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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.



The Journeyman: Bud Schultz, A Retrospective

By Mark • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, The Journeyman - Mark Keil

Mark Keil, former professional tennis player and now coach at Bosse Sports in Sudbury, Mass. writes this week on the life of one of New England’s finest players, Bud Schultz.



40 Years Ago This Week - Open Tennis Begins!

By Randy "Sky" Walker • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Tennis History

It was 40 years ago this week that tennis moved into what is known as the “Open Era” - where professionals would join the amateurs and compete side-by-side against each other in tournaments around the world.



Show Me The Money

By Lynn Mennillo • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

I like Rafael Nadal. I really do. But on this one very rare instance, I have to side with the ATP over the young Spaniard.



Richard Gasquet Critisicized for not facing Andy Roddick

By Manfred Wenas • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Other Tennis News

French tennis federation president Christian Bimes criticised Richard Gasquet on Wednesday for refusing to face Andy Roddick in a 4-1 Davis Cup quarter-final defeat by the United States at the weekend.



Roger Federer’s First Slump

By Randy "Sky" Walker • Apr 15th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Roger Federer Excerpts - Rene Stauffer

Roger Federer’s 2008 season continues this week as the world’s No. 1 plays for the first time at the clay-court event in Estoril, Portugal and with the services of a new coach - Jose Higueras