Articles from the ‘Lawn Tennis’ category

Federer Reaches Quarterfinals At French Open

Posted by on May 30, 2011 at 9:44 am in Lawn Tennis, Sports

 (AP and OfficialWire)  PARIS (FRANCE) OfficialWire News Bureau   Open Roger Federer reached a record 28th straight Grand Slam quarterfinal by defeating Davis Cup teammate Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 at the French Open on Sunday. The third-seeded Federer has yet to lose a set this year at Roland Garros and will next face either No. [...]

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Education Through Tennis — Helping Kids Fulfill their Dreams

Posted by on March 11, 2011 at 10:47 am in Lawn Tennis, Sports

Parrish, FL (PRWEB) Donkor Tennis and Education Foundation (DTEF) has been keeping busy with some exciting projects over the past few months! One of the most exiting of these has been the recent start of construction on a facility in Ghana, West Africa that will be the first Tennis and Education facility of its kind [...]

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Serena Williams Might Lose her leg ! Falls from No 1 to Number 13 after foot infection !

Posted by on February 2, 2011 at 12:28 pm in Lawn Tennis, Sports

Serena Williams has already admitted that she had foot surgery, following an accident involving broken glass at a restaurant in Munich last summer. However, now it is being reported that her foot is badly infected and not responding to antibiotics. SandraRose is reporting: “Williams has a serious bone infection (osteomyelitis) in her right foot that [...]

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Clijsters Beats China’s Li Na in Three Sets to Win Australian Open Title

Posted by on January 29, 2011 at 8:15 pm in Lawn Tennis, Sports

By Dan Baynes Four months after leaving New York with her second straight U.S. Open title, Kim Clijsters conquered Melbourne in the latest major stop on her tennis comeback by winning her first Australian Open. Clijsters, the No. 3 seed from Belgium, fought back from a set down to beat Li Na last night for [...]

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Venus Williams tops herself with crisscrossed ‘Wonderland’ dress

Posted by on January 20, 2011 at 10:00 am in Lawn Tennis, Sports

By Chris Chase Just when you thought Venus Williams had gone as far (and short) as possible, she manages to stretch the boundaries of tennis fashion a little bit more. In her second-round match at the Australian Open, the seven-time Grand Slam champ  walked onto the court at Rod Laver Arena wearing a yellow tank-top [...]

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Sadiq wins Golden Tulip tennis tournament

Posted by on December 14, 2010 at 9:55 am in Lawn Tennis, Sports

Abdul Sadiq put up a splendid performance to win the Golden Tulip Open two-day tennis tournament held in Kumasi. He beat Boakye Asante 7-5 set to pick up the trophy and an undisclosed cash amount that was at stake. The event was organized by the Golden Tulip Tennis Club with support from Ash Foam, Bentronics [...]

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Milo 14 & 16 Under Junior Tennis Championship opens December 20

Posted by on December 9, 2010 at 11:37 am in Lawn Tennis, Sports

The Ghana Tennis Association in collaboration with Nestle Ghana Limited would be organizing the Milo 14 & 16 Under Junior Tennis Championship Open from the 20th – 23rd December, 2010 at the Accra Sports Stadium Tennis Courts. The Tournament would be a warm up to the ITF/CAT WEST & CENTRAL AFRICA 14 & 16 Junior [...]

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Federer defeats Nadal says fatigue not a factor in defeat

Posted by on December 1, 2010 at 11:07 am in Lawn Tennis, Sports

Rafael Nadal refused to use fatigue as an excuse on Sunday after his incredible year ended in defeat by Roger Federer at the ATP World Tour Finals. The 24-year-old world number one played one of the matches of the year to battle past Andy Murray in a three-hour semi-final but he found Federer in sensational [...]

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