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$4,000 Charlottesville, VA Tournament

Added by West Nott on November 29, 2007 at 9:29pm — 1 Comment

$1200 Winner: Palm Springs Money Tournament

Added by West Nott on November 29, 2007 at 9:24pm — 6 Comments

Men's ITA National Team Indoors Field Announced

Added by West Nott on November 29, 2007 at 9:05pm — No Comments

Carlos Boluda Video

Added by West Nott on November 29, 2007 at 8:56pm — 1 Comment

Boys: Past Eddie Herr Champions Rankings Analysis

Added by West Nott on November 22, 2007 at 1:00am — 4 Comments

Girls: Past Eddie Herr Champions Rankings Analysis

Added by West Nott on November 21, 2007 at 2:00am — 1 Comment

November 20: Federer Sampras Exhibition

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Novak Djokovic Impersonations

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Thien Nguyen: $100K per year

Added by West Nott on August 21, 2007 at 12:13am — No Comments

Jan Silva - 5 Years Old

Added by West Nott on August 18, 2007 at 5:10pm — 4 Comments

2007 Kalamazoo Video

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Jarkko Nieminen Plays Tennis Inside a Hotel Room

Added by West Nott on June 8, 2007 at 5:08pm — No Comments

ITFtennis.com: Jonathan Eysseric Blog on Practicing with Federer

Jonathan Eysseric and Michelle Larcher de Brito are blogging for ITFtennis.com at the French. I am intrigued by Jonathan because not only is he the former #1 ITF junior in the world, but he is the lefty who is Federer's hitting partner.



Jonathan can obviously play some ball taking Olivier Patience t… Continue

Added by West Nott on June 6, 2007 at 7:28pm — No Comments

Amber Liu Interview: Part 2

5) At the highest levels of the game, girls tend to hit flatter (sometimes harder!) and men tend to hit with much more spin and height over the net- from your strategic perspective, why is that? Is this a byproduct of an inability to move as explosive as men around the court and play consistent defense?



I think girls tend to hit flatter than men because they just aren't as strong. To hit… Continue

Added by West Nott on June 4, 2007 at 12:19pm — No Comments

Video: 2007 Georgia NCAA Champions

Added by West Nott on June 3, 2007 at 5:00pm — No Comments

ATP Fast Serve Speed List: Donald Young at 135 MPH

Who says Donald Young doesn't have enough power? He made this list with 135 mph. All the figures are current to the first week of the French Open.



Andy Roddick...............155,03(249.4kph)............2004 davis cup
Chris Guccione.............155,00.............................2007 davis cup
Taylor Dent..................153,00
Greg Rusedski..............149,00
Oscar Her… Continue

Added by West Nott on June 1, 2007 at 5:29pm — 3 Comments

Amber Liu Interview: Part 1

1) Most tennis enthusiasts are aware you earned three US Open WCs by winning the 2001 G18 USTA National Hardcourts and the 2003 and 2004 NCAA Individual Singles Title in your freshman and sophomore years respectively. (Bio can be found here: http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/liu_amber00.html).



Many wonder, why didn't you turn… Continue

Added by West Nott on June 1, 2007 at 5:02pm — 1 Comment

Underground Tennis Awards

Since the collegiate tennis season is over, I want to hand out a few Underground Tennis Awards. I hope some of you will disagree with my choices and trust me, I will not take it personally. Let's get started!



Biggest Serve

John Isner definitely has the biggest serve in college tennis, if not one of the biggest serves in the world. When you think of great servers,… Continue

Added by West Nott on June 1, 2007 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

Future of Underground Tennis in Jeopardy

Hello! After spending two crazy weeks in Athens, I am finally back in Seattle. The first week was far more entertaining than the second week with all the energy from the team event. As I said after the National Indoors earlier this year in Chicago, the emotion is something you can't find anywhere else in the tennis world. Not even in a Grand Slam.



Her… Continue

Added by West Nott on May 30, 2007 at 4:30pm — 5 Comments

Alex Slovic of Washington downs Jesse Levine of Florida

Wow. I have so much stuff to share, so naturally I do not know where to start. The big news today was Alex Slovic of Washington (pictured below) upsetting Jesse Levine of Florida in three sets in the quarterfinals of the 2007 NCAA Singles Championships.



Although Levine had a phenomenal year on paper, Slovic is not exactly a slouch. If anyone knows any… Continue

Added by West Nott on May 26, 2007 at 3:18pm — 3 Comments

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