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"Heavyweight Title Fight": Murray KO's Nadal  | read this item

“Heavyweight Title Fight”: Murray KO’s Nadal

 
Playing perhaps the finest match of his career, a spectacularly precise Andrew Murray pummeled defending Australian Open champ Rafael Nadal for three sets and scored an impressive technical knockout. At 0-3 down in set three, Nadal retired from the contest citing a knee injury.
From the first point this hotly-anticipated night match between the two tennis titans [...]

Biofile with Maria Kirilenko  | read this item

Biofile with Maria Kirilenko

Status: WTA tennis player ranked #58 in the world upset 2008 champion Maria Sharapova in three sets in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open. 
Ht: 5-8  Wt: 127
DOB: January 25, 1987  In: Moscow, Russia
First Tennis Memory:  “When I came to the club when I was seven-years-old and I came to one of the bigger clubs [...]

Safin signs in Washington DC 2007  | read this item

Tribute Biofile Marat Safin 1998

This Biofile was done on August 31, 1998 at the US Open. At the time Safin was a highly regarded teenager but was still ranked outside the top 50. He reached the round of 16 in Flushing Meadows before losing to Sampras. Safin would break into the top 50 later in the year when he defeated Korda [...]

Biofile with Chuang Chia-Jung  | read this item

Biofile with Chuang Chia-Jung

Status: WTA player just won the doubles event in Los Angeles with partner Yan Zi by defeating Kirilenko/A. Radwanska 60 46 10-7.
Ht: 5-6 Wt: 132
DOB: January 10, 1985 In: Koahsiung, Chinese Taipei
Tennis Inspiration: “Federer, Roger.”
Hobbies/Leisure Activities: “Music, Internet, singing, seeing movies and shopping.”
Favorite Movies: “Nothing special.”
Favorite TV Show: [...]