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This book provides sports doctors, coaches, athletes and physical therapists with an authoritative, but easily digested overview of the scientific principles and practical aspects of training tennis players.

Endorsed by the International Olympic Committee

Straight-forward practical handbook on training techniques and medical problems in tennis

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Chapters: 2006 Lusophony Games, Macau Jockey Club, the Venetian Macao Tennis Showdown, Macau Sports and Olympic Committee, Rugby Union in Macau, Macau at the 2008 Asian Beach Games. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. 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 1 Lusophony Games (Portuguese: ; traditional Chinese: ) were held in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China between October 7 and 15 2006. The 2006 Games were the first edition of this multi-sport event for Portuguese-speaking countries and territories, under the banner of ACOLOP. The site for the opening ceremony was the Macau Stadium and the closing ceremony was held at the Macau East Asian Games Dome. The mascot for the games was a dog named Leo. The pronunciation of "Leo" in Portuguese is similar to Chinese (Lai Ao) and it means "Come to Macau". Due to the high expenses, some of the participating NOCs received financial support from the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Committee of Portugal. Participating countries (purple) and host city (yellow square) of the 1st Lusofony Games.The 2006 Lusophony Games included 8 sports, 3 individual sports and 5 team sports. In total there were 48 events at the Games. A total of 733 athletes competed at the Games. When the Games started Equatorial Guinea didn't field any athletes. Host nation (Macau) ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6850115 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on January 1, 1992. The length of the article is 985 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: Tennis. (Demonstration Sports) (The 1991 ISSOG: Special Olympics International)
Author: Allen W. Burton
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1992
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v8Issue: n2Page: p32(2)

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Traces the history of tennis as an Olympic sport. ... Read more

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Ages 6 to 9 years. One of the world's best loved and respected sports, people can enjoy tennis for their entire lives. This book provides children with both the physical and mental tools to become great players. With easy-to-follow colour illustrations and photographs, children will be masters of court. Includes: Explanations of the court and etiquette; Tennis' unique scoring system; Different tennis strokes and racquet grips; Examples of how to apply techniques to game situations. ... Read more

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Describes the ball games of the Olympic Games and previews the athletic competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. ... Read more

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Chapters: Olympic Green Tennis Center, Beijing, Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, Beijing Tennis Center. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. 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 Olympic Green Tennis Center or Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Court (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Bijng Àolínpkè Gngyuán Wngqiúchng), is a tennis centre located in the Olympic Green. It opened on 1 October 2007 . It hosted the Tennis preliminaries and finals of singles and doubles for men and women at the Beijing 2008 Olympics (See Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics) as well as the Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis competitions (See Wheelchair Tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics) The Center is located in Beijing, just 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from the Beijing National Stadium aka. The Birds Nest Stadium. The tennis centre covers an area of 41.22 acres (166,800 m) or 16.68 hectares with a floor space of 285,394 square feet (26,514.0 m) or 26,514 square meters. According to the requirements of the Olympic Games, the centre will have 10 competition courts and 6 training courts, with a capacity of 17,400 seats. The main courts: Center court, Court one ... Read more

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Chapters: Jana Novotná, Helena Suková, Miloslav Mečíř, Milan Šrejber, Radka Zrubáková, Marián Vajda, Milada Skrbková, Regina Rajchrtová. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. 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: Jana Novotná (Czech pronunciation: ) (born 2 October 1968 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and cried on the shoulder of the Duchess of Kent after losing the 1993 Wimbledon singles final. Novotná also won 12 Grand Slam women's doubles titles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Novotná turned professional in 1986. In the early years of her career, she was known primarily for her success as a doubles player. In the early-1990s, Novotná began to have success in singles once four-time Grand Slam singles champion Hana Mandlikova became her coach. Novotná reached her first Grand Slam singles final in 1991 at the Australian Open, where she lost to Monica Seles. Two years later, Novotná reached her first singles final at Wimbledon, where she faced Steffi Graf. After losing a tight first set, Novotná took a 67, 61, 41, 40-15 lead. With victory seemingly in her grasp, she lost her nerve and allowed Graf to come back into the game. Graf took the next five games and the title. During the prize presentation ceremony, a distraught Novotná burst into tears and cried on the Duchess of Kent's shoulder. The duchess comforted her by saying that she was sure Novotná would win the title one day. It took four years for Novotná to reach another Wimbledon final. In 1997, she faced Martina Hingis, and lost in three sets. However, Novotná won the 1997 WTA Tour Championships and finished the...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=307050 ... Read more

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Chapters: Chan Yung-Jan, Chuang Chia-Jung, Lu Yen-Hsun, Janet Lee, Wang Shi-Ting, Lin Bing-Chao. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. 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: Chan Yung-jan (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhn Yngrán; born August 17, 1989 in Dongshih, Taichung County, Taiwan) is a professional female tennis player from Republic of China. She has won 13 ITF singles titles; and 7 WTA and 11 ITF doubles titles. Her career highlights include semifinals in the Japan Open in 2006 and finals in the PTT Bangkok Open in 2007 (l. to Flavia Pennetta) . In the Australian Open 2007, she lost to her first-round opponent Alicia Molik 26 67(3). Nevertheless, she reached the final in the women's doubles with another Taiwanese player, Chuang Chia-jung, where they lost in three sets to Cara Black and Liezel Huber. She lost in the first round of the 2007 French Open to Elena Likhovtseva, but made her top 50 debut afterwards, at #50. Her current ranking on the WTA circuit is #85 (as of May 17, 2010). Chan started playing in the junior circuit in 2002, and reached the SF stage at her first ITF junior event. With solid performances both in junior and challenger events, her combined junior ranking reached No. 2 on May 24, 2004. However, her most significant junior victory came in 2004 Australian Open Junior Championships, where she partnered Sun Sheng-nan to win the double trophy. The achievement hinted at the emergence of a talented double player. While still a junior, Chan entered her very first pro tour in Tainan, where she reached the semi-final in the singles, and the quarter-final in the doubles. Chan started her professional career in 2004. By the end of 2004, she already was the singles title holder of three 10,000 USD ITF events, including Colombo, Jakarta 3, and Tai...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7514743 ... 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: Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, (Romanian pronunciation: ; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open. Cîrstea has a neat, controlled style that minimises mistakes. According to the Tennis Spy, she does not appear to be fast around the court, but actually is deceptively quick covering the ground with her long strides and good reading of the game. As a good doubles player, she is also a very solid volleyer, and also has solid groundstrokes. Forehand and backhands are delivered with plenty of zip and punch, whipping through the ball quickly on both sides. Cîrstea seems lacking a little when it comes to delivering the final blow: in her thirdround defeat to Victoria Azarenka at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, for example, she dominated the first set but was unable find the crucial points to wrap things up, and lost in a tiebreak. Despite her competence at the net, she often seems to lack the confidence to charge in and take control of the point. Cîrstea was born to Mihai and Liliana in Bucharest, but currently resides in Târgovite. She also has a brother, Mihnea, five years her junior. Cîrstea was introduced to tennis at age of four by mother, "My mum and dad have always followed tennis and they encouraged me to start playing the sport when I was young. They're the reason I started to play tennis and I guess they are the ones I should thank for getting me into it". She cited Steffi Graf and Roger Federer as her idols. Cîrstea speaks Romanian, English and Spanish, and is improving her French. Her good friends on the WTA Tour include Caroline Wozniacki, Sabine Lisicki, Maria... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11057284 ... 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: Yayuk Basuki (born November 30, 1970, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia) is a professional tennis player from Indonesia. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached #19 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings in October 1997. She began playing tennis at the age of seven and turned professional in 1990. In 1991, she became the first Indonesian player to win a major professional tennis event when she captured the singles titles at Pattaya. She won six WTA Tour singles titles during her career (all of them in Asia). Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at Wimbledon in 1997, where she reached the quarter-finals. During her career, she has recorded wins over Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Mary Joe Fernandez, Lindsay Davenport, Gabriela Sabatini, Magdalena Maleeva, Anke Huber, Iva Majoli, Anna Kournikova, Zina Garrison, and Mary Pierce. Probably her greatest triumph was over Iva Majoli when the Croatian was the French Open champion. She also became only the second Indonesian woman to win the Asian Games singles gold medal, after Lita Liem Sugiarto in 1974, when she defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn in Bangkok at the 1998 Games. She represented Indonesia at the Summer Olympic Games in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she defeated Mercedes Paz and Mary Pierce to reach the 3rd round of the singles competition, where she was beaten by Jennifer Capriati. She is also a successful doubles player, often pairing with Nana Miyagi and later Caroline Vis, and reached the top 10 (No. 9 on July 6, 1998). She won nine tour doubles titles, the most significant of which was the Canadian Open in 1997 and qualified for the season-ending Championships as one of the best eight teams ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2672548 ... 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: Dominik Hrbatý, Dominika Cibulková, Daniela Hantuchová, Janette Husárová, Karol Beck, Henrieta Nagyová, Karol Kučera, Radka Zrubáková, Martina Suchá, Ľubomíra Kurhajcová, Karina Habšudová, Ján Krošlák. Excerpt:Daniela Hantuchová (Slovak pronunciation: ; born April 23, 1983) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top ten. She is currently coached by Larri Passos . Her WTA Tour mentor in the "Partners for Success" program was Martina Navrátilová , who was her doubles partner for a brief period in early 2005. As of April 19, 2010, Hantuchová is ranked World No. 23 in singles. Personal life Hantuchová was born in Poprad , Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia ) to father Igor, a computer scientist and mother Marianna, a toxicologist. Hantuchová's performances temporarily worsened, as a result of her parents splitting up in 2003. At the Wimbledon that year, she lost to the 81st ranked player in the world, failing to convert match points and weeping on court. She also suffered from weight problem during this period. She was suspected of being anorexic , however Hantuchová denied this. Hantuchová speaks six languages and was trained as a classical pianist . She is thought to be a perfectionist and places a lot of pressure on herself during her training. She qualified for university in Slovakia but deferred it to pursue tennis. She appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition alongside Maria Kirilenko and Tatiana Golovin in a pictoral entitled Volley of the Dolls . Career Singles Hantuchová has won three WTA singles tournaments in her career, the first in 2002 at the Tier I Pacific Life Open , defeating Martina Hingis 6 3 6 4 in the final, and i... ... 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: Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava (Belarusian: , Russian: ; born 16 April 1971) is a retired tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings. The team of Zvereva and Gigi Fernández won more women's doubles titles and Grand Slam women's doubles championships than any other team since the team of Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver. Navratilova, speaking of the abilities of the two teams, said that she and Shriver were better, but "We were power. They are finesse. It would have been close." Zvereva is currently the captain of the Belarussian Fed Cup team. Zvereva used a baseline, counter-punching style centered around topspin and her double-handed backhand. She had great hands, used a variety of spins, and was willing to rush the net and volley. Though Zvereva's talent was never in doubt, she often suffered from lapses in concentration during matches and in her confidence as a singles player. As a junior, Zvereva won the Wimbledon girls singles title in 1986, defeating Leila Meskhi in the final 26, 62, 97. Zvereva also won the US Open girls singles championship in 1987, beating Sandra Birch in the final 60, 63. After turning pro, Zvereva won four WTA Tour singles titles and 80 WTA Tour doubles titles. Eighteen of them were Grand Slam doubles titles: five at Wimbledon, four at the US Open, five at the French Open, and four at the Australian Open. She won those Grand Slam doubles titles with four different partners: Gigi Fernández, Martina Hingis, Pam Shriver, and Larisa Savchenko Neiland. She is one of only three women to have won at least four women's doubles titles at each Grand Slam tournament, the others being Martina Navratilov... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=916019 ... 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: Agnieszka Radwańska, Marta Domachowska, Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Marcin Matkowski, Klaudia Jans, Alicja Rosolska, Aleksandra Olsza, Magdalena Grzybowska, Wojciech Kowalski. Excerpt:Agnieszka Radwa ska ( listen) (born 6 March 1989 in Kraków , full name Agnieszka Roma Radwa ska ) is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player. She defeated Tamira Paszek of Austria to win the 2005 Girls' Singles Championship at Wimbledon . As a professional, her highest career singles ranking is World No. 8, achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 26 April 2010, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwa ska became the first Polish player in history to claim a Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title when she won the Nordea Nordic Light Open . In 2008, she won three more singles titles: the Pattaya Women's Open , the Istanbul Cup , and the International Women's Open . At the 2008 Australian Open, Radwa ska became the first Polish woman to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal during the open era and only the second Polish woman (the other being Jadwiga Jedrzejowska during the 1930s) ever to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal. On 24 May 2008, she became the first Polish female tennis player to surpass US $ 1 million in career prize money. Playing style Radwa ska is an all-court player (as shown with her results on different surfaces. She won three titles in 2008 on hard, clay, and grass courts). She hits consistently on both the forehand and the backhand sides. Her favorite shot is her forehand, particularly the inside-out forehand which is her most powerful shot . She is also very accurate with the drop shot and lob. She lacks much of the "power plays" of other players like Maria Sharapova or the Williams sisters, thus she relies on tactical accuracy and patience on constructing the point before hitting a winner. ... ... 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: Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (born July 29, 1980) is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest hitting forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El bombardero de La Reina ("The La Reina bomber") and Mano de Piedra ("Stone Hand"). The English-language media has labeled him "Gonzo." González is one of the few active players to have reached at least the quarter-final round of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He played his first major final at the 2007 Australian Open, losing to top-ranked Roger Federer. He is the fourth male tennis player in history to have won each Olympic medal (gold in doubles and bronze in singles at Athens 2004, and silver in singles at Beijing 2008). Throughout his career, he has defeated many former number-one players, including Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer (all while they held the top spot), Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyà, Gustavo Kuerten, Marat Safin and Pete Sampras. González has qualified twice for the year-end Masters Cup event and was runner-up at two Masters Series tournaments. He is arguably known as Chile's best tennis player of the 2000s. At age four, González spent his time playing both soccer and tennis. His father, who was an amateur tennis player since his 20s, was able to convince his son to opt for tennis over soccer. He began playing tennis at the age of six. He moved in with his family to the La Reina commune in eastern Santiago, where he practiced with his coach Claudio González (no relation) at the Club La Reina, three times a week. In 1988, at age eight, González and his father spent a month and a half in the United States, training and playing in tennis championships. In 1992 he moved in with his wh... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=498335 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ai Sugiyama, Kimiko Date Krumm, Kei Nishikori, Shuzo Matsuoka, Akiko Morigami, Shinobu Asagoe, Saori Obata, Ayumi Morita, Naoko Sawamatsu, Ichiya Kumagae, Mana Endo, Seiichiro Kashio, Toshihisa Tsuchihashi, Etsuko Inoue, Satoshi Iwabuchi, Kumiko Okamoto. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. 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: Ai Sugiyama Sugiyama Ai) (born July 5, 1975, Yokohama, Japan) is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992. In her career, she won 6 singles titles and 37 doubles titles, including three Grand Slam women's doubles titles (1 with Frenchwoman Julie Halard-Decugis and 2 partnering Belgian Kim Clijsters). Sugiyama has the all-time record, for both male and female players, for the most consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearances which currently stands at 62 making her one of the most consistent tour players . She is the very first Asian to be rank no.1 in either discipline (singles or doubles) In 1993, when she was only 17, Sugiyama had the honour to play against tennis legend Martina Navratilova in her native city, losing in three sets. The same year, she made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon but lost in the first round to world number 30 Gigi Fernández in three sets. In 1994, Sugiyama again reached the main draw at Wimbledon but lost in her first round to world number six and compatriot Kimiko Date. Later that year she reached her first WTA Tour singles final in Surabaya but was forced to retire against Elena Wagner. She went on to win the Japan Open doubles at Tokyo, her first tour title. Later that year, she broke into ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1514559 ... Read more

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Chapters: Cara Black, Kevin Ullyett, Byron Black, Wayne Black, Orlando Lourenco, Philip Tuckniss, Mark Gurr. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. 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: Cara Black (born February 17, 1979 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is one of the most successful ever doubles players, having won over 70 titles including women's and mixed doubles titles in 3 of the 4 grand slams. She is the current world No. 2 in women's doubles. As the daughter of Don and Velia Black, the tennis-playing Cara is the younger sister of Wayne Black and Byron Black, both professional male tennis players. All three compete mostly in doubles; Wayne was the 2001 US Open and 2005 Australian Open champion and Byron was the 1994 French Open winner. Cara has won five Grand Slam women's doubles titles in her career: Wimbledon 2004, 2005, and 2007; Australian Open 2007; and US Open 2008. She reached the 2000 U.S. Open doubles final with Elena Likhovtseva. She has also won three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, two of them partnering with her brother Wayne: the 2002 French Open and the 2004 Wimbledon Championships (they reached the final of the 2004 French Open and the semifinals of the 2003 French Open and 2003 U.S. Open); and most recently the 2008 U.S. Open with Leander Paes of India. In August 2005, Black announced that she would marry her longtime boyfriend, Australian mental and fitness trainer Brett Stephens. In November that year, Black was runner-up in the WTA Championships doubles title. Australian Samantha Stosur and American Lisa Raymond defeated Australian Rennae Stubbs and Black 67 (57), 75, 64. 2007 saw Black come back to partner Liezel Huber. They came together successfully, winning the 2007 Australian Open and triumphing at Wimbledon. Th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2571986 ... Read more