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Italy’s Greatest — Nicola Pietrangeli

By Randy "Sky" Walker • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

With the Italian Championships on-going in Rome, let’s take a look back at the greatest Italian player in history and the man whose name graces the Centre Court at Il Foro Italico - Nicola Pietrangeli.



Please Say It Ain’t So

By Lynn Mennillo • May 7th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Tennis TV and Media - Lynn Mennillo

Last week Tennis Week reported that beginning in 2009 ESPN will broadcast coverage of the US Open. The Tennis Channel will share coverage of the late summer Grand Slam event with the mega-giant sports cable station.



Date-Krumm Makes Inspirational Comeback in Gifu

By McCarton Ackerman • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, The Circuit - McCarton Ackerman

Last week on the challenger circuit, a former top 5 player and the only college graduate mother on tour recorded impressive results, while two players on the men’s side broke into the top 100 for the first time this week with their tournament wins.



Mondays with Bob Greene - Rafael Nadal Wins 4th Consecutive Barcelona Title

By Bob Greene • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Mondays with Bob Greene

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes a week of Barcelona and Prague.



The Demise of South African Tennis

By Steve Host • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, The Most From Host - Steve Host

South Africa tennis has been on the downward spiral since the early 1990’s with Wayne Ferreira being our last great tennis player. Yes Wesley Moodie has won a Wimbledon doubles title but do people really know him?



The Journeyman: Player Spotlight on Jeff Coetzee

By Mark • May 1st, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, The Journeyman - Mark Keil

Jeff Coetzee is slowly becoming one of the biggest sporting icon’s in the history of South Africa. The black right-handed professional tennis player from the town of Okiep in the northern cape of South Africa began playing tennis when he was nine years old.



Be Quiet

By Lynn Mennillo • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Tennis TV and Media - Lynn Mennillo

Apparently, there is no love lost between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. The world’s No. 1 has criticized the young Serbian star on a couple of occasions, and now Federer has admonished Djokovic’s family as well.



An Early Look At Pete Sampras Upcoming Book

By Manfred Wenas • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Tennis History

Here’s an early look at A Champions Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis – the new book written by Pete Sampras (with Peter Bodo) due out on June 10.



Mondays With Bob Greene - Rafael Nadal Wins Monte Carlo Masters Series

By Bob Greene • Apr 28th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Mondays with Bob Greene

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes a week of Monte Carlo Masters and Fed Cup!



Levar’s Travels and Cause

By Levar Griffith • Apr 25th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Levar’s Travels and Cause

It’s the year 2002, and for some reason I am having a lot of difficulty playing a tournament. It’s not the level of the tournament, injury, nor is it where the tournament is that is giving me trouble.