By Tennis Guru on Feb 23, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Six tournaments were staged last week and there’s never a shortage of high caliber tennis and controversies too. By the end of the week, only six players remained (2 from U.S., 4 from Europe), winning their respective tournaments. Roddick’s sweet revenge results to 27th career title Andy Roddick avenged his semi-final defeat from Czech player [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 21, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News, WTA | 1 Comment
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Board has finally come up with a strong sanction against the organizers of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The board decided to fine the organizers a record $300,000. This stemmed from the refusal by the United Arab Emirates to issue a visa to Israeli player Shahar Peer. The decision, which can [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 21, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Tennis News | 1 Comment
Nope, he doesn’t have a bad back or injured knee. However, world number six Andy Roddick announced that he won’t be participating in next week’s Dubai Tournament wherein he’s the defending champion. This announcement means that Roddick has just become the fifth top-ten player to skip the ATP event, joining Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Nikolay [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 21, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News, WTA | 1 Comment
Former world number one Venus Williams reached the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships at the expense of her younger sister, Serena, after she beat the latter in a three-set thriller (6-1, 2-6, 7-6). The win also assured the former’s return to the world’s top five in next week’s rankings. She will meet French player [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 20, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News, WTA | 1 Comment
The fans are going to be treated with an exciting semifinal matchup between Serena and Venus Williams at the ongoing Dubai Tennis Championship after both players advanced with straight-set wins against their opponents on Thursday. Serena Williams, currently the world number one player, defeated eight-seeded Serbian Ana Ivanovic (6-4, 6-4) while older sister Venus eliminated [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 20, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Tennis News | 0 Comments
As expected by many, world number Rafael Nadal announced that he won’t be taking part in next week’s Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship due to an injury he acquired from a recent tournament. Nadal said that he was advised by the doctor to rest in order not to aggravate the injured knee. The Australian Open champion [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 20, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News | 1 Comment
Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer released a comprehensive statement in connection with the controversial refusal by United Arab Emirates to grant her a visa and play at the Dubai Tennis Championships and the latter’s decision to admit her compatriot, doubles specialist Andy Ram. According to reports, Ram will be able to play in next week’s [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 19, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News | 2 Comments
The rumors are getting louder and louder. Current world number two tennis player Roger Federer may hire ESPN broadcaster and now former Australia Davis Cup coach Darren Cahill to become his mentor in preparation for the upcoming tournaments this season. Cahill is known for having coached former world number ones Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 19, 2009 in Tennis News | 0 Comments
• Israeli doubles player Andy Ram might be granted a visa to play in next week’s ATP event in Dubai – the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. Wouldn’t it be nice to turn back time and do the same thing for Shahar Peer? Check out the report here. • Just when we thought Dubai has a [...]
By Tennis Guru on Feb 19, 2009 in Tennis News | 2 Comments
I was reading the latest edition of Jon Wertheim’s Tennis Mailbag and one of the readers sent a “speech template.” This time, the speech is from the side of a tennis player who lost the match. This simply cracked me up.
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