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TENNIS-X NEWS, NOTES, QUOTES AND BARBS
India’s Davis Cup team is refusing to play unless Leander Paes is ousted as captain…
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The only other player of note in the women’s singles game to hit two-handed off both sides, Marion Bartoli of France reminisced on Monica Seles being her hero after Seles’ recent retirement: “Monica has always been […]

Americans Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport are the drawing cards next week at the mouthful ‘The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and The Cellular South Cup’ in Memphis, where the two former No. 1s are likely to meet in the semifinals.

Ivan Ljubicic returns to the PBZ Zagreb Indoors to try and best his effort in 2007 when, as the top seed, he was upset by No. 2-seeded Marcos Baghdatis in the three-set final.

American tennis is on display next week at the mouthful ‘Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and Cellular South Cup’ in Memphis, where Andy Roddick, James Blake, and Sam Querrey are among the seeded players, with land mines galore within the draw.

For decades, the issue of footwork patterns has been discussed and analyzed. Arguments surrounding the best “first step,” whether it be a cross-over step, a jab-step, or a gravity or drop-step, have been discussed and studied by pros and players alike.

Andy Roddick put tour rookie Kei Nishikori in his place Thursday night at the SAP Open in San Jose with a snarling, glaring, obscenity-ridden 6-2, 6-4 victory.

Florida-via-Japan sensation Kei Nishikori, the 18-year-old winner of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships last week, will face American No. 1 Andy Roddick on Thursday night at the SAP Open in San Jose.

Who’s Got the Funk…

apan’s Kei Nishikori, the 18-year-old training in Florida at the IMG/Bollettieri Academy, wasn’t on anyone’s radar at Delray Beach, even after he qualified into the main draw.