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BEAUMONT, TEXAS , October 1, 2008 - The CHRISTUS Pro/Celebrity Classic presented by Motiva and sponsored by the City of Beaumont , has been rescheduled as a result of Hurricane Ike.

Jack Mills of Columbia will be inducted into the USTA Southern Tennis Hall of Fame in January in Atlanta.

Friday: TPI Junior Tennis Classic. Missouri City. 281-650-1565. Tournament dates: Sept.

DirecTV has opened its U.S. Open Interactive service to another partner with this year’s Grand Slam tennis event.

Anna Kournikova and Chanda Rubin are ready to mix it up on the Outback Champions Series.

InsideOut Sports & Entertainment today announces Anna Kournikova and Chanda Rubin will compete in special mixed doubles exhibition matches at The Championships at The Palisades, the fifth of eight events on the …

Chanda Rubin, former top 10 WTA Tour player from Lafayette, was present- ed with the Eugene L. Scott Renaissance Award at the 82nd National Public Parks Tennis “In my 50 years as a player, coach and …

FANTASTIC! That is how one can best describe top Zimbabwean tennis player Cara Black and her American partner Liezel Huber’s doubles win in the US$1 340 000 National Bank Rogers Cup tennis championships at the …

Sixth in a series of previews, leading to the Olympics. Venus Williams and her sister Serena have played on the world’s biggest tennis stages .

The world’s No. 1 doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan, making their only Texas appearance this year, will be joined by rising American stars John Isner and Sam Querrey for the Tennis Classic of Austin Sept.

The world’s No. 1 doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan, making their only Texas appearance this year, will be joined by rising American stars John Isner and Sam Querrey for the Tennis Classic of Austin Sept.

Shot of the day Rafael Nadal against Andreas Beck: The world No 2 was unusually subdued for much of this match but saved his best for the third-set tie-breaker. His ‘bionic’ left arm, when used at full power, …

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I have been very disappointed in the Fox Sports Southwest network and their TV coverage of the Pacific Life and Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournaments. via Tennis Week

“It would be nice to have beaten Venus in the final. It was unfortunate, but it’s a pretty remarkable achievement to win a tournament four times”
The American took just 58 minutes to brush aside Maleeva, extending her winning streak at the Tokyo tournament to 12 matches since 2001. via Turkish Daily News

Barry Tompkins will anchor FSN’s telecast of the Pacific Life Open as play-by-play announcer with analysts Justin Gimelstob and Chanda Rubin. via On the Baseline

“The tournaments are delighted with FSN’s broadcast commitments to the events, both on a national and regional level, to two of the largest tournaments on the tours”
Indian Wells will come complete with a new soundtrack next month. Fox Sports Net, which will televise the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells as well as the […]

“We have a good record in the Olympics so far and we just look forward to continuing that hopefully. ‘We’re mainly playing because we enjoy it and we have a lot of fun.”
THE Williams sisters are targeting a double act at the Beijing Olympics, with Serena saying their main objective will be to have […]

“It seems so far away from me … a lot of things happened”
JELENA JANKOVIC suspected she might be in for a difficult day when the courtesy car that collected her from her city hotel started heading towards the wrong park: Albert, not Melbourne. via The Sydney Morning Herald

ARCHIVE click for a new search 2001, October 11, Thursday - sports THE TOPICS: Serna scores upset, Rubin, Huber, Schnyder advance Mavericks down 76ers; LA Lakers lose again Braves scalp Astros in NL ‘Iron Mike’ … via Turkish Daily News

Mark M. Hancock/The Enterprise Anna Kournikova returns a ball during a tennis exhibition at Ford Park in Beaumont on Friday. via The Beaumont Enterprise

The Associated Press Anna Kournikova returns the ball during her Advanta Tennis Smash Hits play Oct. via The Beaumont Enterprise

Katarina Srebotnik is blogging for the WTA Tour this week from the Banka Koper Slovenia Open. via On the Baseline

“We are currently visiting with players and their management and will have a rescheduled date announced within the week.” The CHRISTUS Pro-Celebrity Classic, presented by Texas State Bank and sponsored by Motiva, will be rescheduled as a result of the impact of Hurricane Humberto. via Http

Sunday CLOSING RECEPTION for Art Camp 2007, featuring work by more than 400 young Texas artists, will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Museum of East Texas, 503 N. Second St., Lufkin. via The Beaumont Enterprise

Read about the 50th year of the Junior League’s Tinsels & Treasures showcase. Catch up with local tennis great Chanda Rubin. via The Daily Advertiser

“You can’t be at all aware of your clothes, she says. “I don’t take a lot of fashion risks. You can’t always be tugging at your top or skirt, but naturally, you want to look good.” It’s always wise to dress well. But when you’re a top-flight tennis professional like Chanda Rubin, it’s wiser […]

Saturday THE BEST TALENT AWARDS will have auditions 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Omni Hotel West, 13210 Katy Freeway, Houston. via The Beaumont Enterprise

“Serena has been battling injuries all year and we, as a team, are disappointed that she will not be able to join us in Athens” Serena Williams pulled out of the Summer Olympics just hours before she was to travel to Greece with the U.S. tennis squad, joining Jennifer Capriati on the sideline. via […]

Coming up CHRISTUS PRO/CELEBRITY CLASSIC, presented by Texas State Bank, featuring tennis players Pete Sampras, Anna Kournikova, Todd Martin and Chanda Rubin, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. via The Beaumont Enterprise