Thursday, September 27, 2012
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Britain’s Top Two
Women Players Are Moving Up
Britain’s
two young female stars are serving notice they intend to enhance their
reputation in 2013.
Laura
Robson caught the tennis public’s attention by ousting Grand Slam
champions Kim Clijsters and Li Na at the recent US Open before reaching
last weekend’s final in Guangzhou and Heather Watson gave world no.2
Maria Sharapova a major scare in this week’s Toray Pan Pacific Open in
Tokyo.
BBC Official
Doesn’t Like The Grunting On Court
The
list of those who decry the trend of ‘grunting’ in tennis gained another
notable signature as Barbara Slater, the Director of Sport with the BBC
in Britain.
“It is a shame, and
some of our audience clearly don’t like that,” insisted Slater, a former
Olympic gymnast for Britain who is the first woman to hold the coveted
Director of Sport title at the BBC.
Tipsarevic Likes
Bangkok
Thoughtful
top seed Janko Tipsarevic has emerged pleasantly surprised into the
quarter-finals of the Thailand Open as his first impressions of a debut
Bangkok visit continue to sink in.
"I was
surprised at how well the city is structured. The only impressions I had
of Bangkok were from The Hangover II film. But actually, I've found none
of the chaos and mayhem (of the film)."
Rafter Shows He Is
A Good Citizen
Australian
Davis Cup captain Patrick Rafter has been spending a few days away from
tennis doing tourism promotion on the tropical far north of the
island-continent, The popular two-time Grand Slam winner has done his
bit accompanied by his wife and children in picturesque Port Douglas,
jumping-off point for the Great Barrier Reef.
Daily Tennis News—Business
Bob
Larson Tennis produces several tennis newsletters. One of these is Daily
Tennis News—Business. This publication is a daily report on the money in
tennis; Who is getting the money, Where does it come from, What do they
do with it and Where does it go.
If you are interested in the business side of tennis, you will find it
interesting. For a free copy of Daily Tennis News—Business, just send
an email to
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A
Collection of Tennis Images For Sale
A
professional tennis photographer has been shooting for almost 40 years
at all the major and minor tennis tournaments for the wires systems,
daily newspapers, magazines and advertising agencies. He has been to
venues all over the world and has compiled tennis images (archives) of
all the professionals and some juniors. The images have all been
preserved in a temperature-controlled environment and are color
positives (slides), color and black & white negatives and contact
sheets, as well as digital. There are in excess of 400,000 images and
they are for sale. Seller will transfer copyright and will give total
usage to the purchaser. Lists available with players, tournaments,
dates, etc. For more information please contact 954-448-4999.
Tennis Job of the Day
Greenwood Country
Club, Greenwood, Indiana is seeking a head pro. 307 535 8635.
Bob Larson’s Tennis
publishes Daily Tennis Jobs a daily list of available tennis jobs
throughout the US market. Only $10 a month. For a free sample of the
current list, just email
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