No-fly zone over Wimbledon to prevent terror attack
June 25th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 25 (IANS) A no-fly zone has been declared over Wimbledon for the first time since the 9/11 terror attacks.Aircraft have been banned from flying below 500 feet over ... Read more...
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Ex-tennis great Seles sells young adult novel series to Bloomsbury
January 7th, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan.7 (ANI): After entertaining offers from a number of publishers, tennis great Monica Seles has sold a young-adult novel series to Bloomsbury.According to the New York Post, "The Academy" ... Read more...
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Yuki terrific, but needs to be aggressive: Bollettieri
July 12th, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Tennis guru Nick Bollettieri wants India's rising tennis star Yuki Bhambri to be more aggressive mentally to succeed at the international circuit.
Yuki,17, is a gradute ... Read more...
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Bollettieri to pick young talent in India
July 10th, 2010 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Well-known American coach Nick Bollettieri will arrive in India Saturday to select tennis players for the IMG-Reliance scholarship programme.
Assisted by the All India Tennis Association (AITA), ... Read more...
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Seles enshrined in International Hall of Fame
July 12th, 2009 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Newport, July 12 (IANS) Former American tennis star Monica Seles has been enshrined into the International Hall of Fame.
Seles, 35, was Saturday inducted in a 90-minute ceremony along with Andres Gimeno, the ... Read more...
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Evert concerned about grunting women tennis players
June 29th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 29 (ANI): Former tennis great Chris Evert has admitted that she'd have trouble playing with the "louder, shriller" grunting now emitted by some leading women tennis players.Evert, a winner ... Read more...
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Loudest grunter at Wimbledon insists she is not a cheat
June 22nd, 2009 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 22 (ANI): The row over Wimbledon's grunting girls is getting louder, but the loudest offender insisted that she is not a cheat."I am not a cheat. They are part ... Read more...
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Navratilova terms grunting players cheats
June 4th, 2009 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 4 (ANI): Tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who won 18 grand slam titles, has called grunting female players cheats, and asked that something to be done to end the noise ... Read more...
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Monica Seles opens up on eating disorder
April 13th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 13 (IANS) Former tennis star Monica Seles has opened up about her eating disorder that she struggled with for nine years.
The 35-years-old Seles said she started eating excessively soon after ... Read more...
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Food became coping mechanism to deal with stress: Seles
April 13th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 13 (ANI): Former World No.1 tennis star Monica Seles has said that food became her best friend to overcome loneliness after her father's death in 1998.Seles spoke for the first ... Read more...
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Serena Williams wins Australian Open title
January 31st, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan.31 (ANI): American Serena Williams on Saturday won her tenth Grand Slam title by winning this year''s Australian Open.
Williams, 27, overwhelmed Russian Dinara Safina 6-0 6-3 in 59 minutes to ... Read more...
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Seles elected to international tennis Hall of Fame
January 16th, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 16 (IANS) US tennis star and former World No.1 Monica Seles has been elected to the international tennis Hall of Fame.Seles was honoured for a career in which she won ... Read more...
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Former tennis star Chang enters International Hall of Fame
July 13th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Newport (Rhode Islands), July 13 (IANS) Former French Open champion Michael Chang has been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Chang, 36, won the 1989 French Open at age of ... Read more...
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Seles retires from tennis
February 15th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by admin
St. Petersburg (US), Feb 15 (IANS) Former world No.1 American Monica Seles announced retirement from the competitive tennis, bringing down curtains to an illustrious career. Seles so far had not officially retired, ... Read more...
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The best way to stop Maria Sharapova from grunting!
December 19th, 2007 - 5:33 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Dec.19 (ANI): Australian grand slam champion Judy Dalton says today's players should forfeit matches against Maria Sharapova in a bid to beat her grunting.
At Wimbledon, the London tabloids' famous grunt-o-meter first ... Read more...
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