Tennis
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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October 27th, 2011
By Alexandra Willis
27 October 2011
Nick Bollettieri has offered his support to the Women's Tennis Association in their battle to contain the presence of grunting on the tennis tour, revealing that he and his team are already exploring the ways to teach young juniors not to grunt.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Bollettieri, also a contributing columnist to this website, said that he believed working with juniors to find ways to help them not to grunt was the correct approach.
“You have to go down to the youngsters, the 10 and unders. That’s the time to make an impact. Because it is a...
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