- Reports from “The Australian” website indicate that former Top 10 player Mark Philippoussis has called a press conference to be held on Monday, December 22nd at Melbourne Park that will possibly be to announce his retirement from professional tennis. A few days ago, the former US Open runner-up pulled out of an upcoming exhibition event in Adelaide, saying he is not in good enough playing shape.
- John Isner defeated Jesse Levine, 6-3, 7-5, at the USTA play-off tournament in Boca Raton on Saturday to win a wild card into the main draw of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
- Canada’s Globe and Mail website reported that current World No. 1 doubles player Daniel Nestor and wife Natasha welcomed their first child, a daughter named Tiana.
- Jamie Murray, brother of World No. 4 Andy Murray, announced that he plans to partner in 2009 with Serbian Dusan Vemic. Although Murray and Vemic will be regular partners throughout the season, Murray has already committed to play the Australian Open doubles tournament with former partner Eric Butorac, a former Division III tennis standout at Gustavus Adolphus in Minnesota.
- Due to recently revised visa regulations because of the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistani tennis player Aisam–Ul-Haq Qureshi will not be able to play the Chennai Open in India that starts on January 5th. The new rules require Pakistan nationals to wait one month before being able to go to India, which means his visa will not be granted to him in enough time.
- 2002 French Open champion Albert Costa has been named the new Davis Cup captain for Spain.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Recent Stories of Interest from “Around the Pro Tennis Globe” (December 21)
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2 comments:
justin;
it seems as though players' wives are all having babies the last several months. hewitt--nestor--nenad zimonjic.
Geoff, thanks for your comment!
I'm sure players such as Hewitt, Nestor and Zimonjic are happy their wife gave birth during the offseason so they can spent lots of quality time with their newborn before the 2009 season takes them down under to Australia.
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