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Tennis Now From the greatest men’s player in Volume F to arguably the greatest woman just one letter later. Just as Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert took the torch from Billie Jean King, Graf grabbed a hold of it and kept it blazing bright for a decade. Graf’s 22 Grand Slam singles titles are the most of the Open Era and the second-most of all time for any player, regardless of...
Published: April 15, 2011
Tennis Now The ITF has announced the official draws and faceoffs for the 2011 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, and World Group and World Group II playoffs on April 16-17. WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALSRUSSIA vs. ITALY Head-to-Head series: 4-1Venue: Sports Palace Megasport, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoors)Vera Zvonareva (RUS) v Sara Errani (ITA) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)...
Published: April 15, 2011
Follow us on Twitter! Kyle McPhillips just has to be in “tennis-mode” and everything will be OK. The 16-year-old from Willoughby, Ohio, was definitely there on Thursday, ousting unseeded Ellen Tsay, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, on Thursday at the 44th annual Easter Bowl USTA Junior Spring National Championships taking place at Rancho Las Palmas Resort. McPhillips last played Tsay just three months...
Published: April 15, 2011
Tennis Now As players moved on to the semifinals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters series, one big shakeup is the loss of Roger Federer, who shockingly lost today against Jurgen Melzer, 6-4, 6-4. The world No. 9 defeated the world No. 3, and now moves on to his first ever ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semifinal, where he will take on the fourth-seeded David Ferrer. With such a shocking...
Published: April 15, 2011
Tennis Now American Wayne Odesnik took time to give his side of the story to Douglas Robson of USA Today on the doping controversy that has plagued his career since the 2010 Australian Open. Odesnik was given a two-year ban after being caught with possession of eight vials of Human Growth Hormone at the airport in Australia. He pleaded guilty for possession of the drug but...
Published: April 15, 2011
It’s been a mere four days since Rory McIlroy blew a four-shot lead during the final round at Augusta National and let the green jacket slip through his fingers and onto the shoulders of South African, Charl Schwartzel. Golf is not only a physically stressing game—it can take a bigger toll on a golfers mental toughness. To have a short memory and forget a bad hole, bad shot or...
Published: April 15, 2011
Everyone is muttering it whenever they see him play. “Can Tiger do it? Is he going to break Jack’s record?” To answer your question, I say “with authority.” Not only will Tiger Woods etch his name in history, his name will be etched on a major trophy at least seven more times. That’s right, I’m calling it. Seven plus majors. There’s a lot to like about...
Published: April 15, 2011
It’s been said that golf television broadcasts are the perfect white noise in which one can use to dive into a long, satisfying Sunday nap. It’s the hushed tones and soft nature sounds that seem to do it. To golf fans, however, the quality of the telecast can hinge on what is said and when. Whether it is Johnny Miller saying that a player choked or Nick Faldo trying on some puckish wit...
Published: April 15, 2011
Professional golfer Kevin Na lived through a nightmare No. 9 hole in the opening round of the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio when he set a PGA Tour record by carding a 16 on the par-four hole. It all started when Na hit his tee short way right and into the woods. He decided that there was no way he could play the ball and opted to pick it up, head back to the tee and do it all over again. No big...
Published: April 15, 2011
For every weekend hacker out there hitting the links, there is always one score you never want to put down on your card. No one ever wants to put up the “snowman”. Which means you just carded an eight on a single hole. Next up is what every golfer really doesn’t want to pencil in on the card, a score of double digits. Well, even PGA Tour players can get a little off the short grass...