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Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Debate had already been rife about this season's demanding clay-court calendar, concentrated by a week not just to accommodate the Olympic Games, but also to pander to American television moguls, who demanded that the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami was played a week later in March to fit in with their schedule. Now Rafael Nadal, heralded as the king of clay, is refusing to talk to ATP president Etienne...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Hamburg: Another dream final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, big crowds and more sunshine are what local organisers hope for at the Hamburg Masters Series tennis tournament. The possibly last edition of the event in its current form starts on Sunday as the locals have added one day of main draw play. If the men's body, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and its controversial boss Etienne...
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
HAMBURGH: Another dream final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, big crowds and more sunshine are what local organisers hope for at the Hamburg Masters Series tennis tournament.The possibly last edition of the event in its current form starts Sunday as the locals have added one day of main draw play.If the men's body, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and its controversial boss Etienne...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... leveling public criticism at the structure of the clay-court calendar, at the men's tour chief, Etienne de Villiers, and at the Spanish Tennis Federation president, Pedro Muñoz, over the federation's consideration of Madrid as a site for the Davis Cup semifinal against the United States in September. (Nadal and his teammates think the moderate altitude would help Andy Roddick and...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Hamburg - Another dream final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, big crowds and more sunshine are what local organizers hope for at the Hamburg Masters Series tennis tournament. The possibly last edition of the event in its current form starts on Sunday as the locals have added one day of main draw play. If the men's tennis body ATP, and its controversial boss Etienne de Villiers,...
