TennisGrandStand

After Wednesday’s sudden retirement press conference, TennisGrandstand.com gives you a look at the career of Justine Henin.

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.

Faced with injuries and illness to several veteran players, captain Zina Garrison named a team that will rely on youth for the United States’ Federation Cup semifinal in Moscow, Russia.

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.

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

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 the second week of the Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, and other happenings around the game.

Once again on the futures circuit this week, another former ATP standout bravely swallowed his pride and started back at square one in the hopes of turning back the clock.

Imagine that the tennis world was focused not on Indian Wells and Key Biscayne but on The Australian Open at this time of year. Is this a novel concept? Not really.

The first ATP Masters Series event of the year kicks off in the California Desert.

The players that shined in the sunshine Down Under have had mixed results; an erratic Maria Sharapova came through in Qatar, and Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Justine Henin have all struggled to keep up their usual top level.