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BRADENTON -- Jesse Levine stopped listening to the murmurs long ago. He has turned a deaf ear to the folks who told him he had no chance when he was 16, a great chance when he was 18, and the others who told him he was too small to play tennis. "I just do what I can and give it 100 percent every...
The annual Manatee Seminole Club golf tournament, featuring Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden, will be held Thursday at Legacy Golf Club, followed by a dinner that evening at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club. Proceeds from the event go to the Manatee Seminole Club Scholarship Fund.
When Pete Carpenter and Vamsee Chappidi found out their home courts at the Racquet Club at El Conquistador were to host a USTA Pro Circuit event this month, they were excited for the opportunity to watch some of the best up-and-coming players in the game.
Overseas coaches coming to India have a tendency to bestow lavish praise on talented youngsters, but American tennis coach Dough MacCurdy really means it when he says the next generation of Indian champions is on its way. ... MacCurdy also thinks highly of Vivek Shokeen...
Tennis is going super-sized writes Mark Hodgkinson. ... By Mark Hodgkinson Have your say Read comments Tennis is going super-sized at Queen's Club next month. Croatia's Ivo Karlovic is a mere 6ft 10in in his socks John Isner, an American who stands 6ft 9in in his white...
Washington's Legg Mason Tennis Classic, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this summer, has received commitments from Americans Mardy Fish and John Isner . They'll join a field led by the country's top-ranked player, Andy Roddick , who announced earlier this year that he'll skip the 2008...
WASHINGTON - Mardy Fish, who stunned world number one Roger Federer in last months ATP final at In... ... WASHINGTON - Mardy Fish, who stunned world number one Roger Federer in last month's ATP final at Indian Wells, will join Andy Roddick in skipping the Beijing Olympics...
Pete Sampras joins another senior circuit and loosens up off the court, too. ... By RAVI UBHA SPECIAL TO THE P-I Pete Sampras suddenly can't get enough of tennis. After staying away from the sport for a few years following retirement, Sampras got the itch and hit the...
Igor Kunitsyn of Russia rallied from a set down to beat second-seeded Tommy Haas 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in a first-round match at the U.S. Clay Court Championship on Tuesday. ... Kunitsyn broke Haas in the first game of the final set but then quickly dropped his own. The Russian...
Luck of the draw? From a River Oaks' standpoint, the club's first ATP draw in 24 years Friday proved anything but lucky. ... From a fan's standpoint, a first-round showdown between No. 1 seed James Blake and wild-card Kei Nishikori is arguably as good as it gets for a...
