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Anabel Medina Garrigues’ Strasbourg Blog Monday 5/18
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted May 19, 2009 at 12:21pm

Anabel Medina Garrigues’ Strasbourg Blog Monday 5/18 Anabel Medina Garrigues, who is in charge of the WTA blog this week, has made a new post form Strasbourg and also answered questions from her fans… check it out… Monday, May 18, 2009 Hello! To...more

She’s Baack! Sharapova digs deep for comeback victory
by Pretty Tough
posted May 18, 2009 at 10:12pm

After a number of false starts, announced comebacks and lingering injuries, Maria Sharapova played her first tour singles match in nearly 10 months, beating Tathiana Garbin of Italy 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3 in the first round of the Warsaw Open. The 22-year-o...more

Zina Garrison cooks on What's Cooking
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 15, 2009 at 11:29am

On April 30, former tennis star and Fed Cup Captain Zina Garrison made an appearance on WTTG Fox 5 Washington's "What's Cooking?" with Gregg Greenberg of RSVP Catering. RSVP Catering offered an auction item of a Buffet Dinner for 20 including special gues...more

Venus Gets It; Serena Doesn't
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 14, 2009 at 11:13am

Via the indispensable Women Who Serve, go check out this piece about Serena Williams' constant whining over being 'forced' to play tournaments despite being injured. It hits the nail on the head in terms of the monetary issue (a $75,000 fine is chump ...more

Venus taking Madrid loss in stride, looking toward next match
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 13, 2009 at 4:21pm

Venus Williams, USA(Photos by AP)MADRID, May 12 (Reuters) - World number three Venus Williams followed her sister Serena out of the Madrid Open on Tuesday when she was beaten 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 by unseeded Russian teenager Alisa Kleybanova in the second round....more

Covering international tennis
by After Atalanta
posted May 13, 2009 at 10:27am

A frequent complaint of mine is how American-centric the American coverage of professional tennis remains despite the international appeal of many top players. And with the French Open coming up soon, soon, soon (I board a plane in a week for France to go...more

Work that clay Venus!
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 7, 2009 at 10:51pm

Venus Williams, USA(Photos by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)Obviously hoping to repeat her past victory in Rome (1999), American Venus Williams more than compensated for her slow tournament start today.At the Internazionali BNL D'Italia Venus pulled...more

UBI Tennis: Venus Williams suffers from FOMO
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 7, 2009 at 10:48pm

After today's victory over Radwanska, Venus Williams said in an interview with Ubaldo Scanagatta's Tennis (UBI Tennis) that she deals with FOMO (Fear of Missing Out).by Gianluca ComunielloQ. You had a comfortable win today. How do you assess your performa...more

Road in Rome arduous for Venus Williams
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 6, 2009 at 10:27pm

Venus Williams, USAAt the Internazionali BNL D'Italia today American Venus Williams grimaced, chewed her finger nail, grunted, fell down and more; but most importantly, she won.The third round match against Russian Anna Chakvetadze was no less involved th...more

WTA, ATP And USTA Pro Circuit Tennis Action This Week
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 6, 2009 at 11:29am

SINGLESRound 1Venus Williams, USA vs. ByeSerena Williams, USA vs. ByeRound 2Venus Williams, USA defeated Lucie Safarova, CZE6-2, 4-6, 6-2Serena Williams, USA defeated by Patty Schnyder, SUI2-6, 6-2, 1-6DOUBLESRound 1Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spea...more

What a difference a day makes ... Serena bounced In Rome
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 6, 2009 at 10:34am

Serena Williams (l-r) Monday and Tuesday in RomeWell, there's really not a whole lot to be said here - American Serena Williams came to Rome, re-crowned herself the "real" world no. 1 and found herself on the losing end of a clay-court smackdown - it's a...more

Venus opens play in Rome with 3-set win
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 4, 2009 at 9:09pm

Venus Williams, USA(Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)ROME (AP) — Venus Williams needed three sets to win her opening match at the Italian Open on Monday, beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2."I was OK with the match being a litt...more

Venus Williams at press conference in Rome for WTA Internazionali BNL D'Italia
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 4, 2009 at 10:49am

American Venus Williams at press conference during previews for the WTA Internazionali BNL D'Italia at Foro Italico on May 3, 2009 in Rome, Italy.(Photos by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) ...more

Stuttgart: Girls, Set, Match
by Pretty Tough
posted May 3, 2009 at 8:33pm

This year’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a special edition – it was the world’s first indoor tournament on clay - and spectators were served world class tennis. There were many tight and excellent matches. For example, there was the game between S...more

Stop the music! Venus and Serena singing a new tune about potential Fed Cup play
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 3, 2009 at 4:47pm

2007 Fed Cup TeamROME, May 3 (Reuters) - The Williams sisters hope to represent the United States in November's Fed Cup final against Italy after missing the first round and semi-final wins over Argentina and the Czech Republic."Serena and I would both ...more

Seles Makes Peace With Food
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 2, 2009 at 2:38pm

Lots of encouraging stuff here, as Monica Seles talks about accepting her love of food and eating what her body needs. I have to say, though, that from this piece it doesn't sound like she had an actual eating disorder, at least no more so than most wom...more

Megan Moulton-Levy's Excellent Adventure
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 2, 2009 at 10:55am

Megan Moulton-Levy, USAAmerican Megan Moulton-Levy has turned her world travels as a professional tennis player into an opportunity to get in some spectacular photography. Recently Megan's tournaments have taken her to the African and European continents....more

Gender Verification Foolishness Over - Sarah Gronert Cleared To Play
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted May 1, 2009 at 12:00am

Sarah Gronert, GermanyAccording to the Metro.co.uk, Sarah Gronert, who was born with both male and female genitalia, has been cleared to compete as a woman.I honestly thought that this was one of the most extreme gender cases that I've heard in awhile. ...more

Serena Williams trains at Bollettieri Academy
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted April 30, 2009 at 8:12pm

Serena Williams and Nick Bollettieri In preparation for the upcoming European clay court season, including the French Open starting May 24, Serena Williams today arrived at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy/IMG Academies to train with Nick on the cam...more

Oreo DSRL Action with Team Coaches Venus and Serena Williams and Eli and Peyton Manning
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted April 30, 2009 at 5:09pm

I absolutely LOVE this campaign, it is too much fun!In this first video you see DSRL coaches Eli and Peyton Manning and Venus and Serena Williams put their 'twist, lick and dunk' coaching skills to work as they develop team strategy. Listen to the hard c...more

Italian Fed Cup Team Talkin' Smack
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted April 29, 2009 at 10:29am

Francesca Schiavone, ItalyItaly is hoping the Williams sisters decide to skip the Fed Cup final in November. Either way, though, the 2006 champions plan to host the United States in the best-of-five series on the slowest clay they can find."I hope the Wil...more

Special Olympics Athlete Profile - Ximena from Panama
by anngaff
posted April 28, 2009 at 12:55pm

Ximena is a Special Olympian in tennis for Panama. Check out her profile video and don't forget to visit http://www.r-word.org/ to learn how you can help stop the use of the "r-word". ...more

WTA, ATP And USTA Pro Circuit Tennis Action This Week
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted April 28, 2009 at 11:35am

DOUBLESRound 1Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Sarah Borwell, GBRdefeatedSu-Wei Hsieh, TPE and Chanelle Scheepers, RSA3-6, 6-3 [10/5]Eliminated during singles qualifying rounds:Raquel Kops-Jones, USASINGLESRound 1James Blake, USA defeated by Victor Crivoi, ROU5...more

Manning brothers and Williams sisters take on new role as coaches
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted April 27, 2009 at 7:22pm

MANNING BROTHERS AND WILLIAMS SISTERS TAKE ON NEW ROLES AS COACHESIN THE OREO® DOUBLE STUF™ RACING LEAGUEFamous Twist, Lick and Dunk Duos Helped Train Ten Lucky Lickers On How to Win An Oreo Lick Race As They Competed For Part of $10,000 PrizeWest Palm...more

Shenay Perry Wins USTA Movie Gallery Pro Classic
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted April 27, 2009 at 12:38pm

Shenay Perry Shenay Perry’s road to recovery from knee surgery in late 2007 took a big step Sunday.Perry of Coral Springs, Fla., defeated Carly Gullickson of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., in Sunday’s USTA Movie Gallery Pro Classic final at Westgate Tenn...more

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