Sentences with phrase «in tennis history»

Maria Sharapova and Michelle Larcher de Brito provided us with one of the louder screaming matches in tennis history during Wimbledon's...

Maria Sharapova and Michelle Larcher de Brito provided us with one of the louder screaming matches in tennis history during Wimbledon's second round play on Wednesday.

Asked recently toassess his place in tennis history, Pete Sampras said that he thought hebelonged among the top five men's players of all time, along with Rod Laver (right), Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl and Roger Federer.

In the opening game of the second set, Martina broke Hanika's serve again, and at 3 - 1 it looked as though the match might be one of the shortest in tennis history.

Not exact matches

Widely known as the greatest clay court player in the history of tennis, Nadal's dominance is clear to anyone who has seen him play on the surface.

In 2016, Williams became the most - decorated woman in the modern history of tennis after winning Wimbledon for the seventh time in her career, bringing her to 22 Grand Slam titles for her career, passing Steffi GraIn 2016, Williams became the most - decorated woman in the modern history of tennis after winning Wimbledon for the seventh time in her career, bringing her to 22 Grand Slam titles for her career, passing Steffi Grain the modern history of tennis after winning Wimbledon for the seventh time in her career, bringing her to 22 Grand Slam titles for her career, passing Steffi Grain her career, bringing her to 22 Grand Slam titles for her career, passing Steffi Graf.

The last of the year's four tennis Grand Slam tournaments crowns its champions this weekend and women's favorite Serena Williams is looking to make history by becoming the first woman to win all four Grand Slam events in the same calendar year since Steffi Graf in 1988.

His professionals drew the biggest crowd in U.S. tennis history last week.

Tennis pointed out past stars at quarterback in the state such as Del Oro's Randy Fasani and Santa Margarita's Carson Palmer as individuals that may have been the greatest QBs in California history based on size, arm strength and numbers.

Tennis Star Cynthia Lau Breaks Down Barriers, Sets Influential Example For Asian Women Women's History Month, now celebrated annually in the...

Penn State ended the season with a 102 - game winning streak, which is the second - longest in a team sport in NCAA history behind the Miami men's tennis team's 137 - match run from 1957 through» 64.

Tennis has a long history of strong, visible female performers, yet women hold none of the top jobs in the game.

Yet her chapter in the history of tennis isn't as memorable as her gifts indicate it should be.

Venus and Serena Williams now have more gold medals than any tennis players in Olympic history after their third doubles gold.

A 2001 graduate of Williams, she was co-captain of the»01 national championship team, making her one of only two women in D - III tennis history to win titles as a player and a coach.

It was the longest final in Grand Slam history, the longest one - day match in Grand Slam history, and by the fourth set it resembled more of a 12 - round match between heavyweights with steel chins than a tennis match.

On the tennis courts of Europe Andy Murray reached a first French Open final, but fell once again to Djokovic, before making history by winning a record fifth Queen's Club title in London.

He is an adjunct professor of history and government at Daemen College, and he lives in Buffalos Elmwood Village, where hes an avid runner, tennis player and, as a former United States Youth Sailing champion, weekend water warrior.

In 1947, while sitting next to each other during a physics class at University College London, Geoffrey Burbidge and Margaret Peachey discovered they shared interests in tennis, politics, history, theater, and operIn 1947, while sitting next to each other during a physics class at University College London, Geoffrey Burbidge and Margaret Peachey discovered they shared interests in tennis, politics, history, theater, and operin tennis, politics, history, theater, and opera.

His childishness bursts out in a tennis game with Edward, who he has decided to groom for a management job at this factory, even though the boy studied history in college and has a wholly unsuitable temperament.

Plus, meet the Bryan brothers, the greatest doubles team in tennis and experience the history of the Triple Crown, horse racing's highest achievement, and the last champion to capture the elusive title, Secretariat.

The event, broadcast on September 20, 1973 to a worldwide TV audience, remains the most watched in the history of American tennis.

And there are plenty of great tennis sequences in Hollywood history: think of The Royal Tenenbaums, for example, in which Wes Anderson captured the sport's oddball absurdity via Luke Wilson's character, Richie «the Baumer» Tenenbaum, channeling Björn Borg in all his Fila - wrapped glory.

In the blue corner, slice of tennis history Battle of the Sexes boasts Emma Stone and Steve Carell at the head of its cast, and Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy among its producer / screenwriter lineup.

Working with the same team behind 2015's terrific tennis comedy 7 Days in Hell, Samberg and company mercilessly ridicule the prestigious contest's long history with doping.

In the past year we've witnessed two of the most iconic tennis matches in sports historIn the past year we've witnessed two of the most iconic tennis matches in sports historin sports history.

King has established herself as one of the greatest female tennis players in history.

This is Serena Williams, the undisputedly greatest woman tennis player in the history of the sport, in 2013 on «Late Night with David Letterman»:

It's a shame Battle of the Sexes wasn't a bigger hit, because this movie chronicling the 1973 match between superstar and women's sports pioneer Billie Jean King and 55 - year - old former tennis legend Bobby Riggs is so sensationally entertaining, and so culturally relevant for this exact moment in history, watching it proves to be a continuous joy even if viewers know exactly how the pair's story comes to an end.

There's Putman (Jay Chandrasekhar), the club tennis pro with the worst English accent in the history of film; Dave (Paul Soter), the resident DJ and drug dealer; Lars (Kevin Heffernan), the new masseuse; Juan (Steve Lem me), the hunky Latin water sports director; and Sam (Erik Stolhanske), the club's «fun police.»

Bret Tennis, Lead Naturalist at Garden of the Gods, gives a little lesson on the unusual history and geological wonder found in the Garden of the Gods Nature Center.

Scotty Freedman credentials: Scotty Freedman has played Paddle Tennis for 39 years, and has won the most championships in Paddle Tennis sport's history.

The developers are tennis and history fans in real life, and their goal with World of Tennis: Roaring»20s is to create a tennis game that lets players experience the vibrant atmosphere of the 1920s — with a unique visual style anchored by deep tactical play and motion capture for added retennis and history fans in real life, and their goal with World of Tennis: Roaring»20s is to create a tennis game that lets players experience the vibrant atmosphere of the 1920s — with a unique visual style anchored by deep tactical play and motion capture for added reTennis: Roaring»20s is to create a tennis game that lets players experience the vibrant atmosphere of the 1920s — with a unique visual style anchored by deep tactical play and motion capture for added retennis game that lets players experience the vibrant atmosphere of the 1920s — with a unique visual style anchored by deep tactical play and motion capture for added realism.

From helping to popularise gaming with Pong back in 1972, to Rockstar's Table Tennis for the Xbox 360, the tabletop sport has a long and gloried history with gaming.

The artist aims to capture content, specifically in search of «giving narrative life to objects, to alter their course, utility, and to amplify their charm; inscribing meanings and stories to these same objects, removing their varnish so as to not be perceived as «the [immutable] originals»; provoking collisions between images and assembling vernacular history with fantasies; fomenting a contemporary prosopopoeia, where a simple leather cushion, a tennis racket, or a lid of a tin biscuit box bare faces and voices.»