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Rackets and Balls - Tennis News

May 3rd, 2008

Tennis News Round-up: Angry Sharapova and Powerhouse Nadal

Let’s get down and dirty, straight to the point:
Maria Sharapova is pissed off at the WTA for forcing her to either do a promotional photo shoot or pony up $700 grand for skipping it. The shoot is scheduled for the day before the Italian Open starts May 12. Sharapova is mad about the timing; the […]

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March 11th, 2008

Federer Edges Sampras in Exhibition Match

Even though Roger Federer has been ailing and is in danger of losing his strangle hold on the number one slot in men’s tennis, he still managed to eke out a win in an exhibition against Pete Sampras.
After a 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 victory for Federer, it still doesn’t solve the question of who is better. […]

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December 18th, 2007

Pistol Pete Speaks about Federer

In a series of exhibition matches in the fall, Pete Sampras took one match of three against Roger Federer. In a recent article by Mark Hodgkinson in the Telegraph, Sampras gives his input on what the current Tennis King is accomplishing.
And as we all know, Federer’s accomplishments are no small matter.
Sampras fully expects Federer to […]

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November 24th, 2007

Sampras Back on the Main Stage

So I may have spoke prematurely yesterday. It’s okay. I can admit when I’m wrong. I think it makes me a bigger person…
Pete Sampras won the third game of the exhibition series, 7-6, 6-4 over Roger Federer. When I first read the news article, I thought my short night of sleep was causing me to […]

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November 24th, 2007

A Bit Closer this Time

Well, I have been sadly absent for the past couple of days. After celebrating Thanksgiving with my adopted family who lives in the boonies with no internet access. Honestly? It was refreshing to “get away from it all.”
Anyway. Tennis. I’m sure my holiday tales aren’t as interesting as they seem to me.
Roger Federer took the […]

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November 20th, 2007

Sampras vs. Federer, Round 1

It doesn’t come as any great surprise that Roger Federer won the first of the exhibition matches over Pete Sampras, 6-4, 6-3. Sampras has been retired for five years and Federer is playing at the top of his game. No, no great big surprises here.
Sampras was one of Federer’s heroes when he was a young […]

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