to win this year women’s Australian Open, Justine Henin beat Hsieh Su-wei 6-2, 6-2 in 74 minutes on Sunday to extend her winning streak to 32 matches.
Maria Sharapova swept Elena Dementieva [...]

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Lindsay Davenport wins the ASB Classic in New Zealand

mjr - Sunday 06.01.08, 21:22pm

Lindsay Davenport won the Auckalnd ASB Classic Tennis tournament on Saturday by thrashing the unseeded Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 6-2, 6-2 in less than one hour on Saturday.
Davenport described her display in the ASB Classic as “pretty solid” and cruised through the whole tounament without ever looking threatened.
She is now turning her attention to the more [...]

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Lindsay Davenport reaches ASB Classic Quarter Finals

mjr - Thursday 03.01.08, 13:19pm

Lindsay Davenport continued her effortless progress in the Auckland Classic tennis tournament yesterday in New Zealand, beating fifth seed Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-1, 4-6 and 6-0 to reach the quarter finals.
“I think I played well today and I think I’ll get better with each game I play,” said Davenport
Top seed Vera Zvonareva [...]

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