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• This decade’s sport: 2000 - 2004

  
  t5m: Love Personality, Love t5m — Authority: 549
  In a football review of 2000 – 2004, it’s hard to look past England’s miserable record at major competitions as a starting point. The nation went into the 2000 European Championships full of high hopes which were immediately stalled by an opening match defeat to Portugal. Five days later and victory over ...
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• Mechanics-Mechanics: The Federer and Sampras Tennis Synergy

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
  This the latest in an occasional series of collaborations looking in detail at the similarities and differences between two players. This half presents the similarities between Roger Federer and Pete Sampras. For a view of their differences, please check out antiMatter’s parallel article . The talent that a body ...
  3 days ago

• Mechanics-Mechanics : The Proactive Sampras and The Reactive Federer

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
  Marianne and I are collaborating on analyzing Sampras and Federers games to spot the similarities and the differences. I have analyzed the differences, but please check her article to read about the similarities. Please note that establishing who is "better" is not the aim of this venture. There are two “ways” ...
  3 days ago

• Tennis Siesta

  
  Roddick Watch — Authority: 91
  Its the tennis off-season, you know what that means? Andy playing lots of charities and impersonating other players, yay! Heres one I hadnt seen before, Andy does Pete Sampras : If you missed seeing Andy and Serena play at World Team Tennis last night the entire video is available free online. To sum up: Andy ...
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• Review – Andre Agassi’s “Open”.

  
  Adjusting the Net — Authority: 126
  For all the continued talk over Andre Agassi’s recent admission that he took crystal meth in 1997, after reading “Open”, one can understand how that life error could occur. It doesn’t condone what happened or how it was covered up, both by Agassi and the ATP, but after reading the book, one realizes there is ...
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• Tennis and YouTube: Underrated Classics

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
  The tennis offseason has officially begun after Spains thumping victory over the Czech Republic. It is hard to imagine another month and a half without tennis after witnessing an absolutely spectacular 2009 season, so Ill utilize this space to share some of the finest tennis moments that YouTube has to offer. This ...
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• Welcome To The Top 10, Justine

  
  Forty Deuce — Authority: 508
  Justine beat Flavia 64 64. If this were any weekend other than Davis Cup weekend, Im sure the commies would be creaming themselves. "Yay, Carlos! We did it!"
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• Tennis Exhibition: Pete Sampras to play exhibition in San Jose

  
  ATP Men's Tennis — Authority: 442
  Tennis Exhibition: Pete Sampras to play exhibition in San Jose Pete Sampras will return to San Jose next year to play in another exhibition. SAP Open tournament officials said Friday that Sampras will kick off this year’s tournament with an exhibition match against Spain’s Fernando Verdasco on Feb. 8. Sampras ...
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• Pete Sampras: The Ace, The Slam Dunk, and The Running Forehand

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
  What the Mind Cooks Up There are moments in life of great inspiration, positive or negative, when one feels an unstoppable surge of energy. The mind becomes clearer, the senses become sharper, thoughts race at break-neck speed, and the hands and legs agree to whatever whims and fancies the head concocts. Yes, when ...
  2 weeks ago

• Roger Federer, Rod Laver And Tennis History Books For The Holidays

  
  TennisGrandstand — Authority: 419
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Roger Federer, Rod Laver and Tennis History are on sale as New Chapter Press recommends all four of its tennis titles as Holiday gifts for tennis fans. The Roger Federer Story, Quest for Perfection ($24.95, www.rogerfedererbook.com ) was written by Rene Stauffer, the esteemed Swiss tennis ...
  2 weeks ago

• Djokovic hopes to emulate heroes in Sergio Tacchini

  
  Tennishead — Authority: 146
  A new era dawns in 2010 as Novak Djokovic leaves behind his brightly coloured adidas ensemble to hook up with Sergio Tacchini
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• ATP World Tour Finals: Nikolay Davydenko, Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro

  
  Tennis Racquet Racket — Authority: 122
  At the ATP World Finals, Roger Federer is now ranked 1 in the sport for the 5th time. Hes one away from tying Pete Sampras record of 6 number one spots. He won that trophy at the ATP World Tour Finals in London at the O2 Arena on Wednesday, but was eliminated later in the semifinals. Federer is a 15-time Grand Slam ...
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• Roger Federer Is No. 1 Again

  
  Back Porch FanHouse — Authority: 592
  by FanHouse Newswire Filed under: ATP , ATP Rankings LONDON (AP) -- Roger Federer has reclaimed his spot at the top of the tennis world, securing the year-end No. 1 ranking for the fifth time. The record 15-time Grand Slam champion is closing in on Pete Sampras all-time mark of six. "It means a lot to have ...
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• Biofile with Jim Brown

  
  TheBiofile.com — Authority: 116
    Childhood Hero: “Joe DiMaggio.” Childhood Dream:  ”Freedom, equality and justice. My dream is still freedom, equality and justice.” Funny Football Memory:  ”170-lb. Pat Fisher picking me up – 230 lbs. – and taking me about five yards back and dumping me on my butt. And having all the fans at ...
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• The Friday Five: Pre-Mature Death Bells For Federer

  
  TennisGrandstand — Authority: 419
  Roger Federer is still the king By Maud Watson Return of the King – It seems like only yesterday a sobbing Australian Open finalist Roger Federer had the critics convinced that his star was fading fast.  But after an amazing summer that saw him complete the career Grand Slam as well as break Pete Sampras’ ...
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• Novak Djokovic Leaves adidas Tennis (and his personal falcon) for Sergio Tacchini.

  
  Tennisidentity.com — Authority: 412
  Sergio Tacchini International has signed Novak Djokovic as its global brand ambassador. The deal places Djokovic alongside former elite endorsers John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, Pat Cash,... Please visit our site for the rest of this post. Thank you!
  3 weeks ago

• Federer Clinches Year-End #1 For 5th Time in 6 Years

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 432
  15-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer is guaranteed to end the year as the World #1 for the 5th time in 6 years by defeating Andy Murray in London 3-6 6-3 6-1 at the World ATP Finals. Only Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors have been able to finish #1 at the end of the year five times; Sampras was ranked ...
  3 weeks ago

• International sports, tennis: Federer defeats Murray, keeps top slot

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 589
  Federer inches closer to another Sampras record London, England (GenevaLunch) – Roger Federer neatly defeated Scotland’s Andy Murray in three sets, 3-6 6-3 6-1 at the ATP World Tour in London’s o2 arena. The Swiss player thus ensures that he will keep his ranking as the world’s top player for the rest of ...
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• The Greatest Match of All-Time?

  
  TennisGrandstand — Authority: 419
  There has been much talk about the greatest match of all-time. The last two Wimbledon finals (Rafael Nadal defeating Roger Federer 9-7 in the fifth set in the 2008 final and Federer edging Andy Roddick 16-14 in the fifth  set in 2009) certainly are integral part of this conversion. One match that deserves ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Interpretation of Tennis: Pete Sampras Athletic Expressionism

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
  It is sometimes sort of a debate, an argument, tennis is. Just like passionate arguers who try to find weaknesses in the other’s points, players constantly probe the other’s game for loopholes. The process is never ending, as every player comes the next time armed with better arguments, capitalizing on the flaws ...
  3 weeks ago

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