Tag: Andre agassi
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Tennis stars and National Associations prepare for World Tennis Day
London, Fed 24, 2014: The ITF’s member National Associations will join some of the world’s leading tennis stars in celebrating the second World Tennis Day on Monday 3 March. World Tennis Day aims to promote tennis and increase participation among players around the globe, with over 60 nations already confirmed to take part. This year’s…
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Table Tennis on Burj Al Arab’s Famous Helipad
Jan 21, 2014: World number one table tennis players Ma Long and Liu Shiwen joined an elite list of world number one sport stars, including Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Novak Djokovic, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, by participating in the first ever table tennis face-off on the Burj Al Arab helipad. Located 212 meters above…
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Squash & Tennis to join forces in Rotterdam
August 19, 2013: Squash and tennis join forces in the Netherlands later this month when the Double AR Rotterdam Open Squash 2013 and the HDI Gerling Rotterdam Open Tennis 2013 take place simultaneously at Rotterdam’s renowned multi-sporting club Victoria, which also hosted the combined men’s and women’s World Squash Championships in 2011. The squash event,…
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Agassi, Clijsters & Edberg join Tennis elite
London, April 24, 2013: Andre Agassi, Kim Clijsters and Stefan Edberg have followed fellow tennis legend Roger Federer in backing Squash to be added to the Olympic Games programme in 2020. “Squash is absolutely one of the best/toughest sports,” said Agassi, the eight-time Grand Slam champion and Olympic gold medallist in 1996. “The Games would…
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Roger Federer eyes elusive prize
London, July 23, 2012: It is fair to say that life is pretty good for Roger Federer at the moment. Not only did the Swiss master clinch his 17th Grand Slam title by defeating Britain’s Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final, but on Monday he eclipsed Pete Sampras’s record for the most weeks as world…
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Andre AGASSI to appear at World Archery Indoor Championships
Las Vegas-USA, Feb 07, 2012: Andre AGASSI, widely considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, will be appearing on behalf of Longines to present awards at the finals of the World Archery Indoor Championships. The finals, which will take place on Thursday at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las…