“Be part of a program on its way up than a program that’s been there.”
Jordan Jenkins didn’t just make an impact her freshman year at Liberty University. via HeraldTribune.com
“He has enough quality, enough talent, and enough potential to be a top-five player, and everybody expects him to do that”
Andy Murray was in the top 20 from August 2006 to April 2008 Andy Murray has risen one place to 19th in the world tennis rankings following his first wins on clay since 2006. […]
“It was really tough to be out there today”
Russia will meet Spain in the Fed Cup final chasing its fourth title in five years. via Fox Sports
“It’s okay to dream big. If you don’t dream big, it’s not gonna happen.”
The precise steps of stringing a racquet becomes a visual metaphor for the painstaking process of developing a junior player in Unstrung . via Tennis Week
Lapentti has broken back to level at 5-5 against Starace! And the Italian may still win the match in this set now… Tipsarevic J.-Mathieu P. 6-4** - Tipsarevic takes the first set 6-4 and seems to be showing … via Eurosport
“It’s not wrong for men to cry. They are equally sensitive creatures. It also takes away from the taboo that only women cry”
New Delhi, April 26: Andre Agassi wept unabashedly through his Goldilocks phase and later in his bald avatar, in victory and defeat. via The Telegraph
“I wasn’t nervous about losing the seocnd set 6-0 because I just wanted to get it over with”
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North Carolina star Tyler Hansbrough, who wants to make one more run at a national championship, said Friday that he will return for his senior year rather than declare himself eligible for the NBA draft. via St. Paul Pioneer Press
Russia’s Marat Safin suffered a bad-tempered exit at the Monte Carlo Masters today as the lid blew spectacularly once again on his famously explosive temper. via Sunday Times
Murray has decided to compete in Spain rather than rest Britain’s Andy Murray has accepted a wild card for the ATP event in Barcelona, which starts next week. via BBC Sports
“I wasn’t nervous about losing the seocnd set 6-0 because I just wanted to get it over with”
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Former world’s No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo and Virginie Razzano both won singles matches Saturday to give France a 2-0 lead in a Fed Cup playoff tie against Japan. via CBS SportsLine
“I put absolutely no pressure on him, told him to just try to get better. “He’s very good from the back, he’s got a good forehand and serves very well. A lot of clay-court players don’t like it when you get lots of free points on your serve.”
Sam Querrey is the first American to […]
“He actually had been offered at another school and had a ltter of intent on his desk that he was going to sign. So we agreed that he shouldn’t sign and that he should come make a vist here. And when he got here, I think he liked what he saw.”
In Lars Poerschke’s native […]
“I was expecting her because I didn’t see Morigami training this week. So it’s not a surprise.”
TOKYO: Up-and-coming Japanese teenager Ayumi Morita will face off today against former world number one Amelie Mauresmo of France for a place in next season’s Fed Cup World Group. via The Star Online
“I just want to find the right way to play on clay.”
The words bore a familiar ring. “He has never stopped improving. When he was top 100, everyone was saying he should be top 50, when he was top 50, everybody said he should be top 20. via Times Online
“When you are the favourite (in a match), you are the one with the pressure”
World number one Roger Federer recovered from a set down to outclass Argentine sixth seed David Nalbandian 5-7 6-2 6-2 and book his place in the Monte Carlo Masters last four today. via The New Zealand Herald
CARA Black and Liezel Huber’s dreams of winning their third women’s tennis doubles title of the year went up in smoke when they lost in the semi-finals of the US$1,34 million Family Circle Cup in South … via Electronic Chronicle
“I had used the emergency phone, but the operator said she couldn’t tell which elevator I was calling from, and I got disconnected and couldn’t get the phone to work again”
NORM CLARKE MORE COLUMNS Stephan Bonnar needed help after he got stuck in an elevator recently. via Las Vegas Review Journal
“I know Morita, because she played against France last year”
Tennis players Ayumi Morita, Ai Sugiyama, Amelie Mauresmo and Nathalie Dechy. Japanese teenager Morita will play Mauresmo of France Up-and-coming Japanese teenager Ayumi Morita will face off Saturday against … via TurkishPress.com
Underway on Court Nine as Hyung-Taik Lee meets Juan Monaco, whose name suggests he should be perfectly at home here in Monte Carlo. via Eurosport
There is nothing more fashionable in tennis than having a Spanish coach for when the courts turn red. via Telegraph.co.uk
“I remember playing her last year in Stowe”
What a way to make a Fed Cup debut. Ahsha Rolle will face a massively favored opponent before a hostile crowd and with a spot in the final on the line when the United States plays defending champion Russia this … via Fox Sports
“Probably not. I mean, Andy, James and Mardy probably won’t”
MONTE CARLO, Monaco : Sam Querrey was surprised to get past the first round at the Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinals. via International Herald Tribune
“I’m looking forward to hopefully playing the final or winning the tournament. Hopefully I can play like this again tomorrow”
‘I’m looking forward to hopefully playing the final or winning the tournament’ This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Friday April 25 2008. via Surrey Hants Star
Nikolay Davydenko continued his impressive start to the season by reaching his fifth semi-final of the year with victory over Igor Andreev at the Monte Carlo Masters. via Telegraph.co.uk
“People (who are born in the U.S.) don’t realize how difficult that would be somewhere else”
Before kissing his wife, Liezel, goodbye as she headed to Moscow, Tony Huber made sure she was versed in American sports lore, particularly the against-all-odds stuff. via Houston Chronicle
Mahesh Bhupathi booked a quarterfinal berth along with Mark Knowles while Leander Paes and Paul Hanley crashed out of the men’s doubles event at the Euro 2,270,000 Monte Carlo Masters Series event. via The Times of India
“I’m not surprised by the tournaments he has won. His consistency is unbelievable and he’s playing well in the Masters events”
MONTE CARLO:Novak Djokovic has warned Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal that their stranglehold on men’s tennis is about to be loosened. via People’s Daily
“This man is a cold-blooded murderer. He shot my son in the back after he was brutally beaten”
A convicted killer tried to escape from the Pierce County Jail just days before his sentence was to be handed down. via KING-TV Seattle
