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Rankings
ATP Rankings
Dec 01
1
Rafael Nadal
6675
2
Roger Federer
5305
3
Novak Djokovic
5295
4
Andy Murray
3720
5
Nikolay Davydenko
2715
6
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
2050
7
Gilles Simon
1980
8
Andy Roddick
1970
9
Juan Martin Del Potro
1945
10
James Blake
1775
WTA Rankings
Dec 1
1
Jelena Jankovic
4710 
2
Serena Williams
3866 
3
Dinara Safina
3817 
4
Elena Dementieva
3663 
5
Ana Ivanovic
3457 
6
Venus Williams
3272 
7
Vera Zvonareva
2952 
8
Svetlana Kuznetsova
2726 
9
Maria Sharapova
2515 
10
Agnieszka Radwanska
2286 

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Archive for the 'Tennis' Category

October 22nd, 2008
Tennis Instruction: Creating Balance in Your Strokes

One major problem that players of all abilities tend to experience is hitting shots off-balance. An imbalance can be caused by many elements of a stroke: using poor footwork, reaching for the ball with the racquet (instead of moving the feet to the ball), or simply not having full control of one’s body while in […]

October 20th, 2008
Tennis-X Weekend Wrap: Murray Wins Madrid; Serena Can Surf on Bad Knee?

“I do hope that I and other top players will have an opportunity to sit with the tour leadership in the coming weeks to discuss certain elements of the Roadmap where I think there is still room for improvement.” In other words, message to WTA CEO Larry Scott: Maintain good communication with the top players, or risk the potential demise of ATP CEO Etienne de Villiers.

October 15th, 2008
Four Lessons We Can All Learn From Rafael Nadal

A lot of energy is devoted to improving weaknesses. But what about making the big shot even bigger? If you’re like Nadal and have made your forehand the cornerstone of your game, have you done everything you can with it?

October 13th, 2008
Tennis-X Weekend Wrap: Safina Threatens WTA Boycott; Davenport Done?

The media continues to bag on Jelena Jankovic for holding the world No. 1 ranking ‘by default’ after the retirement of Justine Henin and injury to Maria Sharapova — but the sunny Serbian continues to give her own brand of ‘F.Y.’ to the press and fellow players by doing what she does best — collecting titles.

October 5th, 2008
Tennis-X Weekend Wrap: Jankovic Wins, Sampras Touts McCain

For some reason Pete Sampras recently spoke to a TMZ gossip site cameraman harassing him as he came out of a restaurant.

October 3rd, 2008
American Tennis: USTA, Fans Asking ‘Who’s Next?’ and ‘When?’

If the Williams sisters were to retire with Davenport as of this writing, the U.S. would have no women in the Top 40, and three players in the Top 100 (including the 30+ Jill Craybas, and Ashley Harkleroad who is pregnant). In other words, by the time the Williams retire, U.S. women’s tennis will virtually retire with them.

September 29th, 2008
Serena Back in Action; Davydenko Ready to Sue ATP

Russian Maria Kirilenko upheld her top seeding to collect her third title of the year Sunday in Seoul, coming from a set down to defeat unseeded Aussie Sam Stosur 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. Stosur dropped to 0-4 lifetime in tour singles finals.

September 28th, 2008
Tsonga Gets Back at Djokovic in Australian Open Final Rematch

If you are a Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fan you have to like what you are seeing from your guy. Earlier today in Bangkok, Tsonga avenged an Australian Open final loss to Novak Djokovic, defeating the Serb 7-6(4), 6-4 to claim his first career ATP title at the Thailand Open.

September 22nd, 2008
Safina Takes Tokyo; Spain, Argentina Into Davis Cup Final

“Today I play an almost perfect match and it is very, very exciting,” Nadal said. “Today I played very well. I shocked myself with some of the winners I played, was near perfect tennis.” The U.S. had chances in the opening singles Friday when Sam Querrey led Nadal by a set and a break, and Roddick led David Ferrer two sets to one before falling in five.

September 16th, 2008
U.S. Davis Cup Hopes Dim Further After Loss of Bryan Brother

“I aggravated it pretty bad at the Open and only made things worse,” said the left-handed Bob, who received a cortisone shot prior to the US Open. “I knew if I wanted a chance to play the rest of this year, I had to shut it down now. I can’t even hit any balls.”

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