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Tennis News Net Notes for March 21, 2013

Tennis News Net Notes for March 21, 2013

(March 21, 2013) A quick look at the recent news in the world of tennis.

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Former player and recent tennis Hall of Fame inductee Jennifer Capriati is facing stalking and battery charges in regard to an incident which took place on Valentine’s Day in Palm Beach County. Capriati allegedly visited ex-boyfriend Ivan Brannan while working out at the gym and yelled at him and attempted to follow him into the men’s locker room, where Capriati blocked his path and allegedly punched him in the chest.

Capriati has been issued a summons to appear before a judge on April 17.

Brannan told police he broke up with Capriati in 2012 and that she has harassed him and stalked him ever since.

 

 

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Former No. 1 Justine Henin gave  birth to her first child on Wednesday– a baby girl named Lalie.

The Belgian player who retired from tennis for a second and final time in 2011 posted on her Facebook page:

“We were anticipating this so much, and now it has happened, this afternoon a little fairy arrived to illuminate our lives.”

During her career, Henin won 7 majors and a total of 43 titles along with winning the gold medal in singles at the 2004 Olympic Games.

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Tennis News Net Notes for October 10, 2012

Tennis News Net Notes for October 10, 2012

Tennis News Net Notes for October 10, 2012

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Tennis News Net Notes for September 27, 2012

 

Serena Williams (illness) and sister Venus (back) have withdrawn from the China Open which begins in Beijing next week.

Mardy Fish has withdrawn from Tokyo and Rafael Nadal has officially pulled out of the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

 

The Miami Herald reports that the Sony Open wants to upgrade its facilities by promoting  a ballot measure to upgrade the facility and extend the tournament’s lease.

 

In anticipation of “the Gillette Federer Tour,”  December 6-8, Roger Federer posted a few photos of himself in both a Brazilian volleyball and football (soccer) outfit on his Facebook page.

His South American Tour will hit Brazil, Argentina and Colombia in December. Scheduled to participate are Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Thomaz Bellucci, Bruno Soares, Marcelo Melo, Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan.

 

The Tennessean reported on Wednesday that Vanderbilt University is sanctioning two of its women’s varsity teams – tennis and lacrosse, after an investigation uncovered hazing.

 

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Tennis News Net Notes for September 25, 2012

Rafael Nadal tells European newspapers in interviews on Tuesday that he’s not sure when he’ll be back on tour due to his knee injury.

‘This is a day-to-day thing,” said Nadal. “I can’t predict what will happen.”

Read his interview with Reuters.

 

Novak Djokovic is set to play an exhibition match against recent International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, former No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten in Brazil in November. The event will help to open a tennis court in Rocinha

Kuerten is also scheduled to play Roger Federer in an exhibition in December.

 

Bobby Chintapalli  interviewed Billie Jean King for USA Today on the subject of equal prize money.

 

Four-time major champion and former World No. 2 Guillermo Vilas told Argentine media on Monday that he is interested in becoming Argentina’s Davis Cup captain in the future.

Current captain Martin Jaite has said that he’ll be back in 2013.

Tennis Canada reports that Canada’s top female player, Aleksandra Wozniak has been diagnosed with an AC joint sprain in her right shoulder, an injury that will keep her out of action for a minimum of six weeks and puts an end to her 2012 season.

“I am keeping a positive attitude in spite of this new injury I suffered recently at the tournament in Quebec City,” said Wozniak. “I was in a good position heading into the last events of the season because I didn’t have a lot of points to defend. It’s unfortunate as I was hoping to improve my ranking (currently no. 43), but I will come back stronger.”

Once the inflammation and pain subsides, Wozniak will begin physiotherapy and physical training in order to be ready for the start of 2013 season. She expects to compete in the first WTA events of the year in Australia in January.

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Tennis News Net Notes Podcast for March 1, 2012

A brief look at the news headlines of the day in the tennis world.

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Tennis News Net Notes Podcast for February 27, 2012

Tennis News Net Notes Podcast for February 27, 2012

A brief look at the news of the day in the tennis world.

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Tennis News Net Notes for December 23, 2011

Danielle Rossingh  of  Bloomberg News reports that Sony Ericsson will not renew their sponsorship of the WTA tour when their contract expires at end of next year.

“After seven years partnering with the WTA, we have decided not to renew the partnership,” said Sony Ericsson spokeswoman Graciela Pineda said in an interview with Bloomberg. “We feel that after seven years our brand has evolved and our business as well.”

“They have been a great partner and we will miss them,” the WTA Tour said in a statement emailed to Bloomberg News. “We look forward to the next phase of growth with our existing and future partners.”

 

Maria Sharapova has pulled out of Brisbane with an ankle injury. She expects to be ready to play theAustralian Open.  “I do expect to be ready for the year’s first Grand Slam and I am really looking forward to competing on court,” said Sharapova.

 

 

Swedish player Lucas Renard has been suspended for six months and fined $5000 dollars for breaching an article of the anti-corruption program that says: “No Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly, contrive or attempt to contrive the outcome or any other aspect of any Event,” the unit said in a statement to media.

Renard ranked 882nd in the world admitted to the offense. Four of six months of ban will be suspended.

 

 

Evonne Goolagong Cawley has been honored with the women’s singles trophy at the Brisbane International being named after her.

Goolagong Cawley said: “I have won a few trophies in my time but I have never had a major event name their trophy after me.”

The Brisbane International tournament begins January 1st .

 

 

French players Jeremy Chardy and Aravane Rezai have been awarded wildcards into the Australian Open under a reciprocal agreement between the two tennis federations.

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Tennis News Net Notes for December 19, 2011

Venus Williams has withdrawn from the ASB Classic due to health issues. A press release from the tournament stated:
“After playing a number of recent exhibition matches, Williams told her agent Carlos Fleming she was not ready to play in Auckland. The former world No. 1 has been receiving treatment for Sjögren’s syndrome (an autoimmune disease).”

The Atlanta Tennis Championships announced the signing of Atlantic Station as its tournament site under a multi-year partnership deal. Atlantic Station a complex combines housing and commercial office space with restaurants, theaters and retailers in the heart of Atlanta.

Next year’s tournament will run July 14-22 is the opening event of the Olympus US Open Series season.

In related news, Andy Roddick, John Isner and Jack Sock have all committed to play the tournament in 2012. Isner has inked a multi-year deal to play the tournament.

Maria Sharapova announced on her facebook page  that she will make herself available to play for Russia when they take on Spain in Fed Cup in February in Moscow.

The Buenos Aires Herald reports that Gaston Gaudio, Roland Garros champion in 2004 played his farewell match at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club over the weekend.

“I’m happy to be here. I’ve dreamed this day with a stadium full of people,” Gaudio said after defeating his friend Mariano Zabaleta by 7-6 (9-7 in the tie break). Gaudio officially retire from the pro tour in 2010.

More than 5,000 attended the event including Guillermo Vilas, Gabriela Sabatini and Juan Martín del Potro.

The mixed team event Hopman Cup has announced their schedule.
Group A
(1) Czech Republic – Petra Kvitova & Tomas Berdych
(4) USA – Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Mardy Fish
Denmark – Caroline Wozniacki & Frederik Nielsen
Bulgaria – Tsvetana Pironkova & Grigor Dimitrov

Group B
(2) France – Marion Bartoli & Richard Gasquet
(3) Spain – Anabel Medina Garrigues & Fernando Verdasco
Australia – Jarmila Gajdosova & Lleyton Hewitt

Session Date

Time

 Team
Session 1 Sat 31 Dec 2011

9:30 am

 (2) France v China
Session 2 Sun 1 Jan 2012

3:00 pm

 Australia v (3) Spain
Session 3 – Tennis West Family Day
Session 4		 Mon 2 Jan 2012

9:30 am
5:00 pm

 (1) Czech Republic v Bulgaria
(4) USA v Denmark
Session 5
Session 6		 Tues 3 Jan 2012

9:30 am
5:00 pm

 (3) Spain v China
Australia v (2) France
Session 7 – Ladies Day
Session 8		 Wed 4 Jan 2012

9:30 am
5:00 pm

 Denmark v Bulgaria
(1) Czech Republic v (4) USA
Session 9
All singles matches on Centre Court		 Thur 5 Jan 2012

1:00 pm

 Australia v China
(2) France v (3) Spain
Session 10
All singles matches on Centre Court		 Fri 6 Jan 2012

1:00 pm

 (1) Czech Republic v Denmark
(4) USA v Bulgaria
FINAL Sat 7 Jan 2012

3:00 pm

 Winner Group A v Winner Group B

 

Mike Bryan announced his engagement to Lucille Williams on twitter on Monday.

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Tennis News Net Notes for December 14, 2011

In the News:

The Dutch daily paper De Telegraaf  reported on Wedenesday that former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek has allegedly taken himself out of the race to head the ATP World Tour. The paper notes that Krajicek  does not think he has enough support from ATP board members.

Krajicek currently is the tournament director of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

Current ATP head Adam Helfant is stepping down at the end of this year.

 

Wimbledon’s chief executive Ian Ritchie is leaving the All England Club to take the leadership role at England’s Rugby Football Union. Ritchie had been the chief executive for Wimbledon since 2005.

 

Argentina’s Davis Cup captain Modesto Vazquez  is out after serving for three years. Vazquez says the Argentine tennis association decided not to renew his contract after losing to Spain in the Davis Cup final this month.

It’s been reported that Vaquez had a “difficult” relationship with David Nalbandian and called him “not a positive leader” in an interview with TyC Sports channel on Wednesday.

Vazquez will be replaced by former player Martin Jaite.

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Tennis News Net Notes for December 7, 2011

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic ended the 2011 season with a record $12.6 million in prize money. His year moves him into fourth place on the career prize money list withjust ahead of Andre Agassi $32.9 million.

 

The previous record for prize money won in a year was shared by both Roger Federer (2007) and Rafael Nadal at $10.1 million.

 

The Swiss Tennis Federation announced on Wednesday that Roger Federer has committed to play the first round of Davis Cup against the United States. The tie will take place in Fribourg, Switzerland February 10-12, 2012 at the Firbourg Forum on an indoor clay court.

 

 

Former No. 1 Marat Safin was elected into the Russian Federal Parliament, the Duma. As a member of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, has beenvoted into the Duma’s lower house as a representative for the Nyzhny Novgorod region.

“I’m in completely new shoes,“ Safin told the ATP Champions tour. “This is a completely new life, a new way of thinking, new way of doing things that’s nothing to do with tennis or sports at all. But the two things definitely have one thing in common and that is that you need to have a character. You have to be strong and you have to know where you’re going, what you want to do, and you have to be able to make sacrifices.”

 

The Davis Cup’s twitter account announced that Belgium’s Xavier Malisse has retired from Davis Cup competition. The 31-year-old said that it’s time for young players to take over.

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