The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
A tennis coach who helped train Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova was jailed for fiveandahalf years for sexually abusing young hopefuls.
ZooTennis (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rodney Harmon, Director of Men's Tennis for USTA High Performance since 2002, is no longer employed by the organization. There have been no details released, but Harmon and High Performance Coach Martin Van Daalen are no longer there, joining coaches Wade McGuire, Debbie Graham Shaffer, Robin White and Kimberly Po-Messerli, as well as Director of Women's Tennis Jean Nachand, who have not survived in...
Catholic Ragemonkey (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
In the ongoing effort to 1.) find an exercise that I can sustain for a long time and 2.) corrupt my fellow clergy to my personal hegemony, I decided to take tennis lessons. This wasn't my idea; another priest of the Archdiocese fell into my trap. I took my first lesson on Tuesday. Truth be told, I am not half bad. My instructor ran me through a lot of basic drills to get a read on my athletic
Valley News Dispatch (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Valley girls tennis coach Rachael Link had her players run through New Kensington to get in shape before stepping onto the courts in August.
Inside Edge PR (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
I had a post on Friday regarding my media outreach about a 12-year-old tennis player named Jordan Belga who trains at Five Seasons Sports Club in Northbrook, Ill. On Saturday came this Daily Herald feature , which included an interview with Jordan's coach, Five Seasons tennis pro Jacek Dabrowski. It doesn't always work out so nicely. In this case, fortunately, the Daily Herald opted to devote some...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Shawnee Mission East girls tennis coach Susan Chipman had a simple message for Mimi Fotopoulos — be patient.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Bangalore: Coach Gary Kirsten lobbing up a red-coloured tennis ball and quickly slamming the racquet on it to send it careening towards Rahul Dravid was an interesting sidelight as the preparatory camp made steady progress at the Chinnaswamy ...
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Only two men competed for the ISU men's tennis team this weekend in Evanston at the Wildcat Invitational. Senior Daniel Tobar and sophomore Filip Miljevic each battled back after getting off to rough starts. "Neither of those guys will tell you that they played their best tennis," head coach Cris James said.
France24 (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
French tennis woman Amélie Maursemo announced on Monday on her website she has split coach Loic Courteau, who had been training her for six years. After a series of upsets during the season, she is now ranked 25th in the world.
On the Baseline Tennis News (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo has separated from her long-time coach Loic Courteau. The two-time Grand Slam champion has struggled throughout the 2008 tennis season with multiple injuries and poor results.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
If you listen to enough tennis commentary and interviews, it doesn’t take too long before you can translate: TALENTED PLAYER - nice stuff, but erratic and weak in the head NOTHING TO LOSE - I’m cannon fodder and scared to death, but this is what my coach told me to say NO PRESSURE ON ME - yeah, right I [...]
ZooTennis (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
My weekly story for The Tennis Recruiting Network really isn't a story at all, but nine photos with captions that are the work of Reka Zsilinszka, now a sophomore at Duke. She wrote a diary during her trip to Vietnam this summer for the Coach for College initiative, and excerpts from that diary will appear in the next issue of SMASH, due out in November. It's been a real treat to talk with Reka about...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Haddonfield tennis coach Jeff Holman wants sophomore Spencer Ng to seize her opportunities. That's true on the court, during rallies with opponents.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
When new Fairview tennis coach Chad Tsuda stresses the importance of the team concept, his words are as deliberate and true as any shot the former prep standout hit.
Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Liberty girls tennis coach Stephanie Ollivier wasn't sure how her Patriots would stack up with Garces in a battle of Southeast Yosemite League unbeatens.
