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ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS: ROGER FEDERER AND RAFAEL NADAL ARE NOT GOING TO LIE

20 November 2009

(Well, they certainly look trust-worthy.) Depending on which one you talk to, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are either embroiled in a battle for the year ending No. 1 (Federer) or just in London to have some fun (Nadal). Fibs or frankness? You decide. Here’s Federer talking to reporters during the World Tour Finals Media Day [...]

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VIDEO: ROGER FEDERER GETS THE GIGGLES

20 November 2009

This is all kinds of awesome! Roger Federer submits to a fit of giggles while being interviewed by CNN in Switzerland last week: If Roger wasn’t so adamantly pro-WADA, I’d swear. . .

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ATP WORLD TOUR FINAL PHOTOS: FEDERER, NADAL, DJOKOVIC AND CO. IN LONDON

20 November 2009

Yes! The ATP World Tour Finals can’t start before the requisite Men in Suits photo session. Along with the British press, another overlooked benefit of hosting the ATP World Tour Finals in London is seeing Federer, Nadal and the rest of the top guys in bespoke tailoring (at least I’ll pretend it is.) Here are [...]

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2009 ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS TENNIS LIVE ONLINE STREAMING

19 November 2009

Here is a sampling of sites offering live online streaming of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. The tournament runs from Sunday, November 22 – Sunday November 29. Generally, the day matches start at 12:30pm GMT/7:30am EST and evening matches begin at 7:00pm GMT/2:00pm EST. Click here to visit the World Tour Finals website. Click [...]

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2009 BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS TENNIS TV SCHEDULE

19 November 2009

The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals takes the stage in London this year, and the caliber of the players involved and the lack of a clear-cut favorite (though many are, thankfully, clean cut) makes this a must-view event for tennis fans! Will Roger Federer end the year at No. 1? Can Novak Djokovic continue his [...]

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ROGER FEDERER VIDEO: IVE WON FOUR GRAND SLAMS THIS YEAR!

18 November 2009

Roger Federer was interviewed by CNN in anticipation of next week’s ATP World Tour Finals. He chats about the twins, his rivalry with Rafael Nadal and Andre Agassi’s recent drug-related confessions. I love Roger’s Scooby Doo imitation at the start: “Whuhhhhh?” Thanks, Rog, for giving us the image of Mirka dashing around in the middle of [...]

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2009 ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS DRAW SET IN LONDON

18 November 2009

Andy Murray and the Bryan Brothers took part in the draw ceremony for the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday in a pod of the London Eye Ferris wheel. Here are the round robin groups for the singles and doubles competitions, which run from November 22 – 29: 2009 ATP World Tour Finals Singles Draw: Group [...]

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SAM QUERREY ON THE MEND, GUSHING OVER ROGER FEDERER

17 November 2009

AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes The AP reports that Sam “Samurai” Querrey returned to the practice courts last week after a freak accident at September’s Thailand Open came close to ending his tennis career. The 6′6″ American fell through a glass table in the tournament’s locker room while sitting on it to tie his shoes. A shard of [...]

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ROGER FEDERER: ANDY MURRAY IS AGASSI TO MY SAMPRAS

17 November 2009

As the first round of news stories rolls in in anticipation of next week’s ATP World Tour Finals, I’m realizing that there’s a hidden bonus to staging the event in London: the British press! And as with any tournament that pits Great British Hope Andy Murray vs. the Great-White-Chocolate-Loving Roger Federer, the U.K. papers have [...]

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OVER 30 MILLION AMERICANS OFF BUTTS, ON TENNIS COURTS IN 2009

17 November 2009

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and Tennis Industry Association (TIA) announced today that U.S. tennis participation is the highest it’s been in 25 years, with over thirty-million Americans hitting the courts in 2009. This is a whopping 12% increase vs. 2008 and a 25% improvement since 2003 (the year Roger Federer won his first [...]

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MARAT SAFIN RETIREMENT WATCH: MARAT HONORED AT RUSSIAN CUP AWARDS

17 November 2009

Photo via www.tennis-russia.ru There are so many talented tennis players in Russia, that the country has its own awards ceremony to honor them. Last night’s Russian Cup awards, hosted by Anastasia Myskina at Moscow’s Radisson Slavyanskaya hotel, honored Nikolay Davydenko as Tennis Player of the Year (for being the top male Russian player for the 5th [...]

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ANDY RODDICK WITHDRAWS FROM ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS

17 November 2009

In disappointing news for tennis fans everywhere, the London Times is reporting that Andy Roddick has withdrawn from the ATP’s year-ending championships in London next week: The American world No.6 has withdrawn from the eight-man extravaganza – which starts on Sunday at the 02 Arena in south-east London – having been unable to overcome [...]

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