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It is a great day for Virginia tennis. Both the men's and women's tennis programs, we are all really fortunate to be part of something so special..

It is a concern but we've got to keep it relative to the situation. We've got a young team. We've got players that haven't had a lot of tennis experience. The weather from here on out has got to be better. I'm an optimist. We still have time. I think our strength is our positive attitude.

I think the girls team puts to much pressure on themselves. They need to come out and play tennis and quit worrying about if certain things don't work.

I think the generational differences and that fact that I was a woman doing a lot of men's tennis matches with those two kind of worked. We all brought different points of view. We all pronounced the players' names a different way so it sounded like there were 14 people on the court when we were together. Fred would say it one way and Cliffy would correct Fred and I'd correct Cliff. I think we did produce a nice sound. There was genuine warmth there. It was just a wonderful time.

I think the appeal of the LPGA has broadened. We compare it to tennis when the Williams sisters brought a lot of attention to their sport.

Last Friday was the worst I ever felt after a tennis match.

I was consistent and hitting the ball very hard. I was very excited about that. Today was the best match I've played since Wimbledon (where she lost to Venus Williams in the final), the kind of tennis I want to play.

I thought we played a lot better in the afternoon match against Bradley. We came out with a lot of focus and did what we needed to get the job done. When you play this much tennis in one day, it can be tiring, but I think it is good for our players and their games.

I think it was about more than tennis today. It's really to do with your heart when you are playing against the defending champion and against him in his hometown. It's really difficult to serve it out and finish the match. I think that's the most difficult thing.

I think it was like playing somebody in tennis who's a little better than you. You get better just because of the competition.

I think it's one of the most impressive things in tennis that's ever been done. To be playing 20 years at such a level is astounding in a sport where you're injured so much.

I think it's one of the best matches I've played. I think we both had fun and were enjoying it. ... We played our best tennis and enjoyed the match and enjoyed the moment.

I think it's one of my best matches in my life. I'm just in my own world and playing my best tennis and having the crowd here supporting me is great.

I think that we did a good job today to get back on track. It has been a difficult week. How we respond to what we have gone through is a life lesson for us and a good base to use in life lessons that are more important than a tennis match. To turn things around and make things better the rest of the season is a life lesson that they can store away and fall back on and use when things are difficult. I thought the way they approached today and how they played was a great way to respond to my challenge.

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.

I was worried I was gonna trip and fall and hurt myself, so I changed to tennis shoes and they got a lot better grip, too good of a grip.

I went home and got a tennis ball and started tossing it against a wall in my back yard to catch the rebounds. I'd go out there every day and throw that ball against a wall until I was catching every ball that bounced back. That's how I learned.

I was a little nervous in the beginning. And then when I sat down for the break between the sets, I said to myself, 'It's O.K. You are here in the Vodafone Arena, this big court. You need to show some tennis to the audience. Just relax and play your game.' And that happened.

I will never forget Wimbledon, it is something that I don't want to forget, ... There was great disappointment in losing that, but the great thing about tennis is that you have more tournaments and more Grand Slams. I have another one coming up in two days and I am going to try to win it and build some more memories.

I think the way that the whole region really took to tennis in that week was pretty amazing.

Jimmy Connors plays two tennis matches and winds up with $850,000, and Muhammad Ali fights one bout and winds up with five million bucks. Me, I play one-hundred and ninety games, and I'm overpaid!

Last week he said he was having pains in his chest. I was concerned about playing him and didn't want to. He told me he was going to die in his bed or on the tennis court, not in an old-age home. So, we played that morning and he's been out here playing ever since.

Last night was truly an amazing night. Anyone who loves tennis is thrilled to see Mac back in action, and in such great form. I hope for the good of the game there is lots more of this to come.

I think Courtney Owens, for never playing a tennis match a day in her life other than what she's played in practice, has done really well.

I said to myself, 'It's OK ... this big court, you need to show some tennis to the audience. Just relax and play your game'.

I run like probably I never ran in the past on the tennis court. So it's been very hard for me physically, but I could handle it and be stronger at the end.

Ironically, only ten months prior to this sentencing, Roscoe Tanner and I sat down for an interview at the beautiful La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in Southern California. This is the last public interview given by Roscoe Tanner. From an editorial perspective, this interview is something we at RadioTennis.com are quite proud of. Only Sports Illustrated Magazine, Tennis Week Magazine and RadioTennis.com have attempted to document the life and times of this former athlete. Unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons, this interview continues to gain international interest.

On winter Sundays when I was a child, we waited for my father to return from his tennis game with bagels and sturgeon and for my mother to object when the 1 P.M. Giants game began.

Our kids had to play great tennis in order to win today, and so far I think they've done it.

Our guys are playing well right now. Having said that, I think we are coming up on the toughest part of our schedule. We have three matches in a row on the road and we need to be playing our best tennis of the year. It's going to be a major challenge, but I think we have a good deal of momentum and confidence going into it. Hopefully we can come out and play to the best of our abilities.

Our team goes nine players deep that can play tennis at this level. If some of our guys are hurt or are sick and they cannot play, we have guys that we can just plug in and continue on.

Our success has been contagious. The support we get from the school and the parents is tremendous. I know it may sound corny, but being part of Lexington tennis is like being part of one, big family.

Outside tennis is really good for our team. I think we're a better outdoor team than an indoor team.

Our 2005 player field will feature the perfect blend of both solid veterans and rising stars. This year, fans will be able to see some of the most exciting players in women's tennis today.

River Oaks is one of the most prestigious and historically significant venues in American tennis and is going to be a great long term home for the Stanford Cup. We love the intimate feel of the venue and believe both the players and the fans will appreciate this special setting.

Robert became the most important force in my life for my young tennis career. He was part father, part brother, part tyrant. The perfect coach.

Roger's godfather was the president of our tennis club, and one day Roger came to the club to visit.

Playing three matches back-to-back can be a grueling task, but these players seemed to get stronger and stronger as the day went on, ... You always hope to be playing some of your best tennis near sectional week and today we were able to do just that.

Playing here is the best feeling I have ever had on a tennis court.

Our races are to our sport what Wimbledon, the US and French Opens are to tennis and the Masters, U.S. British Open and PGA championship are to golf.

Pasquotank is a quality tennis team. If they don't win the conference, they're certainly deserving of a wild card into the state playoffs. I was very pleased with our play. We played them a lot tougher than we did at home last month, especially in doubles.

Our No. 1 doubles team played near flawless tennis to whip a very good Bradshaw No. 1 team. It was a great warm-up for their state doubles tournament this weekend.

Steve deserves a lot of credit for the popularity of tennis today. He has brought the sport into so many people's lives. Whether through the launch of the Tennis Channel, or through the thousands of children he has spent time with on the court, Steve has played an important role in introducing the sport to a whole new generation.

Steve Bellamy is a natural choice for this award for being able to dream of what could and should be done in tennis at any level and take on the responsibility of making it happen and getting it done. He is creative, innovative, likeable and sometimes a maverick while developing a meeting of the minds of people at all levels whether on the court or in the boardroom.

My mission is always to grow the game of tennis. I didn't want to just put on another tennis tournament. I wanted to do something that was different. I wanted to do something that could bring people that wouldn't normally go to a tennis tournament and watch, and then sell them on tennis while they are there.

Marcelo is playing a different level to everyone at the moment but (Cedric) Pioline pushed him this week and I think I can as well. I have to play my best tennis -- he is quicker and nine years younger, but I'm hoping my experience can help. I will have to be more aggressive than last week in Qatar where I lost pretty easily, but finals are always more open and I will try to stay with him as long as I can.

Matches tend to get long outdoors. The heat can affect you if it's really hot. You might cramp up at some point in play. Obviously fitness is a big thing, but it's also about how you deal with things that you can't control. It can be really windy and the tennis can get ugly, or it can be sunny and it's hard to serve.

Lindsay has that rare quality of really and truly being happy with herself, no matter what. Tennis is a wonderful career and I'm sure she's had wonderful experiences around the world. But if tennis went away tomorrow, Lindsay Davenport wouldn't be any less of a person or wouldn't feel any less secure and confident in herself. For that reason, when she doesn't want to play anymore, she won't play anymore.

I won't be watching the women's final, that's for sure. I'm not into women's tennis any more.

It feels great. It's such a big achievement as there are 1,000 players in the rankings and I will be among the top eight. I know the Tennis Masters Cup is a very special tournament and now I will experience it.

I think she played one of the best matches against me. She stepped in as soon as the match started and played some really unbelievable shots. I was very impressed by her level of tennis today.

I think she has handled everything that has come her way really well since winning Wimbledon. I mean, she's still very young and is a very great player. Other players handle things differently. I'm one who can't handle anything but playing tennis and trying to be married. But other players have the ability to encompass a lot more.

I think everybody knows that the tennis season is way too long. I mean, it's about 10 and a half months of the year. I think a lot of the times with the scheduling fans don't know sometimes what tournaments are bigger than others. I think there needs to be a better structure on the tour.

It does make a lot of sense to me to have tennis in the building. And we would love to have tennis but there is nothing definitive at all.

I think I found a balance partly in knowing that I found a little bit of a different perspective. It is not the end of the world if I lose a tennis match, but also the realization that my career won?t last forever. A moment like this is not guaranteed, and I want to work to make sure I have more moments like these. I want to appreciate them for what they are and realize that it can happen and it can be me out there.

I think in about two or three months it will be easier to kind of tell. She's a champion. She's a great tennis player. It's pretty open right now, so it's a good time actually for her to be coming back.

I think he played some of his best tennis when there was kind of an in-between those two, when he's out there showing energy, having fun, kind of strutting his stuff, so to say. I think it's important to enjoy the moment and go out there and really let it fly.

I think for tennis players it would make our lives a lot easier.

I think it would be amazing for the fans of tennis to be able to see them. But first things first. I'd like to see the sport come together to figure out a way to make sure they don't get into the wrong hands.

I thought it was a great day for our freshmen to get used to college tennis and dual matches.

I thought I was going to be a tennis player when I was a boy. I had a coach and everything and played in some junior tournaments. I was pretty good, but it is too many hours playing tennis. I didn't like it that much. I was lazy.

I think they?re looking forward to going to California, maybe not just for the tennis but also to go to California for spring break.

Just 15 years ago it was farms and trees. Now we have the Family Circle Cup tennis match there with Venus and Serena Williams playing.

I might not have played my best tennis today, but with Fernando it is very difficult to play. But the important thing is to win a tournament like this that I had been so close to winning before.

We now go direct to the black book of tennis players.

We need a great effort, every one has to come out and play their best tennis of the season. Nothing less than an inspired effort is going to cut it.

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That was a good match for both teams. It's good tennis all the way through. We need 10 matches like that.

That wasn't really a match for me. I was already in the semis, so I just wanted to save my energy. Obviously, she must be playing great tennis but I just need to go out there and step it up if I want to be in the semis.

That's what I love in tennis -- the competition and the tension. It helps me to be 100 percent.

I was really pleased with my game today, I was hitting the ball really well. I think I'm playing good tennis at the moment, so I'm hopeful for the next matches.

I wasn't playing my best tennis at all for a set and a half, but I was still fighting. I was defending well and I think that's kept me in a lot of games. We had a lot of long rallies, and I think that got her tired.

I wasn't far from my best tennis today. I'm happy with how aggressive I was and it's great to be in the semifinals here.

I wasn't even playing tennis (when I first saw Seles). I was always watching (Seles) on TV with my dad and I decided to play tennis not because I wanted to be a professional player, but because my parents wanted me to get involved in something so I wouldn't be running around the streets in Serbia.

I was not that satisfied, not that happy with (this) year. Coming here, it just changes everything. I just forget all the tournaments that have been before, I forget all what's behind me and I just remember the memories and want to do good here. I want to play my best tennis and don't think what happened before it.

I was not far from my best tennis today. I'm really happy with my win and with the way I got it.

I was not able to play in 1972 because I was under contract to World Championship Tennis and in 1973 there was the player boycott.

My challenge to them was to be better tennis players at 5:30 in the afternoon than they were at 3:30 in the afternoon.

Most of our players are soccer first and tennis second. We have some pretty good athletes, but in order to be real competitive in high-school tennis, it takes more than being a good athlete. In most cases, you've got to take some lessons or work on your game individually. I don't have many of those.

Michael's presence in Naples adds to an already impressive field of tennis greats playing to reach the Monday night title match.

Miami has been my home since we moved the Nasdaq-100 Open to Key Biscayne in 1987 and I relish the opportunity to support important charitable causes such as the Greater Miami Tennis Foundation through events such as the Jim Berry Tennis Classic and the Robin Givens Night with the Stars.

We have only one strategy to follow. Press up on the kids right from the beginning. Successful tennis is played aggressively.

You can be playing great tennis the past week, you come out and no matter how good you might have been playing, the level of tennis goes down the drain simply because of the wind.

Winning the tiebreak was crucial and I am pleased to get through. The level of tennis was very high in the first set. He is a great athlete with a great physique and he can hit the ball hard.

Winning the tiebreak was crucial and I am pleased to get through, ... The level of tennis was very high in the first set. He is a great athlete with a great physique and he can hit the ball hard.

We're all upset. I think my tennis match doesn't mean anything compared to what happened.

We played great. We're currently playing the best tennis we have all year.

We hope that everyone has a pride among them that this is a top institution. We want our tennis team to stay in the top 10 nationally and to do that we have to maintain the courts in top condition.

We do marketing on our own as a method of getting the word out to tennis fans. We have tried various marketing techniques and they do help let people know how we are doing.

Well, I think, you know, the university and the high schools are also important, but depends how I'm going to do in tennis - well, I hope. I mean, it depends, so I don't know yet.

We played pretty much the best tennis we've played all season. We've been winning this tournament lately, but only by a point or two, so this was definitely our most convincing win at the All-Area Tournament.

We played very solid tennis today in doubles and singles. That has given us the opportunity to move one step closer to the final. San Diego is a very good team and we'll have to be at the top of our game again to secure a victory.

You are almost honored as a coach to have two guys of that quality, not only in terms of tennis ability but also because of the people that they are. You wish that you could keep them for another four years.

We wanted to make it a nice place not only for people to play tennis, but to come and watch tennis. This really adds to Logan and Cache County as a whole as it's definitely the nicest indoor tennis facility.

Three of the teams have never played tennis before in their lives. I think we're going to get better cause they're pretty good athletes. Put a basketball in their hands and they'll do great. It's going to get better, though.

When I retire from tennis there are all kinds of things I want to do. I'd like to go to a business school or maybe take an artistic design course.

You know, it's a shame they were so good, ... But tennis was so big in the States because of them. I played tennis because of those guys. You can't really fault those guys for being so good.

We have a feeling those interested in tennis and general recreational needs or the needs of the library will come out and vote. A lot of people who are interested in the quality of life here in Auburn are very interested in this vote.

The problem is really the schedule is overcrowded. I don't think it's a Davis Cup problem, per se. It's a tennis problem.

You know, you walk into this place, it's not like walking into Cincinnati or Montreal. This is a Grand Slam. You know, this is what you play for. This is what tennis is all about. Yeah, not many people will remember what happened in Montreal or Cincinnati if you go out and win this tournament.