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Baghdatis Stuns Federer at Indian Wells
By Mike McIntyre It was lucky number seven as Marcos Baghdatis defeated Roger Federer Tuesday night in Indian Wells 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(4). After losing their previous six encounters, Baghdatis finally came through with a win over the world number one and the jubilant Cypriot called the match the,...
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Published 3 days ago

Agassi Sorry for Behavior at Hit for Haiti
Andre Agassi has offered a public apology to Pete Sampras for his inappropriate behavior at the Hit for Haiti charity event at Indian Wells on Friday evening. He hopes for the opportunity to meet with Pete in person to apologize face-to-face. Agassi mentions that he got carried away in the heat...
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Published 4 days ago

Who's A Poor Tipper?
Here is a youtube clip of the moment the Hit for Haiti event got a tad awkward last night in Indian Wells between Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. Sampras starts out by amusingly imitating Andre's pigeon-walk before Agassi comes back with an offside expression of how Sampras is a poor tipper. A...
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Published a week ago

Hit For Haiti A Huge Success
By Mike McIntyreSome of the greatest tennis stars in the history of the sport came together Friday night in Indian Wells for the second edition of Hit for Haiti to raise money for those affected by the devastating earthquake that hit the small country in early January. The night started out with...
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Published a week ago

Hit For Haiti - Live Streaming
By Mike McIntyreThe second Hit for Haiti charity event is happening tonight in Indian Wells. The tennis kicks off at 7:30pm PST or 10:30pm ET.You can catch live streaming of the event here for free.The first match will feature Steffi Graf and Lindsay Davenport against Martina Navratilova and...
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Published a week ago

Around the Corner: Indian Wells
By Mike McIntyreAlright everybody it's time again for some tennis that really matters at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Both the ATP and WTA Tour's are in the house and that should make for a great week of coverage for our sport. This has always been a terrific event and it set...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Fantasy Tennis Set to Begin
By Mike McIntyreFor all you real tennis fanatics out there, check out the ATP World Tour Fantasy Challenge that is set to begin at Indian Wells this week. Fans get to make their bracket picks in each of the nine Masters Series events on the tour. The winner at the end of the year gets a trip for...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Indian Wells Qualifying Draws
By Mike McIntyreHere are the men's and women's qualifying draws for the upcoming joint ATP and WTA event in Indian Wells, California. The BNP Paribas Open begins on March 10th. On the women's side Britain's Elena Baltacha is the number one seed and has already made it through to the  main...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Pavlyuchenkova Defeats Hantuchova for Monterrey Open Title
By Mike McIntyreAs if Russia needed another women's tennis player to be winning titles on the WTA Tour. Add Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to an already abundant number of talented Russian women on the WTA Tour. The eighteen year old defeated Daniela Hantuchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-0 to claim the title at the...
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Published 2 weeks ago

WTA Tour Drops Sony Ericsson As Title Sponsor
From the Associated Press:The WTA Tour and Sony Ericsson reached a contract extension that continues their relationship through the end of 2012 but drops the mobile phone company as the title sponsor of the women’s tennis tour....
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Published 2 weeks ago

Ernests Gulbis Becomes First Latvian to Win on ATP Tour
By Mike McIntyreErnests Gulbis took a giant step towards living up to his potential with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Ivo Karlovic in the final of the Delray Beach International Championships on Sunday. With the victory, Gulbis becomes the first Latvian ever to win an ATP tournament.“Everything I do...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Around the Corner: Davis Cup and the Monterrey Open
By Mike McIntyreA mixed bag of events are around the corner this week. To kick off the month of March, the men are involved in the first round of Davis Cup competition. The women meanwhile are in Mexico for the Monterrey Open. Both tour's are inching closer to the combined event in Indian Wells...
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Published 3 weeks ago