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Ivo Karlovic isn’t exactly what most would call a “household name.” Ranked at No. 239, Kellogg’s won’t be calling any time soon for him to pose for a Wheaties box. However, the 6’10” player may be looking to change all of this, as he is now the record holder for the fastest serve in men’s tennis history. Beating out Andy Roddick’s...
Published: March 8, 2011
Have you ever wondered what it would look like to see Janko Tipsarevic’s tattoos up close and personal? Or having an Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic serve coming directly towards you? Put your mind at ease and behold the power of television. Now, it’s not just your children’s movies that can be viewed in a three-dimensional universe of wonder, as tennis is now the...
Published: March 8, 2011
We all know that Tiger Woods is struggling with his game. It’s been apparent since he started his season disappointingly at Torrey Pines. Many held out hope because of how he finished at the Chevron World Challenge. Unfortunately, Tiger continued his play into the match-play event for Accenture. He was quickly ousted in the first round. Well, not quickly. It took 19 holes to determine this, but...
Published: March 8, 2011
Kathy Bissell Bernhard Langer increased in points, but did not climb higher in the rankings with his victory at The ACE Classic. The top four players are separated by less than .6 of a point. By losing points from last year’s ACE Classic, Fred Couples, who is still No. 1, dropped in points from 26.47 to 25.9 while Langer increased his points from 24.9 to 25.33 with his victory. Any victory...
Published: March 8, 2011
You’d never think it would be possible to learn anything about golf from watching swimming, but over the weekend, watching the Grand Prix Swimming from Indianapolis, former Olympic Gold freestyler Rowdy Gaines explained why the top stars were racing now. He said the reason 2008 Olympians like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte were swimming is that competing was different than training. They...
Published: March 8, 2011
A majority of Port Said’s Al-Masry Club’s Premier League soccer team boycotted training this week in the first labor protest against plans by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) to curb salaries for soccer players and coaches, soccer website FilGoal.com reported. Al-Masry was forced to cancel its training session on Monday when only eight of the team’s 28 players showed up. FilGoal...
Published: March 7, 2011
The Andretti family has had a strange relationship with Formula 1. It has never been easy to come across the Atlantic in either direction. Only a few drivers have pulled it off. Sebastien Bourdais didn’t make it in F1; neither did Michael Andretti or Alex Zanardi. All of them were champions in the United States, but couldn’t do the same in Formula 1. Some of this...
Published: March 7, 2011
With the new Formula One season’s first race in Australia now under a month away, excitement is rapidly growing. Last season was rated as one of the best seasons the sport has ever seen with four different world champions on the grid and four drivers all still in with a chance of winning the title on the final race of the season. This year, however, things seem to have gotten more exciting. After...
Published: March 7, 2011
In the WTA International events on Sunday, Jelena Dokic won her first title in eight years in the BMW Malaysian Open in an intense fight against No. 5 seed Lucie Safarova, 2-6, 7-6(9), 6-4. Anastasia Pavlyunchenkova beat former World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic in Mexico’s Whirlpool Monterrey Open, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Both winners came back from losing the first set. Dokic started the tournament strong...
Published: March 7, 2011
Keep up with Tennis Now on Facebook! On Sunday, Davis Cup first round comes to an end as teams wrap up their countries victories. The USA, Serbia, Sweden, Argentina, Spain, Kazakhstan, and Germany move on to the the quarterfinals in July with their wins. USA vs. Chile 4-1 Captain Jim Courier celebrates his first win with his team of Andy Roddick, John Isner, Bob and Mike Bryan. In...