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The Zina Garrison Tennis Academy 2010
Monica Seles vs Zina Garrison French Open 1989 3rd Round,15 year old Monica Seles in her debut Grand Slam event reaches the Semifinals of The French Open in 1989 losing to Steffi Graf in 3 sets
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Sabine Lisicki has enough pressure on her petite shoulders already without
being tagged the new Steffi Graf.
The 19-year-old's prize for knocking out Caroline Wozniacki, the No 9 seed,
yesterday is a Centre Court showdown today at 1pm with Dinara
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Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article6609117.ece
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Venus Williams was back at home yesterday. Not in Palm Beach Gardens in Florida, where she shares a house with her sister, Serena, but in the London premises she has made her own ever since walking through the doors for the first time 12 years
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The Independent
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...know what was in my small head at the time, but I guess it was romantic. I wanted to win Wimbledon." Venus remembers Zina Garrison, one of only a handful of black women players who have enjoyed success at Wimbledon, reaching the final in 1990, when she beat...
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The Independent
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Steffi Graf wins Gold medal at 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Silver medal to Gabriela Sabatini. Bronze medal to Zina Garrison and Manuela Maleeva
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The former champion claims unfair treatment
As a player, Zina Garrison was known for her speed. She was pigeon-toed, not at all imposing. But when she was on the other side of the net, there seemed to be four Zinas, one for every corner of the
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Ballers, Gamers, and Scoundrels
http://passtheword.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/meritorious-or-not-garrisons-lawsuit-contains-words-thathurt/
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Local NJTL partners Houston Tennis Association and the Zina Garrison All Court Tennis Academy to provide instructors
Three hundred students will get the opportunity to attend the
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., March 30, 2009 – The USTA announced today the
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Sports Blogs
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Steffi Graf vs Lucic WIM99 SF - 1 of 6
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When Carmen Celestine decided her sons should give tennis a serious go, she knew so little about the sport that she’d never heard of the United States Tennis Association. Six years later, Celestine’s youngest son, Terrell, is the new No. 1-ranked
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Houston Chronicle
http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/sports/~3/Mj6J59BQHug/6320120.html
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Could American James Blake have beaten Roger Federer at last week's Davis Cup?
Jon Wertheim will answer questions from SI.com users in his mailbag every Wednesday.
Bottom line: if Roger Federer had played, would the U.S. have still beaten Switzerland
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Sports Illustrated
http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/03/11/davismail/index.html?eref=si_writers
www.monicaselessite.com
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Don't laugh, but I used to play tennis and I was good at it. As I discovered whole pizza pies, imported beer and driving automobiles (rather than walking), my tennis career ended and my boxing career began. But today I want to talk about tennis.
As a
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Home News Tribune
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090224/OPINION06/902240301/-1/rss10
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Lost among all the Dubai drama this week, Associated Press reports that former US Fed Cup Captain Zina Garrison filed a lawsuit on Thursday in Manhattan Federal court against the US Tennis Association, saying that she was discrimated against because
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1663605&src=rss
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Two games were played Friday at McKechnie Field — West Virginia-Indiana and Georgetown-Northwestern. Results of the games were not available at press time.
WTA — The WTA fined Dubai Tennis Championships organizers a record $300,000 after Israeli
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Bradenton Herald
http://www.bradenton.com/sports/story/1243456.html
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NEW YORK -- Former Fed Cup captain Zina Garrison is suing the U.S. Tennis Association, saying she was discriminated against because she is black.
In the lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, Garrison says she was treated unfairly
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CBS Sports
http://feeds.cbssports.com/click.phdo?i=db4a39bfde01d53a10a5ef4f6c0a1cc5
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[Hi everyone. By request, here's a short report on this weekend's Fed Cup tie between Ukraine and Israel, from TW regular commenter mick1303. He attended the first two rubbers of the tie in his home city of Kharkov -- Rosangel]
This weekend's Fed Cup
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Peter Bodo's TennisWorld
http://tennisworld.typepad.com/tennisworld/2009/02/your-late-call.html
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Garrison was dumped after compiling a 5-5 win-loss record over five seasons where she struggled to get top players such as the Williams sisters to commit on a regular basis. The U.S. failed to reach the finals in that five-year span. “There’s an
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Tennis-X.com
http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-01-14/717.php
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Long before Venus and Serena Williams began dominating the world of women’s tennis, the road for African-American female tennis players was being paved by Zina Garrison. Garrison was ranked as high as #4 in the world among women back in 1989, and in 199
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Sports By Brooks
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Long before Venus and Serena Williams began dominating the world of women’s tennis, the road for African-American female tennis players was being paved by Zina Garrison. Garrison was ranked as high as #4 in the world among women back in 1989, and in 199
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Sports By Brooks
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/garrison-to-sue-usta-for-racial-discrimination-21789
Graf def. Seles in Roland Garros semifinal 1989
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SERENA WILLIAMS may not have landed a Grand Slam title in 2008 but the Anerican tennis ace says she has a lot more in her locker.
In an interview with Sport Magazine she sets her stall out for the future
It's hard to believe, but 2009 will be your 14th
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The Voice
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=14854
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National Eating Disorders Association Brings Families and Nation's
Leading Treatment Experts to Austin Sept. 18-20
Miss America Kirsten Haglund, Tennis Pro Zina Garrison, Actress
Scarlett Pomers and Supermodel and Author Emme to Speak on the Pressure
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PR Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/09-18-2008/0004888150&EDATE=
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The question has been asked time and time again. Martina Navratilova or Steffi Graf? Which is the greatest female tennis player of all time? My view is this: Graf was the better in singles, while Navratilova was on top in doubles and mixed
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Bleacher Report
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/57485-tennis-players-that-changed-the-game-martina-navratilova
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SECOND – 6½ urlongs. Purse: $18,000. Maiden Claiming. F&M. 3yo & up. Claiming Price $25,000.
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San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080905/news_1s5agleg5-a.html
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Venus, ranked No. 8, finds her current form the best of her life. Serena, ranked No. 3, could curtail a five-year absence from the No. 1 spot that once seemed her permanent residence.
"Just trying to be really serious about it," Serena said.
More than eve...
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Los Angeles Times
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/tennis/~3/381937247/la-spw-williams3-2008sep03,0,3999026.story
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Events in the Big Apple over the next several days could turn Ohio into a fruitful place for high school tennis players whose names aren't Lauren Davis or Kyle McPhillips.
Photo courtesy Stephanie McPhillipsKyle McPhillips (left) and Lauren Davis
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
http://www.cleveland.com/hssports/index.ssf/2008/08/area_teens_davis_mcphillips_wi.html
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James Blake enjoyed his time under the lights Monday, but will men always be the late match while women open the night?
Since the U.S. Open (among other tennis events) is all about gender equity, do you think we will ever have the evening session
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Sports Illustrated
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_latest/~3/376496996/index.html
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Actor George Lazenby has revealed how his vicious divorce battle with Pam Shriver has destroyed his life and left him unable to eat or sleep.
The former James Bond star went to court today to begin the fight for custody of their three young
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Daily Mail - UK
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1049040/EXCLUSIVE-Pam-trying-cut-throat-leave-says-George-Lazenby-ahead-divorce-showdown.html?ITO=1490
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As her career as a tennis champion once revealed all too clearly, Pam Shriver is not the kind of woman to show fear in the face of battle. Nor is her estranged husband, one-off James Bond star George Lazenby - which is probably just as well.
This week,
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This Is London
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Well, I know that if you are tennis fan like me then you probably spend a lot of time searching for tennis photos. You don't have to search anymore, you came to the right place. All tennis news, photos and videos in one place!
Enjoy!!!
If you have a
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Great Tennis Photos
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http://greattennisphotos.blogspot.com/2008/08/williams-sisters-won-gold-medal.html
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Some players who would go on to become figures in tennis have captured the USTA National Girls 16 Championships, among them Chris Evert, Betsy Nagelson, Zina Garrison and Mary Joe Fernandez.
None is known to have done it when she was as young as Lauren
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San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080811/news_1s11breakout.html
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Following are the women's doubles medalists from previous Olympic Games tennis event since 1988 when the sport came back to the Olympic family as a medal event:
2004 Athens
Gold: Li Ting/Sun Tiantian, China
Silver: Conchita Martinez/Virginia Ruano,
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People's Daily Online
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90868/6471198.html
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Tennis Hall-of-Famer Pam Shriver has filed for divorce from her husband of six years, former James Bond actor George Lazenby.
"Irreconcilable differences" were cited as the reason for the split in documents filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Bradenton Herald
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August 8, 2008
Men's Head Coach Rodney Harmon
On the diversity of the U.S. team...
"I think it's great. I think it's a sign of our country because our country is of varied backgrounds. It's great for us as a team that we're all from different
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US Olympic Team
http://usolympicteam.com/news/article/3425
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The worlds No. 1 doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan, making their only Texas appearance this year, will be joined by rising American stars John Isner and Sam Querrey for the Tennis Classic of Austin Sept. 11 that will benefit the new Children of Fallen
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Houston Chronicle
http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/sports/~3/344276162/5904610.html
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(07-18) 20:46 PDT --
Nothing about Serena Williams' utterly routine 6-3, 6-1 quarterfinal victory over Patty Schnyder deserves mention - other than it involved Serena Williams.
Williams' mere presence made it the match of the day at the Bank of the
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San Francisco Chronicle
http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/sports/~3/339691040/article.cgi
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(BEIJING, July 9) -- The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has
announced four women players for the US Olympic tennis team at the 2008 Beijing
Olympics which will be held between August 10 to 17.
US women tennis coach Zina Garrison, was quoted on
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Beijing 2008 Olympics
http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/tennis/n214444351.shtml
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For a chain, Gaucho is startlingly expensive, the final bill ending up pretty close to one from much more stylish, individual restaurants
Action heroes are often small; Wanted, at least, acknowledges the missing inches - and does so with a smile
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This Is London
http://rss.thisislondon.co.uk/c/365/f/5285/s/165ee2a/story01.htm
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In the 1975 Wimbledon final, Arthur Ashe faced a hard-hitting baseliner who hadn't lost a set during the whole tournament.
No. 1-seeded Jimmy Connors looked unstoppable and was a 10-to-1 favorite to beat the sixth-seeded Ashe.
But Ashe dispatched the
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Investor's Business Daily
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InvestorsBusinessDailyManagement/~3/324441558/IBDArticles.asp
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., June 26, 2008 - The USTA, the governing body for the sport of tennis in the U.S., today announced the nine players nominated for the U.S. Olympic team for tennis at the 2008 Olympic Games, August 10-17 in Beijing, China.
U.S. Women
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US Olympic Team
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http://usolympicteam.com/news/article/2248
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The United States Tennis Association has officially named its roster of players for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Venus and Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, and Liezel Huber will represent the United States in the women’s tennis competition.
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On The Baseline
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Justin Gatlin's pursuit of Olympic gold in Beijing is really over now. His fight against the powers that banned him from the Games - well, that will be more like a marathon than a sprint.
The defending Olympic 100-meter champion lost his appeal
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San Francisco Chronicle
http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/sports/~3/321132957/article.cgi
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Indiana's NCAA woes take down Greenspan
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan will resign at the end of December amid new NCAA allegations that the school failed to monitor the men's basketball team.
The NCAA initially alleged former
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KnoxNews
http://knoxnews.com/news/2008/jun/27/sports-digest/
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Posted on June 13, 2008
The U.S. Fed Cup team was swept 3-0 in live play in the semifinals this past April, but the USTA is hoping the loss, and a new-look line-up, will kick-start a new generation of U.S. women players.
When the Williams sisters
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Tennis-X.com
http://www.tennis-x.com/ptfstory/2008-06-13/665.php
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What are YOUR memories of those classic Edberg-Becker finals? Post your comments below.
I first started to watch Stefan Edberg playing tennis back in the mid to late ‘80s. My mum was a massive fan of the Swede and during the two-week Wimbledon
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Sportingo
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