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  Billie Jean King's victory beyond the court / Tennis great's 'Battle of the Sexes' in '73 ushered in a new era in ...
She picked up her first tennis racket at age 10, "a maroon racket with maroon nylon strings and a faux-velvet grip" she bought for $8 at a local sporting goods store.After her first group lesson, she was hooked.
When Australian Margaret Court was beaten by Riggs in May 1973, though, in a game that came to be known as the "Mother's Day Massacre," she changed her mind.
She recalls the "circus of the surreal." The 29-year-old King entered the court, for example, on an "Egyptian litter with orange and red feathers as big as palmettos pluming from a gold lamé throne." Riggs, the 55-year-old former champion possibly past his prime, arrived in a rickshaw pulled by a bevy of lovely showgirls.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/14/RVGHGE32R01.DTL&type=printable   (749 words)

  
 Battle of the Tennis Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Battle of the Tennis Court was the turning point in the Battle of Kohima in North East India from April 4 – June 22, 1944.
The battle of the Tennis Court was over and troops of the British Fourteenth Army began an advance, with the relief of Imphal, which would continue until Burma had been recaptured.
This battle was ultimately to prove to be the turning point of the Battle of Kohima which was the turning point of the Burma Campaign.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Tennis_Court   (646 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - 2001 US Open - Tennis - On the Court: Tennis players battle heat, too - Saturday September 01, 2001 11:21 PM
Tennis trainers are quick to tick off the differences between a match and a football practice.
Most tennis players are clad in loose-fitting, white attire and, of course, don't toil with 15 pounds of pads nor a helmet that can leave their head feeling like a kiln.
Tennis players aren't at the mercy of a demanding coach; they can rest between points; and they can adjust their style to affect the duration of points.
www.cnnsi.com /tennis/2001/us_open/news/2001/09/01/on_the_court   (1084 words)

  
 Tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams set for court fight over 'Battle of Sexes' contract on CourtTVnews.com
The celebrity athletes and their father, Richard Williams, are accused of reneging on a contract that committed Venus Williams, 26, and Serena Williams, 25, to a "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match.
King, then 29, clobbered the American tennis star in a three-set game after the 55-year-old publicly bragged that women were no match for men in athletics.
Moreover, the former tennis coach claims he was to be paid $500,000 within 60 days of the signing of the contract, but never received the money.
www.courttv.com /trials/williams-tennis/111606_background_ctv.html   (707 words)

  
 The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Article
At Kohima, the British troops dug in and decided to engage in the final battle with the Japanese forces, that outnumbered them, on the tennis court in the bungalow of the Deputy Commissioner of Naga Hills, as it was then known.
In the annals of military history, this great battle of Kohima, is known as The Battle of the Tennis Court, and in this tennis court lie the mortal remains of thousands of Allied soldiers, who could not make it to their homes and to their near and dear ones.
At the tennis court, one of the best-maintained war cemeteries is located.
www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010729/spectrum/main7.htm   (445 words)

  
 Operation Doubles Tennis: DW: On-Court Coaching Is Bananas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On-court coaching has all the signs of being a half-baked effort to address these concerns.
All in all, on-court coaching is not just a misguided experiment, it's bananas, it's an unacceptable interference with the very principle of singles competition.
Tennis may happen to be entertaining but it does not and should not have to sell itself in the "entertainment marketplace".
www.operationdoubles.com /blog/2006/10/dw-on-court-coaching-is-bananas.html   (736 words)

  
 Simviation Forums - Battle of the Tennis Court   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He took the salute as survivors of the Battle of Kohima joined a march past in their honour at York Minster.
The Battle of Kohima is seen as the turning point of the Burma campaign in 1944.
The engagement marked the beginning of the Allies halting the advance of the Japanese army in Asia.The march past concluded the final official large commemoration for the Kohima veterans in the Dean's Gardens, York.
www.simviation.com /cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=history;action=display;num=1090179460   (327 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Tennis - High court judge rules ITF can't appeal panel decision - Friday January 29, 1999 09:25 PM
LONDON (AP) -- Tennis star Petr Korda on Friday won the latest round of his legal battle to carry on playing despite his positive test for steroids.
A High Court judge ruled that the International Tennis Federation cannot contest an appeals panel ruling that allowed Korda to escape suspension over a drug test at Wimbledon last year.
The ITF, which was ridiculed for not suspending Korda for a year in accordance with its own rules, said it would appeal the judge's ruling so that the threat of a ban remains.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /tennis/news/1999/01/29/korda_court   (595 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Sport | Tennis | 'Crazy' sisters do battle on and off the court
Serena and Venus Williams had a difference of opinion before crossing rackets for their first contest since the 2003 Wimbledon final, at the Nasdaq-100 Open in the early hours of this morning.
It is showbiz, and not tennis, which summons different passions within them.
"We lead very interesting lives off the tennis court as well and then we're two fabulous world champion tennis players," she burbled.
sport.guardian.co.uk /tennis/comment/0,10070,1447750,00.html   (602 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - Adidas wins injuction in logo battle with tennis authorities
The German sportswear manufacturer was granted a temporary injunction in London's High Court against a new rule limiting the size of the logo to 4 square inches.
Chancellor Sir Andrew Morritt, presiding in the High Court, granted the injunction against Britain's Lawn Tennis Association; the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, which runs Wimbledon; the International Tennis Federation and the U.S. Tennis Association.
"We acknowledge the court's decision and appreciate its willingness to schedule an early trial on the merits to compensate for maintaining the status quo," the ITF Grand Slam Committee said.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=98377   (355 words)

  
 Venus Williams: My father had no authority to sign me to $45 million 'Battle of Sexes' match on CourtTVnews.com
Williams, her father, and her sister Serena are accused of backing out of a $45 million contract that committed the tennis stars to a modern-day "Battle of the Sexes" match.
Dressed in a navy suit and white blouse, the 6-foot-2 tennis champion walked jurors through her career, which included turning pro at 14 and pursuing a degree in fashion design.
Venus, who says her last big victory was the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 2005, defended her father as a generous and loving man. Richard Williams accepts a fraction in coaching fees compared to what others at his level make, according to his daughter.
www.courttv.com /trials/williams-tennis/112806_ctv.html?cnn=yes   (633 words)

  
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Learning tennis is based on developing a ‘feel' for the whole stroke through repetition, not on learning each and every intricate mechanical movement.
The same is true for tennis, if you would like to learn how to play under pressure you must put yourself in pressure situations over and over and over again and consistently choose to go for your shots.
Your battle on the tennis court, as far as timing and rhythm is concerned, is to learn how to back off when you are overplaying and step it up when you are underplaying.
www.wimbledontennis.co.uk /tw/tw3.htm   (6914 words)

  
 Tennis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A steady force in men's tennis during the late 1930s, he would make a comeback after a major World War II injury.
Borg would retire from tennis in 1983 at age 26 and unsuccessfully attempt a comeback in 1991.
The embodiment of on-court grace and poise, she had used a strong two-handed backhand to power her way to 18 career Grand Slam tournament titles.
www.readingeagle.com /krt/sports/tennis/html/print.htm   (1292 words)

  
 Cape Argus: Court intrigue in the battle of Russia's tennis tsarinas
Cape Argus: Court intrigue in the battle of Russia's tennis tsarinas
Court intrigue in the battle of Russia's tennis tsarinas
A bitter feud between Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and French Open winner Anastasia Myskina is threatening to sabotage Russia's defence of their Fed Cup crown in 2005 at a time when the country's tennis tsarinas are on top of the world.
www.capeargus.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=50&fArticleId=2328310   (658 words)

  
 Henin to battle Queen of Tennis Serena - Jun. 05, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Henin-Hardenne may have had the better of the American world number one in their last meeting at Charleston, but the defending champion has served notice that beating her in WTA events is an entirely different story from the Slams.
And after mercilessly eliminating France's Amelie Mauresmo, the last player to have dared to topple the Queen of Tennis, Williams is ready to mete out the same treatment on fourth seeded Henin-Hardenne during their semifinal meeting on Thursday.
Despite dropping a set to love to Bulgarian Magdalena Maleeva, Clijsters has had a relatively clear run spending an hour less on court than her 20-year-old Russian opponent, who has never won a WTA title, and failed to make the fourth round in her last six tournaments.
www.inq7.net /spo/2003/jun/05/spo_7-1.htm   (416 words)

  
 2005 French Open News - May 26, 2005
These days he is supposed to be a real contender for the major prizes at the major events, but put him on slow red dirt and he collapses.
Roddick, clearly, is not made for the mental battle of clay court tennis.
Spending most of last year trying to summon the puff to get out of bed - playing tennis was beyond her - she finally felt well enough to return to the tour in March.
www.tennislifemagazine.com /news-updates/05-RolandGarros/05-RG-05-26.html   (1028 words)

  
 Tennis News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Tennis News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Aussie Samantha Stosur and Israeli Shahar Peer were Monday's opening-round winners at the $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament.
Swiss Roger Federer returns to Sweden's Robin Soderling during a Madrid Masters tennis match at the Rockodromo Arena in Madrid.
www.topix.net /tennis/?p=5016   (820 words)

  
 Boomer Tennis Robot - The Ultimate Tennis Ball Machines
It's not exactly the tennis version of Gary Kasparov vs Deep Blue, but Dave Jordan is trying to take just such a man-against-machine battle to the courts.
That battle, regardless of the winner, will signal the start of Jordan's business venture and the end of a five-year effort to build a better tennis practice machine.
Boomer never forgets to attack my back hand, punishes me for every weak return, and runs me around the court until I am moving at exactly the same speed it is. As the severe emotional beating goes on, the shots from the human end of the court actually start to improve.
www.tennisrobot.com /articles/stowereporter   (1494 words)

  
 Mario Power Tennis Review - Gamecube Review - Australia's PAL Gaming Network
As for the Gooper Blooper court, the court surface is made up of water panels that cause the court size to either expand or shrink this increasing/decreasing the chances of landing your shot in/out.
The arena and court side graphics spoil things somewhat with the crowd in particular disappointingly containing only a couple of 2D models that are repeated over and over, but luckily the only time you see the court is in the opening and closing animations.
Mario Power Tennis is a must-own for anyone looking for a great mutliplayer game, but for the single player there's not quite enough challenge, or a solid career mode like the GBC games, to recommend spending out full price on.
palgn.com.au /article.php?id=1903&sid=68142316afcf1f6522bf772d3b638c62   (2106 words)

  
 Tennis Week
Unfortunately for the three-time Miami finalist her return to the Tennis Center at Crandon Park cam with her back to the court as Capriati conducted an interview with ESPN2's Cliff Drysdale and Mary Joe Fernandez after Svetlana Kuznetsova's 6-1, 6-4 victory over Amelie Mauresmo.
Continuing her rehab from four surgeries over the past year, Capriati has not yet returned to the practice court and has no definitive timetable for her return to competitive tennis.
With her back turned toward the court, Capriati's position from the broadcast booth served to symbolize her current state: she's so close to tennis she can see the court, but the pain of her current plight makes it difficult to even monitor the matches.
www.sportsmediainc.com /tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=15007&bannerregion=   (604 words)

  
 JS Online: Elm Grove serves up jury trial in tennis court dispute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Seven years after neighbors first complained about a backyard tennis court on San Jose Drive, a jury was impaneled Tuesday to determine whether the homeowners have overstepped their rights.
The Tyggums have countered that village officials are exceeding their authority and that homeowners have a right to use a privately owned tennis court any way they please.
The dispute developed in 1998 when neighbors of the Tyggums complained that the couple's backyard tennis court in the 1000 block of San Jose Drive was being used too often and was generating too much noise.
www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=333785&format=print   (739 words)

  
 Combat veteran plans to teach the art of war with a racquet
Moreover, she had almost quit tennis because she had had a bad season and was feeling the pressure of competition, but her mother convinced her to play one more tournament.
He won an Academy Award for the screenplay of his book “The Exorcist.” The younger Blatty said she would like to write a book one day and was considering going to art school before she was recruited by the Army.
The cadet attended West Point on a tennis scholarship and was team captain in her senior year.
addvantageuspta.com /index.cfm/act/newsletter.cfm/category/ADDvantage/Startrow/24/MenuGroup/ADD-depts/NewsletterID/533.htm   (1287 words)

  
 Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King
At a time when women's tennis was not as prestigious as men's, the challenge from tennis champion Bobby Riggs to tennis champion Billie Jean King came to mean much more than a game of tennis.
Bobby Riggs was a world champion tennis player in 1939 at the young age of sixteen, but his star had faded by the 1950s and his accomplishments were eclipsed by his famous loss to female world tennis champion, Billie Jean King, in a match through which he intended to prove that men were better athletes.
He was at the end of his career, but took every chance he could to proclaim that women could never be the players men were, they were simply too weak- and they were just women.
ok.essortment.com /billiejeanking_rvwa.htm   (768 words)

  
 Law Blog - WSJ.com : The Court TV Battle Rages On…   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Within the past decade the court has expanded its super-legislature status by invalidating legislation it dislikes, plucking out of the air a brand-new doctrine that acts of Congress are “disproportionate and incongruent,” whatever that means.
The single datum Specter marshals for his argument is a decision in which the Court struck down an act of Congress — which it has been doing for two centuries without the matter of whether it “respects” Congress seriously being called into question.
Pretty obvious Congress can’t tell the Supreme Court how to decide a case, but they sure can tell the Supreme Court whether their public hearings can be broadcast, videotaped or whatever.
blogs.wsj.com /law/2006/04/26/the-court-tv-battle-rages-on   (1269 words)

  
 Margaret Smith Court Biography (Tennis Player/Clergywoman) — Infoplease.com
Margaret Smith Court was the dominant women's tennis player of the 1960s.
She retired in 1966, married and started a family, but returned to tennis in 1970.
She was enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1979.
www.infoplease.com /biography/var/margaretsmithcourt.html   (368 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Court serves up Adidas tennis win
On-court dress logos should be restricted to 26 sq cm, according to ITF rules.
The injunction was made against the Lawn Tennis Association - the sport's governing body in the UK - which runs Wimbledon, as well as the ITF and the United States Tennis Association.
A judge in London's High Court rejected a counter-bid by the defendants to have Adidas' case struck out.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/5055398.stm   (225 words)

  
 News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES
At the South Austin Tennis Center, near Oltorf and Lamar, users schedule appointments to make sure they have a spot on one of the 10 courts.
As you can imagine since the doubling of our population, we are strapped for tennis courts," Carol Welder of the Capital Area Tennis Association said.
The new courts were to be built next door on empty parkland, but the Galindo Elementary Neighborhood Association said it doesn't want to lose its park to more tennis courts.
www.news8austin.com /content/top_stories/Default.asp?ArID=142827&addvid=31212   (379 words)

  
 tezukaryouma: FIC: Prince of Tennis - TezuRyo - drabbles100 challenge
They are calming to watch from where Ryoma's sprawled on the tennis court he will battle on over the next week.
Meeting Tezuka across court with only a net between them reminded him today that surprisingly, no matter how great the game, there is more to life than the ball, racket and net.
Tennis is about giving all he has to a worthy opponent, and whether he wins or loses, the most important aspect of the match is the challenge given and received.
community.livejournal.com /tezukaryouma/109224.html   (2474 words)

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