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The UAE has apparently relented on Andy Ram: In the wake of the Gulf state’s denial of a visa for a female Israeli tennis player, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) had scheduled a news conference on Wednesday to press the ATP to withdraw its backing for the tournament, a spokesman for the congressman said. But Yousef […]
February 18, 2009
Steve Tignor backed up his strong blog post on Tennis.com with an article at ESPN today about the role of money in the Dubai Disaster. Role as in “determinative factor.” As I pointed out earlier, Venus Williams’ initial statement focused on the fab prize money available in the UAE. Money rules. Money quote from Tignor: […]
February 18, 2009
One of the people I looked forward to hearing from on the Dubai Disaster was Pam Shriver. A past player president of the WTA, Pam has never minced words. She’s also demonstrated a long-time commitment to social justice issues and never worried about talking politics. She went on the record with ESPN’s Bonnie Ford and […]
February 18, 2009
The one person on the women’s tour who has leadership potential is Venus Williams. She has been a fantastic advocate for equal prize money – the best and most articulate voice on the issue since Billie Jean King. She is the only top player regularly involved in tour issues. So it is a bit disappointing […]
February 18, 2009
The Controversy The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department apparently has a war on its hands between dodgeball people and tennis players after the artful dodgers invaded the public tennis courts. When the tennis players complained, the city told the dodgeball players to scram. They even gave the dodgeball folks gyms to play in – but they […]
February 18, 2009
Dubai resident Roger Federer will not be playing in the tournament next week due to a back injury. I take him at his word. But it is a convenient out for the big guy. Fed originally started hanging in Dubai when he was being coached by Tony Roche and was looking for a halfway point […]
February 18, 2009
I almost feel sorry for pro tennis that it is taking the heat for the Dubai mess when the country has had support of many governments and multinationals and athletes…But still, I have to criticize the game here. Next week the men play in Dubai. Guess what? So far Andy Ram, a top ten doubles […]
Passing Shots 
February 18, 2009
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