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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thai: , IPA: ; born 24 May 1977) is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top twenty in both singles and doubles. Tanasugarn's highest WTA ranking has been world number 19, a ranking she achieved on 13 May 2002, which is the highest ranking ever achieved for Thai female player. She has won three singles titles. She was briefly a doubles partner with Maria Sharapova, with whom she won two titles in 2003. She won a total of five doubles titles. Her highest doubles ranking was world number 15 which she achieved on 13 September 2004. With Liezel Huber, she reached the 2004 US Open doubles quarterfinals. Her biggest success came in 2008 when she became the first Thai tennis player ever to reach a quarterfinal in professional Grand Slam. In her career, Tanasugarn has defeated former and current number one players, Amélie Mauresmo, Jennifer Capriati, Jelena Jankovi, and Dinara Safina. She has also beaten an Australian Open and French Open champion, Mary Pierce. Tanasugarn is also widely regarded as grass court specialist, having made the fourth round in Wimbledon for six times (19982002, 2004) and eventually succeeded the quarterfinal in 2008. She had three grass court major finals in Ordina Open in 2008, 2009, and Birmingham in 2000. Besides all these results, the five out of her seven top ten victories also come from grass. One of her top ten victories include former World No.1 Dinara Safina. It was Tanasugarn's first career win over a reigning world No.1. Tanasugarn is also a regular competitor for the Thailand Fed Cup team, helping the team join the World Group II in 2005 and 2006, after beating Australia and Croatia in their pla... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2614952 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko (Ukrainian: , born 13 August 1984 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko who also plays on the Tour. She formerly paired with her older sister Valeria in doubles. She is currently ranked 26 in singles and 39 in doubles by the WTA. Her career high singles ranking was Number 19, achieved on 14 April 2008. She won the 2008 Australian Open women's doubles tournament with sister Kateryna, beating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er in the finals. Bondarenko started competing in the pro tour in 1999 at the age of 14, were she competed in ITF Circuit, she reached two second rounds in Tallinn, Estonia and Kharkiv, Ukraine, two first-round exits in Bucharest3 in Romania and in Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland, and failed to qualify in two events as well in Tbilisi and Batumi both were held in Georgia. The following year of 2000, Bondarenko began the year reaching her first ITF finals in Kalamata, Greece, but ended up losing to Russian Ekaterina Kozhokina 7-5 7-5, even though not losing a set before the finals. She was only able to attain good succes in two events a Semifinals in Kedzierzyn-Kozle and quarterfinals in Sopot entering as a qualifier. The rest of the year was not good for Bondarenko as she only managed the second round in Warsaw, Toru and Odessa, while failing to quaify in other events. 2001 was not a better year for Bondarenko as she failed to qualify in her first three events in Dubai, Caserta and Tallinn. However she was able two reached two Semifinals in Kedzierzyn-Kozle and Tbilisi. She also managed to reach the quarterfinals in Batumi. The rest of the year wasn't good for Bondarenko as she made early exits. 2002 was an inconsistent year for Bonda... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1498593 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Caroline Wozniacki (Polish: , born July 11, 1990 in Odense) is a Danish tennis player of Polish origin. As of 17 May 2010), she is the third ranked female tennis player in the world. She is the only Danish woman currently in the Top 500 on the WTA Tour. She has won 7 WTA Tour events and was the runner up at the 2009 US Open. She has won several junior tournaments (including the 2006 Wimbledon girls' singles tournament and the 2005 Orange Bowl tennis championship), and made her debut on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at Cincinnati's Western ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nenad Zimonji (Serbian Cyrillic: , Serbian pronunciation: ; born June 4, 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia) is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 1 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis player from Serbia to hold the highest doubles ranking, after Slobodan ivojinovi. Zimonji turned pro in 1995 and remained relatively unknown outside his native country until a surprise victory in the Mixed Doubles at the 2004 Australian Open. Paired for the first time with Russian Elena Bovina, he beat defending champions Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes in straight sets in an hour and nine minutes, 61, 76 (3). Alongside Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, he won the 2006 French Open crown with a straight-sets victory over Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva, 63, 64. At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Zimonji reached the final of the Men's Doubles (alongside France's Fabrice Santoro) and the quarter-finals of the Mixed Doubles. In 2007, Zimonji reached the 2007 French Open mixed doubles final as the defending champions with Katarina Srebotnik and lost to Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram. He left Fabrice Santoro after Wimbledon and teamed with Mahesh Bhupathi until after the 2007 U.S. Open. After the U.S. Open, Nenad left Bhupathi and partnered with Daniel Nestor who won the French Open earlier in the year alongside Mark Knowles. The team won the 2007 St. Petersburg Open without losing a set. While Zimonji is known as a doubles specialist, he has recorded two big wins in his singles career. In 2004 he defeated Andre Agassi 62 76 in St Pölten and in 2005 on the grass of Halle he defeated Nicolas Kiefer 67(1) 63 64, both of these were first round victories. At the 2008 Wimbledon tennis tournament, Zimonji won his f... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=457011 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tsvetana Pironkova Kirilova (Bulgarian: ) (born 13 September 1987) is a female Bulgarian tennis player. She was born and lives in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Pironkova is right-handed and plays with a two-handed backhand. She achieved her career high of world no. 40 on June 9, 2008. She is currently Bulgarian No. 1 and has won six ITF titles in her career. Pironkova has yet to reach the third round of a grand slam. Pironkova was born in 1987 to Kiril Pironkov, a former canoeing champion and Radosveta Nikolova, a former swimming champion. She started playing tennis at the age of 4, when her father Kiril introduced her to the game. At the age of six, she started playing in junior tournaments in Bulgaria. Kiril later became her coach. In 2001, Pironkova won the Atlantic Cup International Junior Tournament held in Bulgaria, and her career high in juniors was world no. 227 on March 25, 2002. In August 2002 at the age of 14, Pironkova played her first professional tournament at the $10,000 International Tennis Federation Tournament in Bucharest, Romania. Pironkova won 3 qualifying matches before reaching the final in the main draw, where she lost to Monica Niculescu of Romania, 61, 76(1). In September 2002, Pironkova played in the $10,000 ITF event in Volos, Greece, where she lost only one set playing through the qualifying and main draw. She defeated Tina Schmassmann of Switzerland 76(3), 75 to win her first professional ITF event. In 2003, she won three ITF singles titles: One in Orestiada, Greece and two in Istanbul. On the week of May 14 - May 21, 2005, at the age of 17, Pironkova played in her first WTA level tournament, the Tier III event in Istanbul, Turkey. After winning two qualifying matches, Pironkova won three matches in the main draw before sh... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3736480 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mark Knowles (born September 4, 1971 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a professional male tennis player from the Bahamas. He was awarded All American honors at UCLA in both singles and doubles. His highest singles ranking on the ATP was World No. 93. He has been very successful in doubles partnering with Canadian Daniel Nestor. The pair have won the 2002 Australian Open, the 2004 U.S. Open, and the 2007 French Open. He also won the 2009 Wimbledon mixed doubles title with Anna-Lena Grönefeld of Germany. Mark is known for his "quick hands and unbelievable volleys". On July 5, 2006, Knowles participated in the longest match in Wimbledon history, lasting 6 hours and 9 minutes. Knowles has also played singles and doubles for the Bahamas Davis Cup team for more than 13 years and he is a five-time Olympian. He annually holds his highly regarded charity tournament on Paradise Island, off his home island of New Providence, from which all proceeds go to local children's charities. The Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational debuted in 2001 and it is attended by many great players such as Andre Agassi and James Blake, Jim Courier, Tommy Haas and The Bryan Brothers. Knowles was elected (by his peers) as Vice President of the ATP and was selected to be on the ATP Drug Force Council. His longterm partnership with Daniel Nestor ended after the 2007 U.S. Open. Nestor decided it was time to try playing with a new partner. Knowles was expected to play with former Grand Slam champion in doubles Mahesh Bhupathi in the fall but Bhupathi is out until the end of the year due to back surgery. Knowles partnered with Nestor once again, and won the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. They defeated Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle 63, 62 to take their first Tennis Masters Cup title. This... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2261491 ... Read more

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Chapters: Norwegian Tennis Players, Olympic Tennis Players of Norway, Tennis Tournaments in Norway, Molla Mallory, Norway Davis Cup Team, Laila Schou Nilsen, Christian Ruud, Johan Haanes, Jan Frode Andersen, Gunnar Høst Sjøwall, Oslo Open, Bent-Ove Pedersen, Norway Fed Cup Team. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Norway Davis Cup team represents Norway in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Norges Tennisforbund. Unlike neighbours Sweden, Norway have never been a tennis powerhouse. They currently compete in Group Two of the Europe/Africa Zone and have never qualified for the World Group, though they reached the World Group Play-offs in 1995. Norway competed in its first Davis Cup in 1928, with Torleif Torkildsen taking Norway's first win, at home in a 14 defeat to Hungary. Torkildsen was a main feature of Norway's side in the early seasons, with a 19 record between 1928 and 1932. Norway were relegated to the qualifying rounds after 1933, but turned out their best result the following year, losing 23 in their third meeting with Hungary. Finn-Trygve Smith gave away a two-set lead in the first rubber, but Emil Gabori defeated Smith in the final rubber to win the game for Hungary. This also marked Johan Haanes' Davis Cup debut; Haanes registered a 623 record in a 17-year career interrupted by World War II, and only three Norwegian wins during his career was not due to Haanes. Norway did not enter in 1935, but returned in 1936 with another 23 result against 1933 quarter-finalists Belgium at home. André Lacroix won all his three games for Belgium and prevented Norway's first tie victory. The advances were temporary. Norway lost 15 successive rubbers up to 1939, and though they advanced to the quarter-final in 1939, that was only du...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10154283 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Olympic Tennis Players of Uruguay, Pablo Cuevas, Marcelo Filippini, Diego Pérez, Fiorella Bonicelli, Marcel Felder, José Luis Damiani. Excerpt: Pablo Cuevas (born January 1, 1986, in Concordia, Argentina) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open Men's Doubles title with Luis Horna. In February 2009, Cuevas reached the doubles ranking of No. 16 after winning the 2009 Movistar Open. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of No. 45 on October 12, 2009. At the 2007 French Open, Cuevas and Argentine partner Carlos Berlocq made the third round of the men's doubles tournament. Cuevas won the Tunica, Scheveningen, and Lima singles Challenger titles, and the São Paulo-1 and Florianópolis-2 doubles Challenger tilities. Cuevas opened the year at the Movistar Open in Viña del Mar, Chile. He earned his first tour-level victory in his first-round match against Guillermo Coria. He then beat Fernando Verdasco and José Acasuso, before falling in the semi-final against Fernando González. Cuevas reached his career-high singles ranking of No. 88 following Viña del Mar. In March, Cuevas qualified for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, his first ATP Masters Series event. He defeated Vince Spadea in the first round. before falling to Fernando González in the second round. At Houston, he partnered with Spaniard Marcel Granollers to reach the doubles final, falling to Ernests Gulbis and Rainer Schüttler. At the 2008 French Open in May, Cuevas partnered with Peruvian Luis Horna to win the doubles title. On their way to the title, the pair defeated seventh seeds Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra in the first round, ninth seeds Luká Dlouhý and Leander Paes in the third round, top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarter-finals, and... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12133070 ... Read more

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Chapters: Younes El Aynaoui, Karim Alami, Hicham Arazi, Arafat Chekrouni. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Younes El Aynaoui (Arabic: ) (born 12 September 1971 in Rabat) is a professional tennis player from Morocco. He is a five-time singles winner on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of No. 14 in 2003, at the age of 31. His long career has been plagued by injuries and he did not play competitive tennis between September 2008 and January 2010. However in December 2009 he scheduled to play at the ATP Champions Tour tournament in London, where he made his debut at the senior tour. El Aynaoui is an extremely popular figure in Morocco. He received a gold medal the nation's highest sporting honor from King Mohammed VI. In a 2003 poll by leading Moroccan newspaper L'Economiste, readers named El Aynaoui their favorite role model for society, ahead of the prime minister and athletics star Hicham El Guerrouj. The center court of the Royal Tennis Club in Marrakech is named after El Aynaoui. In 1990, at the age of 18, El Aynaoui traveled to Bradenton, Florida, to spend a week at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, after which he decided to turn professional. He continued to hone his skills at the academy for the next two years where, in order to afford the fees, he drove the academy bus, cleaned the gym, strung rackets, tossed practice balls to campers, and helped to babysit younger players. In 1993, he reached his first top-level Grand Prix singles final in Casablanca, where he lost to the Argentinian player Guillermo Pérez-Roldán. After finishing runner-up in three tour events in 1996, El Aynaoui suffered a broken right ankle. He had surgery on his ankle in November that year, but the injury continued to cause him problems. He mi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2090929 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nenad Zimonji (Serbian Cyrillic: , Serbian pronunciation: ; born June 4, 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia) is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 1 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis player from Serbia to hold the highest doubles ranking, after Slobodan ivojinovi. Zimonji turned pro in 1995 and remained relatively unknown outside his native country until a surprise victory in the Mixed Doubles at the 2004 Australian Open. Paired for the first time with Russian Elena Bovina, he beat defending champions Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes in straight sets in an hour and nine minutes, 61, 76 (3). Alongside Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, he won the 2006 French Open crown with a straight-sets victory over Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva, 63, 64. At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Zimonji reached the final of the Men's Doubles (alongside France's Fabrice Santoro) and the quarter-finals of the Mixed Doubles. In 2007, Zimonji reached the 2007 French Open mixed doubles final as the defending champions with Katarina Srebotnik and lost to Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram. He left Fabrice Santoro after Wimbledon and teamed with Mahesh Bhupathi until after the 2007 U.S. Open. After the U.S. Open, Nenad left Bhupathi and partnered with Daniel Nestor who won the French Open earlier in the year alongside Mark Knowles. The team won the 2007 St. Petersburg Open without losing a set. While Zimonji is known as a doubles specialist, he has recorded two big wins in his singles career. In 2004 he defeated Andre Agassi 62 76 in St Pölten and in 2005 on the grass of Halle he defeated Nicolas Kiefer 67(1) 63 64, both of these were first round victories. At the 2008 Wimbledon tennis tournament, Zimonji won his f... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=457011 ... Read more

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Title: Table tennis. (Demonstration Sports) (includes related article) (The 1991 ISSOG: Special Olympics International)
Author: Julian Stein
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1992
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v8Issue: n2Page: p30(2)

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Chapters: Beijing National Stadium, Olympic Green Tennis Center, Beijing, Beijing Wukesong Culture ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Olympic Table Tennis Players of Serbia, Olympic Table Tennis Players of Serbia and Montenegro, Biba Golic, Ilija Lupulesku, Aleksandar Karakašević, Slobodan Grujić, Borislava Perić. Excerpt: Biljana "Biba" Goli ( "" ) (born November 9, 1977, Senta, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian table tennis player. She has become one of the game's top players and is known around the world for her intense play and beautiful looks. Biba Golic began playing tabletennis at age 9, becoming a member of the Serbian National Cadet team at age 12. She continued playing in the Serbia senior national system for 10 years. Biba became the Balkan Champion in Mixed Doubles, a 2-time Yugoslavian Singles Champion and the Mediterranean Doubles Champion. In 2002 she joined the Bundes League in Germany, where she played for one year. Biba is Killerspin Krew (Athletes sponsored by Killerspin) member. Biba attended Texas Wesleyan University for 18 months, on an athletic scholarship. At Texas Wesleyan, Biba became the National Collegiate Champion in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team tabletennis, and was also named the teams Most Valuable Player. She transferred to the Illinois Institute of Technology, and was the No. 2 ranked NCAA women's player. Since becoming one of the anchors of the "Killerspin Krew," Biba has used her talents to play competitively, as well as to serve as a spokesperson and heighten the popularity and awareness of the sport. Often called the "Anna Kournikova of table tennis," Biba was named as one of the "Sexiest Women in Sports" by ESPN in 2005. She has regularly participated in special events, where she performs spectacular exhibition matches, and has made numerous appearances on television news and profile shows, and most recently in Hollywood f... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17511480 ... Read more

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Chapters: Bettine Vriesekoop, Elena Timina, Li Jiao, Li Jie, Emily Noor. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bettine Vriesekoop (born August 13, 1961 in Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland) is a former table tennis player from the Netherlands. She was European Champion in 1982 and 1992. Vriesekoop started playing table tennis in 1972. From 1977 until 2002 she played at the top level. She won the European Championship twice and was a Dutch Champion fourteen times in the singles and sixteen times in the doubles. Until 1989 she worked with coach Gerard Bakker. After that she worked successfully with coach Jan Vlieg. She studied Chinese and philosophy. Since June 2006 Vriesekoop has worked as a freelance correspondent for the Dutch daily quality-newspaper NRC Handelsblad in China. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5670144 ... Read more

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Chapters: Olympic Table Tennis Players of Taiwan, Chiang Peng-Lung, Chen Jing, Chang Yen-Shu, Chuan Chih-Yuan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Chiang Peng-Lung (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Jing Pénglóng) is a Taiwanese professional table tennis player representing Chinese Taipei. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15342520 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Aruba at the Olympics, Aruban Sportspeople, Football in Aruba, Sports Venues in Aruba, Tennis in Aruba, Aruba National Football Team, Aruba at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Aruba at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Arubaanse Voetbal Bond, Aruba at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Aruba at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Aruba at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Trinidad Stadium, Aruba at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Aruba Davis Cup Team, Fiderd Vis. Excerpt: The Aruba national football team is the national team of Aruba and is controlled by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond. The following players were called up for the Caribbean Championships 2008 Group Stage in July 2008. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1198098 ... Read more

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Title: Logo unveiled.(sports)(logo for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games)(Nikolay Davydenko wins tennis competition)(loss of the Russian national soccer team)
Author: Mikhail Ivanov
Publication: Russian Life (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2010
Publisher: Russian Information Services, Inc.
Volume: 53Issue: 1Page: 14(2)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on September 22, 2004. The length of the article is 685 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Special Olympics and USTA launch new sport for DC metro athletes.(SOI)
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2004
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 20Issue: 4Page: 14(1)

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