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Banned Hingis to play in exhibitions (AP)
March 4th, 2008 
Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Retired tennis star Martina Hingis will play exhibition matches in Liverpool in June, her first appearance on court since her two-year ban for a positive test for cocaine at last year’s Wimbledon. Banned from official competition, Hingis announced on Tuesday she will play in three exhibition matches from June 13-15 during the unofficial Liverpool International, which features ATP, WTA players and…
Team HEAD’s Jack Huczek Wins Fifth Consecutive Tournament
March 4th, 2008 Tennis Industry News SAN DIEGO — Jack Huczek, a member of HEAD’s elite racquetball team of National Pro Staff, won the International Racquetball Tour’s (IRT) San Diego Open on Sunday at the American Athletic Club. Huczek (Rochester Hills, Mich.) defeated Rocky Carson (Ladera…
Tournament Preview for the week of March 3rd to 9th, 2008, Dubai and Las Vegas
March 3rd, 2008 Nima Naderi The European and South American swings, came to a conclusion with Sundays finals. All focus will shift to the hard courts, and the top players in the world. This weeks review takes the tour to United Arab Emirates, and the Dubai Open as well as Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Tennis Channel Open. Clearly, the Dubai [...]
Tournament Wrap-up/review for the week of the week of Feb 25-March 2, 2008, Zagreb, Memphis, Acapulco
March 3rd, 2008 Nima Naderi This weeks wrap up provided some suprises, as well as 2, potential French Open threats. For the most part the tops seeds came through in there respected tournaments. However, the week will be remembered for unseeded winners. Tour points will now be harder to come by, as this week ended the cycle of having 3 [...]
Gamma Sports Introduces New Asterisk Tour String
March 3rd, 2008 Tennis Industry News New Multifilament Design Builds on Success of Asterisk Line of Strings
Former USC men’s coach Toley dies at 91 (AP)
March 2nd, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News George Toley, the former tennis coach who led Southern California to 10 NCAA team titles and directed Mexico in the Davis Cup, has died. He was 91. Toley died Saturday in Pasadena, the university said Sunday. A USC spokesman did not immediately return a phone message Sunday seeking details on Toley’s cause of death.
Rested Federer ready for Dubai (AP)
March 2nd, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Roger Federer is rested and ready to resume his season at the Dubai Tennis Championships this week. The 12-time Grand Slam winner, who lost in the semifinals of the Australian Open, will get back on the court Monday to face Andy Murray in the first round of the tournament he has won in four of the past five years.
Ochoa opens with win in Singapore (AP)
March 2nd, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News 
Lorena Ochoa completed a runaway victory in her first tournament of the year, closing with a 4-under 68 to leave Annika Sorenstam 11 strokes behind Sunday in the rain-slowed HSBC Women’s Champions. Competing for the first time since winning the ADT Championship in November for her eighth 2006 victory, Ochoa finished at 20-under 268 on Tanah Merah’s Garden Course.
Federer to open against Murray in Dubai (AP)
March 1st, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Defending champion Roger Federer will play 12th-ranked Andy Murray in the opening round of the Dubai Championships. The draw on Saturday also featured Rafael Nadal against Phillipp Kohlschreiber. Andy Roddick will make his Dubai debut against Juan Carlos Ferrero. The tournament, which includes the top six players in the field of 32, starts Monday at the Aviation Club.
