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By Lisa-Marie Burrows This week has been the opening week at Wimbledon and I have been very lucky to have enjoyed several matches, beautiful weather and of course strawberries and cream! It has been lovely to be back at the All England Lawn Tennis Club again and see the quick paced matches with the players dressed in their all whites at SW19 once more. There are so many wonderful aspects about … [Read more...]
There are some guys within the latest flurry of tournaments who have been quietly rising up the rankings, finding the sort of form we all thought they were capable of. Others have plateaued whilst some are falling quicker than a sky diver. HOT When looking at the players who have made the most noise on tour in the past few weeks it is easy to point out the numerous tour professionals who … [Read more...]
Not all history is told within the history books… The men credited with inventing the modern version of tennis; Augurio Perera, Harry Gem and Major Walter Clopton Wingfield allegedly (and after a few beverages) saw a vision of the game in a mysterious Tennis Crystal Ball. This all happened after one of them found the ancient glass sphere in the dusty loft of Augurio's house in England at 8 … [Read more...]
First Quarter: Can Djokovic double up again? Watching Dubai, you could almost tell that Novak Djokovic was a little less interested in winning. He had a comfortable break between the Australian Open and The Dubai Tennis Championships, and he seems content getting the necessary match play he needs in order to be ready to defend his Indian Wells/Miami double. What strikes me as most interesting … [Read more...]
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