The dramatic beginning and end to the 2008 tennis...

2009 World Tennis: Rivalries and Challenges

The dramatic beginning and end to the 2008 tennis season naturally throws up new sets of rivalries and challenges for the year 2009. In the men’s game, Serbian’s Novak Djokovic’s exciting perf...
Venus Williams, tournament favourite by bookmakers...

Venus Williams Wait For Aussie Title Dream

Venus Williams, tournament favourite by bookmakers after her outstanding performance in Japan at the beginning of the season, had her Aussie Open singles title dream botched for the ninth time in her ...
 James Riley Blake, 29, turned professional in 199...

Blake Gets Wiser, Discover Winning ways

James Riley Blake, 29, turned professional in 1999 and has three Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances – two at the US Open 2005/2006, one at the Australian Open 2008 – to his credit. He achieved h...
 The world famous tennis siblings, Venus and Seren...

Visit of the Williams Sisters to Nigeria

The world famous tennis siblings, Venus and Serena Williams have accepted to come to Nigeria to motivate and inspire Nigerian youths with their story and their talent. You probably know the story of ...

Top News

Monfils and Tsonga tangle for final berth

Gael Monfils and his Davis Cup teammate Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will take to the court in the battle of the Frenchman. The last – and only - time Gael Monfil...
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Struggling Venus happy to see end of 2009

DOHA — Venus Williams breathed a sigh of relief when she discovered she had been overlooked for America's Fed Cup final team, admitting her usual power-...
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Monfils confirmed for 2010 SA Open

Tennis star Gael Monfils has been confirmed as a player at next year’s South African Tennis Open. The Frenchman will be in the country to play in the co...
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Blake's day bleak in Basle

Basle, Switzerland - James Blake failed to impress in his first European indoor event of what could be a brief end-of-season, with the former Top 10 playe...
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Tennis Academy And Golden Tulip Family Tennis Championship 13 August 2010

Tennis Academy And Golden Tulip (Festac) Hotel to Institutionalize Family Tennis Championship

The International Tennis Academy in partnership with the Golden Tulip (Festac) Hotel has concluded plans to institutionalize the Family Tennis Championships which it (ITA) originated in the past. The repackaged championship which is aimed at promoting family cohesion and values through sport will in the future hold every first week of August.

This year’s event taking place at the Golden Tulip (Festac) Hotel sports club has been scheduled for August 14 and August 15 and will feature husband–wife, father–son, mother-daughter and mixed doubles of any combination as in brother and sister, mother and son and father and daughter.
 

Tennis Africa Magazine

Tennis Africa magazine is published quarterly in Africa and sold world wide. It is for every tennis faithful, especially those of African descrent. The magazine aims to give exposure and a voice to Afrrican Tennis players as well as black tennis players all over the world.

The magazine brings to the fore the struggles and achievements of Black and African players all over the world, with the hope that successful players would be seen as role models to motivate other younger players in the continent and beyond, to aim for higher goals in the sports.

 

ATP-rankings

RankName
Points
1Federer, Roger 
10,550
2Nadal, Rafael 
9,205
3Djokovic, Novak 
8,310
4Murray, Andy 
7,030
5Del Potro, Juan Martin 
6,785
6Davydenko, Nikolay 
4,930
7Roddick, Andy 
4,410
8Soderling, Robin 
3,410
9Verdasco, Fernando 
3,300
10Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried 
2,875
11Gonzalez, Fernando 
2,870
12Stepanek, Radek 
2,625
13Monfils, Gael
2,610
14Cilic, Marin 
2,430
15Simon, Gilles 
2,275
16Robredo, Tommy 
2,175
17Haas, Tommy
1,855
18Ferrer, David 
1,795
19Youzhny, Mikhail 
1,690
20Berdych, Tomas 
1,655
21Wawrinka, Stanislas
1,635
22Hewitt, Lleyton 
1,600
23Ferrero, Juan Carlos
1,555
24Ljubicic, Ivan 
1,405

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