NEWPORT, RI — The International Tennis Hall of Fame has announced that USTA Immediate Past President Franklin R. Johnson has been named the recipient of the 2007 Samuel Hardy Award. This award is given annually to a volunteer(s) of the…
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International Tennis Hall of Fame Presents Franklin R. Johnson with Samuel Hardy Award
April 15th, 2008 
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International Tennis Hall of Fame Announces Tennis Educational Merit Award Winners
April 15th, 2008 Tennis Industry News NEWPORT, RI — The International Tennis Hall of Fame has announced that Todd S. Ellenbecker of Scottsdale, Arizona, Sharon Rosenburgh of Indianapolis, Indiana and Kathleen Ann Stroia of St. Petersburg, Florida are the 2007 recipients of the Tennis Educational Merit…
Davis Cup schedule favors Argentina (AP)
April 15th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News This could finally be Argentina’s year in Davis Cup. Thanks to the draw, Argentina will not have to leave home, where it hasn’t lost in 10 years. The Argentines began their latest World Group campaign in Buenos Aires and could finish it there in their first home final in November. Their two previous finals, in 1981 and 2006, were both lost away.
John Embree ‘Goes Green’ Becoming New President of Prince Americas
April 14th, 2008 Tennis Industry News Bordentown, NJ — Prince Sports, Inc. is proud and excited to announce that John Embree will be joining the Company as its new President of Prince Americas, leading the charge for the brand in the United States, Latin America and…
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April 14th, 2008 Nima Naderi With the clay court season kicking off this week, many players and fans will be looking forward to some world class tennis in the next two months. The grueling claycourt season is particularly hard this year because the calender has been condensed and players will be forced to play three claycourt masters series in the [...]
Tournament Preview for the week of April 14-20, 2008, Estoril,Valencia and Houston
April 14th, 2008 Nima Naderi With players putting away their hardcourt shoes for the time being the focus of the tennis world shifts to the red clay in Europe and the French Open looming at the end of May. This week sees the circuit visiting three venues in Estoril, Valencia and Houston. The Portugal and Spain tournaments will see deeper [...]
Roddick to face Mathieu in Davis Cup (AP)
April 13th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Paul-Henri Mathieu was selected to play Andy Roddick in Sunday’s first reverse singles match of the Davis Cup quarterfinal between France and the United States. The U.S. leads the best-of-five series 2-1 and can advance to play Spain in the semifinals with a victory in one of the final two singles matches.
Russia in semis for fourth straight year (AP)
April 13th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Russia reached the Davis Cup semifinals for the fourth consecutive year Sunday, eliminating the Czech Republic when injured Tomas Berdych quit during the fifth set against Nikolay Davydenko. The win gave Russia an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five quarterfinal. Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic beat Marat Safin 6-3, 6-3 in the meaningless second reverse singles to make the final score…
Youzhny Reacts Badly to Losing Point
April 12th, 2008 Sam Holakoozadeh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBDdnAOxQCc
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Spain knocks off Germany 4-1 (AP)
April 12th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Spain advanced to the Davis Cup semifinals after saving two match points to win a five-set doubles match Saturday and establish an unassailable 3-0 lead over Germany. Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco beat Philipp Kohlschreiber and Philipp Petzschner 6-7, (3), 7-6 (1), 6-4, 2-6, 12-10 in 4 hours, 45 minutes on Rebound Ace at AWD Dome Indoor Arena.
Argentina beats Sweden to reach semis (AP)
April 12th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Argentina took a 2-1 lead over Sweden in the Davis Cup quarterfinals Saturday, with David Nalbandian and Guillermo Canas beating Jonas Bjorkman and Robert Lindstedt 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 in doubles. Reverse singles is Sunday, and the winner of the best-of-five series will play Russia or the Czech Republic in the semifinals.
Davydenko, Andreev give Russia 2-1 lead (AP)
April 12th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev rallied to beat Radek Stepanek and Pavel Vizner 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in doubles Saturday, giving Russia a 2-1 lead over the Czech Republic in their Davis Cup quarterfinal. Both team captains made substitutions for the originally drawn doubles pairings. Andreev came in for Mikhail Youzhny and Stepanek substituted for Lukas Dlouhy.
Nadal helps Spain go up 2-0 on Germany (AP)
April 11th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Rafael Nadal got Spain off to a quick start on a fast surface in Germany. Nadal easily beat Nicolas Kiefer 7-6 (5), 6-0, 6-3 in the Davis Cup quarterfinals Friday and David Ferrer also won to give Spain a 2-0 lead over Germany in the best-of-five series on indoor hard courts in Bremen. Marat Safin, who has struggled with a 1-5 record on the ATP Tour this season, overcame a two-set deficit to help…
Russia, Czechs split Davis Cup quarters (AP)
April 11th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News 
Marat Safin overcame a two-set deficit Friday to give Russia a 1-0 lead over the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Safin rallied to defeat Tomas Berdych 6-7 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. The former top-ranked Russian, who has struggled on the ATP tour so far this season, saved 18 of 19 break points.
Australia, India shine in Davis Cup play (AP)
April 11th, 2008 Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News Australia and India took big strides toward qualification for the Davis Cup World Group by seizing 2-0 leads Friday in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group One. Australia leads Thailand after Chris Guccione overcame three match points to defeat Danai Udomchoke 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-5. Lleyton Hewitt cruised past Kirati Siributwong 6-0, 6-0, 6-1.
