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By Mike McIntyre Ernests 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......

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By Mike McIntyre A 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......

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By Mike McIntyre It was just over a year ago that I first took serious notice of Shahar Peer. Unfortunately it was not due to her results on the tennis court but rather for the uproar that was generated when......

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By Mike McIntyreBarclays Dubai Tennis Championships With Venus Williams successfully defending her title this past week, the pressure will now be on Novak Djokovic to accomplish the same feat as the men take to the hard-courts in Dubai. Djokovic is......

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By Mike McIntyre Shahar Peer's magical run in Dubai came to an end on Friday with Venus Williams prevailing in their semi-final encounter by a score of 6-1, 6-4 on a remote outer court at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships.......

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By Mike McIntyre Up and coming American tennis phenom Melanie Oudin lost in the quarterfinals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships to qualifier Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday. Check out the tournament blog she kept while in......

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By Mike McIntyre In a first round clash between fellow Americans, Andy Roddick emerged victorious over James Blake at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships by a score of 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3) on Wednesday. It was his first win over the......

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By Mike McIntyre Shahar Peer's first tournament in Dubai is turning out to be quite the memorable experience so far. Israel's best tennis player defeated 2009 finalist Virginie Razzano 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the round of sixteen against top......

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By Mike McIntyre Shahar Peer of Israel made the most of her first opportunity to play tennis in the United Arab Emirates, by defeating 13th seeded Yanina Wickmayer 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the opening round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis......

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By Mike McIntyre It was a year ago that Israel's Shahar Peer had the misfortune of becoming embroiled in one of the biggest controversy's in the history of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. While Serena-gate was quite the event at......

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By Mike McIntyreOpen 13 - Marseille, France With six players in the top-fifty of the ATP rankings system, France is certainly well represented in the upper echelon of the men's game. The tournament in Marseille enjoys a significant French presence......

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Andy Roddick's wife, Brooklyn Decker, has been chosen for the prestigious cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition for 2010. For more from Decker in this year's issue, check out Sports Illustrated's website....

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A 38 year old Pete Sampras fell to Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-6(2) during an exhibition match on opening night at the SAP Open in San Jose on Monday night. Feeling his age, the fourteen time Grand Slam champion admitted it......

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Here's an article from 2006 detailing the friendship and tennis rivalry between Andy Roddick and newly crowned Super Bowl Champion Drew Brees. From the San Diego Union-Tribune: Top U.S. player glad Drew chose football They were two Texas tykes on......

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By Mike McIntyre Now that they've had some time to recover from a fantastic Grand Slam in Australia that saw Roger Federer confirm his dominance in the men's game, many big-name players will make their return to the court. Andy......

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By Mike McIntyre Just a quick post to bring you up to speed on a few developments since the end of the Australian Open. The ATP and WTA Tours will now proceed with some smaller level tournaments on both hard......

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By Mike McIntyre 2010 has been a good year for tennis so far and it has also been a good year for ProTennisFan. I have thankfully found more time to dedicate to the sport that I love and that has......

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By Mike McIntyre Roger Federer rolled over Andy Murray in straight sets in the Australian Open final on Sunday, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(11). With the impressive victory, Federer increases his all-time Grand Slam record with his sixteenth major title. Many felt......

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By Mike McIntyre Roger Federer is saying all of the right things ahead of contesting his twenty-third Grand Slam final and his second versus Andy Murray. He appears to be calm, cool and collected enough to even mention in jest......

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By Mike McIntyre Diminutive Justine Henin has just one more step to take to match fellow-Belgian Kim Clijsters' remarkable comeback from last summer. Clijsters won a Grand Slam in just her third tournament back on tour at the U.S. Open......

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By Mike McIntyre Players from both the ATP and WTA Tour's have donated their tennis racquets to Tennis Australia's charity auction for Haiti. You can bid on the racquets of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters and Jelena......

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By Mike McIntyre Down 2-6, 1-3 and 15-40 on his serve, things were not looking good for Roger Federer against Nikolay Davydenko on Wednesday at the Australian Open. All signs were pointing towards a third consecutive victory for the Russian......

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By Mike McIntyre Ladies and gentlemen, play is suspended due to...fireworks. Never before have I seen a professional tennis match, or any other sporting event for that matter, delayed due to fireworks overhead, but such was the case on Tuesday......

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By Mike McIntyre Only eight men remain in Melbourne at the Australian Open and is it any surprise that Roger Federer seems to be picking up his game at the right time? While I believed at the onset of the......

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By Mike McIntyre Time for fourth-round matches to get underway in Melbourne and there are some fantastic battles on deck for Sunday from the bottom-half of the men's and women's draws. John Isner, Ivo Karlovic and Andy Roddick are proving......

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