Archive for September, 2010

Nalbandian to Pass on Asian Tour

Former world No. 3 David Nalbandian will skip the current Asian tour, and focus on the upcoming events in Europe. Nalbandian will end his 2010 season with tournaments in Stockholm and …

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Serbia Aims for Fast Hard-Court During Davis Cup Final

The Davis Cup final between Serbia and France will be played on a fast hard-court surface in Belgrade in early December. The hard-court was picked to replicate the surface used at the World Tour finale in …

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Nadal Collects 60th Win, Verdasco Upset in Bangkok; Soderling, Berdych Cruise in KL

Rafael Nadal won his 60th match of the tennis seasons today. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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for k-swiss’ fall, a potent purple

The second drop of clothes from K-Swiss for Fall/Winter 2010 includes a darker purple than the hyachinth worn by Katerina Bondarenko earlier this fall. (Flashback: K-Swiss at the US Open.) This shade — called Potent Purple …

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elena dementieva reaches the semis in tokyo

Elena Dementieva is through to the semifinals at the Toray Pan Pacific Open after taking out second seed Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 6-2. Up next for Elena is Francesca Schiavone. On the …

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if a dress drops in the store but no pro is around to wear it, did it make a sound?

Reebok has been banging out some solid stuff for the pros as of late. It’s too bad that their ladies aren’t hanging around long enough to show case the goods. To be fair, Shahar Peer did put …

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Verdasco Enjoys Kick Boxing in Thailand

Prior to his second-round exit at the Thailand Open on Thursday, No. 2 seed Fernando Verdasco took part in a Muay Thai clinic with former tour player Paradorn Srichaphan.
Dawning traditional Thai boxing shorts, Verdasco thrilled the crowd …

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Djokovic and Isner to Play Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup team event, which will take place in Perth, Australia before the start of next year’s Australian Open, revealed seven of its eight teams on Thursday.
World No. 2 Novak Djokovic will …

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Nadal Wins in Bangkok; Soderling and Berdych Advance in Malaysia

PTT Thailand Openā??Bangkok
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open on Thursday with a straight set thrashing of Ruben Bemelmans, 6-1, 6-4.
Winning 92 percent of his …

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Coco a Go-Go

by Pete Bodo It’s funny how some gifted players destined to make a mark on the pro tour advance in relative obscurity, especially when compared to more well-known if ultimately less successful peers. Some of this can be explained by… …

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Nadal, Verdasco Open Play in Bangkok; Davydenko Stunned in KL

Rafael Nadal plays in his first match since the US Open title Thursday in Bangkok. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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Sharapova Dances While Verdasco Shows Off Boxing Skills in Asia.

The Asian swing, for lack of a better phrase, for both the ATP and WTA tours always provides some of the best promo/photo ops of the year as they show off players, and I do mean show off, to the …

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sharapova launches tag heuer watch in vionnet

Maria Sharapova, before getting bounced out of this week’s Toray Pan Pacific Open by the renascent Kimiko Date, put on her endorsement hat by helping launch Tag Heuer‘s Formula 1 Steel & Ceramic Watch, which, as it …

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shirtless: fernando verdasco

Yep, the CK underwear billboard was clearly the anomaly, because every other picture of a shirtless Verdasco, including this one — taken at the PTT Thailand Open — isn’t doing anything for me. If it’s his hair that’s front and …

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spotted in the city: (late) open shots

Some of these are almost a month late, but we still have a few items from the US Open that we’ll roll through the TSF realm to make sure that nothing has fallen through our editorial …

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Davydenko Debuts New Dunlop Frame in Kuala Lumpur

World No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko debuted his new Dunlop frame at the Kuala Lumpur event in Malaysia this week. Previously using the Prince Ozone Pro Tour, Davydenko has switched frames to a prototype …

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short balls: the geography edition

Fall is coming to fruition across the country. Well, that is if you don’t live in the Los Angeles area. Southern Cal was hit with quite the heat wave earlier this week – temperatures topping around …

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New Haven Event Could be Canceled

The New Haven event, which is a duel ATP and WTA tournament held just before the US Open, could be canceled or moved for 2011 if a title sponsor is not found …

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Melzer Reaches Thailand Quarterfinals; Davydenko Upset in Kuala Lumpur

PTT Thailand Openā??Bangkok
French Open semifinalist Jurgen Melzer reached the quarterfinals in Bangkok on Thursday by defeating Dudi Sela 6-3, 6-4. Comfortably easing past his Israeli opponent in …

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Del Potro Calls Wrist “Perfect” in Loss to Rochus; Ferrer v. Tomic in KL

Juan Martin Del Potro lost in his first match back on tour, but it wasn’t all bad for the Argentine. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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