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Tennis pro Ram to host fundraiser
September 4, 2010CARMEL -- Carmel tennis pro Rajeev Ram will hold a fund-raising exhibition called "EntouRAJ for Kids!" Dec. 4 at Carmel Racquet Club.
Tennis.com: Capra filling role of next teen sensation
September 4, 2010Tennis.com: Fighting her way into the third round at the U.S. Open, 18-year-old Beatrice Capra has shown remarkable composure and skill. If she can beat Maria Sharapova in the next round, she'll be fully embraced as the next Melanie Oudin.
Tennis team struggles
September 4, 2010The Wahpeton boys tennis team continues its search for points in a 9-0 loss to Red River on Thursday. “We played the best team in the state today and they came out swinging. I think our kids showed a lot of heart and stroked the ball with no fear,” coach Kyle Christianson said.
Tennis-Big-hitting Brown hopes to hit it big in Jamaica
September 4, 2010Dustin Brown likes to hit it big on the tennis court, and the rangy Jamaican hopes his U.S. Open showing enables him to hit it big back home.
Forty To Love: Tennis Takes The Title In Sports Participation Growth
September 4, 2010The Tennis Industry Association
Tennis Academy on a Winning Streak to Raise $1-Million
September 4, 2010Who said kids can't raise big bucks? In the last five years, students of the Austin Tennis Academy , which annually trains more than 100 tennis players aged 5 to 18, has raised more than $350,000 for A Glimmer of Hope , a Texas charity that provides clean water and other necessities to needy people in Ethiopia.
Tennis royalty holds court in Central Park
September 4, 2010Billie Jean King and Steffi Graf, a borough removed from one of their sport's crown-jewel events, are still spreading tennis gospel to the masses. Thursday morning, well before summer in the city got dirty and gritty, dozens of girls gathered at the Central Park public tennis courts to await visiting royalty.
Tennis team moving on without heavy hitters
September 4, 2010The Monticello girls' tennis team has eight matches in, and school doesn't even start for another five days. But there have been some early highs and lows for coach Jeff Bordwell's team, which is facing its first season without the Magic's "first lady" of tennis - state qualifier Katie Kotschevar.
Tennis.com: Oudin falls victim to U.S. Open pressure
September 4, 2010Tennis.com: Melanie Oudin's magical performance in 2009 ensured that no matter what she did in the 11-plus month interim, she would be judged by how she performed here in 2010. That pressure was Oudin's downfall in the second round.
Tennis his way: John McEnroe starts academy
September 4, 2010John McEnroe wants a hand in reviving American tennis. He wants to do it his way. The John McEnroe Tennis Academy opens Sept. 13, the day after the U.S. Open. The academy will be on Randall's Island, a strip of land between Manhattan and Queens. McEnroe wants it to be a place where young players can develop without leaving home and moving to a boarding school and tennis academy.
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