No announcement was made as to whether Venus or Serena Williams will participate.
Tickets for the 2010 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas semifinal between the United States
and Russia will go on sale Friday, March 12, at 10 a.m., the United States Tennis
Association announced today.
Ticket prices range from $60 to $300 for two-day packages and can be purchased online
at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 1-888-334-USTA (8782). Similar
to the Davis Cup matches held in Birmingham last year, a pre-sale for USTA members
will take place on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
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by Jian (Jose) Li, Ph.D., USPTA
ADHD is one of the most common childhood neurobehavioral disorders, affecting 4.5
million American children. A recent survey showed that a total of 15 to 19 million
Chinese children suffer from ADHD as well. Inspired by the success of wheelchair
tennis and its founder Brad Parks, I thought that if wheelchair tennis can help
those people who have physical disabilities, tennis should make a positive impact
on millions of children who are diagnosed with mental disorders. In the last three
years, I have tried to prove that tennis is the right sport for ADHD kids.
I frequently see questions in my ADHD-tennis Web site mail box such as this: "Besides
physically taking his chin in your hand and pointing his face at yours if your ADHD
student is not looking at you during the instruction time, do you have other methods
to share with us?" I would like to take this opportunity to share with other teaching
professionals my hands-on experience with these children.
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[CHICAGO] – Just recently announcing her comeback, Justine Henin is back on the
courts with a new Wilson racket in her hand. She is already off to a very good start
with a win in straight sets over Nadia Petrova in the Brisbane International, two
weeks ahead of her comeback to Grand Slam tennis at the Australian Open.
Seven-time Grand Slam winner, Justine says that she wants to come back because she
has unfinished business in tennis: she wants to win a Wimbledon title, the only
major she hasn’t won, and to continue playing at least until the London 2012 Olympics.
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