Grand Slam Tennis, and we'll just say it: we don't get it.
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The Hawk-Eye system uses strategically-placed cameras to determine the exact flight of a ball and is already used in international cricket and at grand slam tennis tournaments.
While Grand Slam tennis tournaments and Formula 1 races favor the strongest competitors with better seeds and starting positions, the FA Cup has long been a resolute exception: Every round is drawn at random.
If men's tennis has three choices for a winner at Grand Slam tournaments, women's tennis has dozens or it did, until recently.
The French Open, the second grand slam tournament of the tennis season, begins in Paris on May 24.
Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France and Andy Murray won the Tennis Grand Slam in New York.
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The biggest blow to its image: In September favorite son Roger Federer fumbled away his chances at a tennis grand slam.
The second Grand Slam event of the tennis calendar begins in Paris on May 23 and Clijsters now faces a race to be fit for the tournament.
The victory moves Federer onto 14 career grand slam titles, level with American Pete Sampras as the most successful grand slam player in men's tennis history.
The ATP Champions Tour roster now reads like a who's who of tennis with former grand slam all-time record holder Pete Sampras a recent addition, plus the likes of Goran Ivanisevic, Stefan Edberg, Richard Krajicek and Open Court's own Pat Cash.
The punishments handed down by the International Tennis Federation's Grand Slam committee could result in a U.S. Open suspension if Williams commits another major violation in any Grand Slam event in 2010 or 2011.
The 31-year-old Federer has done it all in the world of tennis, winning more grand slam titles than any other male player in history and spending a record number of weeks at the top of the world rankings.
As the best tennis players in the world hit the slick green (for now, anyway) grass at the All England Club in Wimbledon, it feels like the right time to pose the timeless question: Who is the best professional tennis player without a Grand Slam singles championship?
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There's also the International Tennis Federation, which governs the Grand Slam events, and dozens of other federations and management companies that both represent players and manage tournaments.
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Recently it is Djokovic who has received much of the tennis accolades after winning three straight Grand Slam titles with Nadal on the losing end in all three finals.
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Ivanovic, the world number four from Serbia, said she had not encountered any foul play in women's tennis, while two-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova believes the game is in good health.
He's the second man in the history of tennis to do this at a Grand Slam tournament, and the first time was in 1927, when Henri Cochet won his final three matches at Wimbledon after losing the first two sets in each.
The International Tennis Federation, which organises the four Grand Slam tournaments as well as the Fed Cup and Davis Cup, said it would be in contact with the UAE's tennis federation.
Earlier, Judy Murray, the tennis coach and mother of US Open grand slam winner Andy Murray, called for facilities to be accessible and affordable saying there was an "enormous opportunity" on the back of the Olympics and the Commonwealth games coming up to "capture the imagination of the Scottish public".
On Saturday, Azarenka, Belarus's first-ever Grand Slam winner, also has much to play for, and tennis fans the world over will be hoping she's recovered from a rib problem that impaired her breathing during her semifinal win over American 19-year-old upstart Sloane Stephens Thursday.
The tennis season now moves onto grass ahead of the next grand slam, Wimbledon, which starts in London on June 25.
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And Federer paid tribute to his rival for winning his first major tennis title less than a month after losing his fourth grand slam final.
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The former world number one is returning to competitive tennis after an 18-month retirement and targeting the opening grand slam of 2010 at the Australian Open.
Entering this year, Andy Murray was the owner of the most dubious distinction in tennis: he was the greatest player never to win a Grand Slam singles title.
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But by winning the Australian Open on Saturday, Victoria Azarenka won a big one for herself, and for tennis traditionalists who prefer their No. 1 players with a Grand Slam title on their CVs.
WIMBLEDON, England They are the mighty men of tennis, so imposing that they make the first week and a half of Grand Slam tournaments seem almost insignificant.
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Having beaten Andy Murray en route to his first Grand Slam semi-final at this year's French Open and now overcome arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, the 6ft 5ins right-hander is building quite some reputation.
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