Tennis
January 23rd, 2012
By Sportingintelligence
23 January 2012
SERENA Williams, eliminated from the Australian Open on Monday after losing her fourth-round match against Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets, has today been revealed at the most heavily fined player in women's tennis.
The 30-year-old American, who has won 13 Grand Slam singles titles (five Australian Opens, one French Open, four Wimbledons and three US Opens) has been fined $104,500 for eight separate behaviour violations on court at Slams since 2008 according to official International Tennis Federation figures provided to TheTennisSpace, which carries full details today.
Williams' fines are more than double the total handed out to the next...
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January 9th, 2012
By Nick Harris
SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year
9 January 2012
The most lucrative Grand Slam in tennis history is nigh, with the Australian Open singles winners due to collect Aus$2.3m each (£1.49m), which is more than any Slam singles winners to date.
For triumphing in the doubles, the winning couples will split Aus$454,500 (£296,000), also a record. The mixed doubles winners will split Aus$135,000 (£88,000).
To put that in context, each half of the winning mixed pair will earn more from that one tournament than the average Australian does in a year. Plus expenses for local travel, accommodation and food.
The singles winners...
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January 5th, 2012
By Sportingintelligence
5 January 2012
A tennis coaching document used at one of the world's most famous tennis academies - Nick Bollettieri's in Florida - recommends breathing out when hitting the ball in a manner that naturally leads to punctuation with a grunt, it has been revealed today.
While the academy and Bollettieri - who is an occasional columnist for Sportingintelligence - have always denied teaching grunting, and are actively working to eradicate it, it appears the noise is one by-product of particular 'ideal' breathing patterns taught during play.
The document has been obtained by a new tennis website, The Tennis Space, which has...
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