Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Maria Sharapova's agent says the former No. 1 player is "on track" to return to Grand Slam tennis by defending her title at the Australian Open. Sharapova has been sidelined since July because of an injured right shoulder. The three-time Grand Slam title champion missed the Beijing Olympics and the U.S. Open in 2008, ending her streak of 23 consecutive major tournaments.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
In 2013, the year after the Olympic Games are staged in London and a century on from the “World Championships of Grass” being awarded to the British Isles in perpetuity for services rendered to tennis, the first instalment of a £55 million dividend of the unparalleled growth of Wimbledon will be pumped into the sport’s domestic coffers.
Prawn Cufflinks (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
During our time away, we re-discovered our love of tennis. When you can't stand Tim Henman or Andy Murray, it's not always such a pleasure to follow British tennis coverage. But with a particularly good Wimbledon and the Olympics this year, it was too hard to resist the lure of some old (and new) favourite players. Between June and October, we must have collected a good five thousand pictures from...
HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Raffles Hotels is planning to open the Raffles Olympia Resort in 2011 in Greece but you can forget anything associated with the Olympic Games or athletics for that matter. This hotel is strictly going to be a luxury resort. The resort will have a couple of pools, four tennis courts and a golf course. Note: They are proud it's unusual to have a golf course in Greece; we are thinking it's weird to have...
WTA Womens Tennis (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Tennis Photos: Elena Dementieva - Doha 1st Match Elena Dementieva began her campaign in Doha not in the way she expected... the Russian, who won a gold medal in Beijing Olympic Games, was defeated by Venus Williams after a 3 set battle... Elena still has 2 more matches to play so her chances to reach the semifinals are alive... check out some of Elena Dementieva's pictures from her first match in...
WTA Womens Tennis (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
Tennis Photos: Ivanovic and Dementieva on Desert Island Ana Ivanovic, Roland Garros Chmapion, and Elena Dementieva, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Gold medalist, play a historic match on a Desert Island in the bay of Doha to mark the start of the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha... By the way... Ana Ivanovic is wearing the Adidas 2009 Dress ;) Check out their pictures... Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty...
WTA Womens Tennis (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Dinara Safina: Championships Profile Profiles: Jelena Jankovic - Ana Ivanovic - Serena Williams In my opinion Dinara Safina has been one of the most impresive players this season. Since Berlin in May she has been playing great tennis winning titles, a Bronze Medal in Beijing Olympic Games and reaching her first Grand Slam final... Check out Dinara Safina's profile ahead of the Sony Ericsson Championships...
WTA Womens Tennis (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
Russian Tennis Team meets with President Medvedev Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev met with Russian national tennis team and their captain Shamil Tarpischev during the Kremlin. As a gift he received Elena Dementieva's racquet, the one she used to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing last August. All the players were very nervous initially but thanks to Marat Safin who told a couple...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Australian Lleyton Hewitt has revealed that he hopes to be back playing competitive tennis by January. The former world number one has had surgery on a hip injury and hasn’t played since the Beijing Olympics in August, now though he is eyeing a comeback in the Sydney International in the New Year. The 27-year-old says that [...]
Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Former world No.1 Leyton Hewitt will make his comeback from hip surgery at the Sydney International tennis tournament in January ahead of the Australian Open. Hewitt said his recuperation from an operation after the Beijing Olympics was progressing well. "My recovery is going well and I am really looking forward to the Australian summer," he said in a statement Tuesday. "It is an exciting time for...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
He has shaved for the first time since before the Olympics, his hair has been given some attention and he was on court yesterday wearing all-white tennis gear. Yes, Andy Murray is preparing again for Wimbledon, where he returns on Friday for Britain's Davis Cup tie against Austria.
I.Z. Reloaded: Online Refreshments (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Forget table tennis ! I think the only way for Singapore to win a gold medal at the Olympics is through... rope skipping ! That's right. Why bother spending so much money to get imports from China to do us proud when we have our very own kids who can skip their way to Olympic Games glory? Now let's just hope those people behind London 2012 will include rope skipping as one of the sports. China and...
Fabsugar (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
After sitting out the Olympic Games and the US Open due to an injury, Maria Sharapova has had time to think about her life, post-tennis. "I have a passion for fashion and if I weren’t playing tennis, I’d probably be in school for it or for interior design," said the tennis star. Her latest collaboration with Cole Haan exemplifies her passion. On top of being the face of its new Cole Haan Sporting...
Ethics Newsline (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
A reader adds an interesting sidelight to Newsline’s coverage of ethical issues in the Olympics: During the Olympics, American tennis player James Blake hit a ball that grazed off his opponent’s racket and went out of bounds. It was during the tiebreaker and may have been material in the outcome of the match. The referee did [...]
In Entertainment (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Rafael Nadal has reached the semi finals of the US Open Tennis, this is a great result for the Spanish player as it is the first time that he has made it this far. The world number one and 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games gold medal winner will now meet Britain’s Andy Murray. Nadal beat American [...]
