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Blake, currently ranked No. 73 on the ATP tour, is moonlighting for the WTT’s Lobsters as he tries to return to form after suffering two injuries that took him off the court for a year dating back to last May. He did not live up to the “marquee” billing he shares with other WTT players including past greats Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe and current WTA No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, losing his men’s doubles match and winning his singles match in a tiebreak only after coming alive to overcome...
...have had a year like Federer's 2004, when - without the guidance of a coach - he won three of the four grand slam titles and amassed a 74-6 win-loss record. If those six defeats make him sound less than invincible, it may do to acknowledge that the ATP circuit is a grind so relentless that players either turn down the intensity dial occasionally or else burn out. Whenever it mattered, Federer rose: he did not lose to anyone in the Top 10 and won all 11 finals he contested. He has to be favored to defend his Australian...
Andre Agassi will not win this year’s French Open. In fact, he’ll lose in the first round to a guy who has never won an ATP match in his life. Yeah, I’m like that guy from that TV show “Early Edition.” Only in reverse: Instead of getting tomorrow’s newspaper today, I get yesterday’s newspaper...
...competed intensely, earning ATP rankings and representing his country in international competition...
...taking shape on two new websites: tenniswelcomecenter.com and playgolfamerica.com Both enable players, novice or experienced, to type in a zip code and search for local facilities that offer lessons, leagues and other programs. For the first time, the alphabet fiefdoms of golf and tennis (the PGA, USGA, ATP Tour, USTA and others) and major manufacturers such as Nike, Wilson, Prince and Callaway seem united under a single cause: to persuade more people to put down the remote and spend money on sports. "You've got to appreciate the spirit of this campaign--give these industries credit for coming together," says...