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New Blood

January 31, 2008

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Oz has come and gone but I didn’t want to forget about Joker’s victory over Tsonga to win the title.  Tsonga has all the tools. Now comes the hard part: dealing with sudden fame, learning about consistency, figuring out how to use all those tools to win matches, and staying healthy.  To be fair we […]

Ukraine’s Bondarenko Sisters Win Women’s Doubles Title

January 31, 2008

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Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko won the 2008 Australian Open Women’s Doubles Title. The Bondarenko Sisters–sound like they ought to be 40s era showgirls, entertaining the troops or something. Kateryna is more well known, having hovered inside the top fifty singles rankings for the last few years. Although she and older sister Alona have been around […]

Mixed Champions: Sun Tiantian (China) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia)

January 31, 2008

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Sun and Nenad defeated Indians Mahesh Bupathi and Sania Mirza to win the mixed doubles title. This is a little bit of an upset since Mahesh has been ranked number 1 in doubles and has several grand slam titles under his belt, while Mirza is a top 20 singles player.  Sun is one of a […]

Tennis Ball to the Groin, A Scientific Study

January 31, 2008

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FOX Sport Science found a stupid guy to be a Crotch Test Dummy for a tennis ball shot out of a ball machine… into his gonads, at over 50 mph. No, seriously.