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Great Britain’s number one female player, Anne Keothavong, hopes to break into the top 100 on the computer rankings during the 2007 tennis season. Keothavong is currently ranked at No. 144. (Keothavong sets her sights high)
The pressure is mounting for Sania Mirza to perform well at next month’s Doha Asian Games in Qatar, but she’ll be facing stiff competition from the Chinese contingent. (Can Sania prove she’s Asia’s best?)
Fed Cup has selected the venue locations for next year’s Zonal group competitions. Argentina, Uruguay, New Zealand, Mauritius, and Bulgaria will be hosting the events in April. (Venues for 2007 Zonal Groups announced)
Venus Williams testified yesterday that her father Richard has no managerial control over her contracts. (Venus Williams testifies she had no knowledge of Battle of the Sexes match)
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour website has published a great article recapping the 2006 tennis season. (The Season That Was)
Katerina Maleeva may be retired from professional tennis, along with her sisters Magdalena and Manuela, but she is still supporting the game of tennis in Bulgaria. (READING ROOM: Over the net and through the woods)
Faults
Could tennis balls be contributing to player injuries? Gavin Versi has written an excellent article at Tennis.com explaining why the balls may add to the problem. (Eyes on the Ball: The latest injury suspect)
HA I read the article on Sania in the newspaper!
Wll I guess that the problem with her is pressure~
Even when she’s not India she fell that 1.5 billion guys on her back!!!
I suppose the guy who wrote that artcle is Indian (there’re many here ;)) and just does what many of compatriots do : EXPECT THE BEST …
D-2 before the Games
D-6 before Tennis begins :)
Nexty,
Will you be attending any of the tennis competition?
Well I hope!!!
The thing is that it’s pretty complicated to follow the way things are gonna/are organized!!I’m thinking of getting the scheduel somehow…
The other probem is that i’m still having school( unless the emir decides this evening to close them…but if he does we will loose the february vacation so no Qtar Total Open)
And if I have school it’s gonna be hard to follw it properly!
At leat the week-ends!
Cool, Nexty, you live in Qatar? What’s it like out there (except for hot?)
yeah lol
Oh now it’s getting cold! It’s like 25 degres during the day!
Doha is a beautiful City where you feel that it’s changing.Sometimes you go across the road and you see a new bulding and then you wonder for ten minutes :”D*** When did they build that >” really …
But i’s sem like in 20 years the coutry will desapear and be covered by water lol…a bit sad
hey but i’m not qatari lol…
It’s a coutry with many expatriates
in fact there are 750000 peple here but onle 150000 qataris :o
Nexty, thanks for answering to my comment. I really think I wanna go to Doha or Dubai one day to see what it’s like. All I hear about these places sounds to me like it’s very artifical… oil financed Disney World where Expats are hired for the brains and Indians for the muscle… if they all leave it will be back to tents and camels because apparently qataris receive ample money to not really have to work. I wonder whether the societies will ever be fair and equal for all and whether is economies will ever be sustainable.
Enjoy your time out there though!
Thanks :)