NEW YORK When Thomas Muster became No.1 in the ATP rankings in 1996, he was criticized because most of his ranking points were earned at clay-court tournaments.
At the time, the feisty Austrian defended himself by stating, “I did not buy my points in
The way to get inside the pen was to walk a narrow passage between two chain-link fences, past metallic bleacher seats, under a small locust grove and up to the man in the yellow shirt.
New York Times bloggers are following every serve, volley and
Service as usual: Maria Sharapova is unlikely to utilise the coaching changes
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However, if a coach wants to speak to a player, he or she must first clip on a microphone so that their words can be broadcast live on television.
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The Women's Tennis Association is clearly troubled by the injuries and disaffection that have plagued the tour in the last few years, and yesterday they announced a plan to do something about it. In a "roadmap," the WTA announced that the
AUSTRALIAN tennis lost one of its charismatic and gifted talents yesterday with the retirement of Alicia Molik.
Molik, 27, hangs up her racquet after 11 seasons on the professional tour, a stint crowned by a career-high singles ranking of No. 8,
What's an Olympics win without a few marketing deals following the win? Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Nastia Liukin won't know because she's already gearing up for a laundry list of spokesperson gigs. She'll front Cover Girl ads, launch a line of
In honor of Fashion Rocks, an online charity auction is being set up to benefit Stand Up To Cancer, a new initiative founded to raise philanthropic dollars for cancer research. The auction will be live from September 5 - 15, 2008 at
Venus choked. Big time. She was serving 5-4 in the first set, and lost four straight points leading to a tiebreaker, which she led 6-4 before Serena dug down with an ace and a put-away backhand at the net before Venus fired wide to end it.
OK, maybe
Roddick didn’t give the US Open crowd anything to cheer about until a break to go up 3-1 in the third, eventually closing out the set 6-3. Roddick was slowly upping his level while the Serb failed to maintain his early intensity. In the fourth
Serena countered Venus' 120-mph serve by committing 17 fewer unforced errors than her sister.
NEW YORK -- Run ragged from chasing her older sister into the Flushing Meadow night, Serena Williams finally relented, craning her neck to take a look