Roger Federer's Strange Days - Bleacherreport.com

What a yearâ€"2008 was singular in its drama and painful in its resolution as the year bore on like an awl through metal, scraping nerves raw and torturing psyches unendingly in anticipation of the next bitter blow to be dealt the chosen one…Roger
Source: bleacherreport.com

Nadal and Federer to play at Qatar Open - Associated Press
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will open the 2009 ATP season by playing at the Qatar Open. Qatar tennis federation president Nasser al-Kholiafi says Andy Murray and Andy Roddick will also take part in the hard-court tournament
Source: hosted.ap.org

Connors charged for altercation at basketball game - Daily Times
SANTA BARBARA: Tennis great Jimmy Connors has been charged with a misdemeanor for an altercation last week before a college basketball game. Connors, an eight-time Grand Slam champion, was charged Wednesday in Santa Barbara Superior Court with
Source: www.dailytimes.com.pk

Toyota Considers Future of U.S. Open, Lexus Cup Sponsorships - Bloomberg
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus brand is likely to cut some sports sponsorships in the next year, when its contracts for golf’s Lexus Cup and U.S. Open tennis are up for renewal, a senior marketing official said. Toyota, the
Source: www.bloomberg.com

Spain moves ahead in World Cup of Golf, Canada eight back - TSN
SHENZHEN, China - Miguel Angel Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal lifted Spain into a four-shot lead at the World Cup of Golf, shooting a surprising nine-under 63 on Friday playing the difficult foursomes (alternate-shot) format. Spain was 17-under 127 for
Source: www.tsn.ca

Game, set and circus - Age
It's a new game plan at the Australian Open as the Spiegelworld comes to town. Joining the players, says Ian Munro, will be a raunchy performance of erotic gymnasts. NOW that Spiegelworld is headed its way, it is just as well that the Australian
Source: www.theage.com.au

Former tennis player reveals Dubai business plan - ArabianBusiness.com
NET PROFIT: David Lloyd has revealed plans to bring a new holiday home venture to Dubai. (Getty Images) David Lloyd, the upmarket sports club entrepreneur and former tennis player, has revealed plans to bring a new holiday home club venture to Dubai
Source: www.arabianbusiness.com


Dr. Joseph Pizzorno
Half the costs of illness are wasted on conditions that could be prevented. from the book"Total Wellness."

National tennis matches coming to La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club - La Jolla

Some of the nation's best tennis players over the age of 39 will be competing at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club from Dec. 1 to 7. They'll face off in men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the United States Tennis Association
Source: www.lajollalight.com

Triumphant Spain returns home - Sportsnet.ca
MADRID, Spain -- Spain's winning Davis Cup team returned home on Tuesday looking worn out from a night of celebrations followed by a long flight from Argentina. Fernando Verdasco, Feliciano Lopez, David Ferrer, Marcel Granollers and captain Emilio
Source: www.sportsnet.ca

Davis Cup champion Spain returns to home soil - San Diego Union-Tribune
MADRID, Spain â€" Spain's winning Davis Cup team returned home on Tuesday looking worn out from a night of celebrations followed by a long flight from Argentina. Fernando Verdasco, Feliciano Lopez, David Ferrer, Marcel Granollers and captain Emilio
Source: www.signonsandiego.com

Weary Davis Cup champions return home to Madrid - CBS Sportsline
MADRID, Spain -- Spain's winning Davis Cup team returned home on Tuesday looking worn out from a night of celebrations followed by a long flight from Argentina. Fernando Verdasco , Feliciano Lopez , David Ferrer , Marcel Granollers and captain Emilio
Source: www.sportsline.com

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If the pain wanders, do not waste your time with doctors.
- Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

Ex-Tennis Champ Jimmy Connors Arrested - KCTV 5

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Tennis great Jimmy Connors was arrested Friday outside the campus arena where UC Santa Barbara and top-ranked North Carolina were playing a basketball game. The eight-time Grand Slam champion was taken into custody Friday
Source: www.kctv5.com

Jimmy Connors arrested outside UC Santa Barbara-North Carolina - Grand Forks Herald
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Tennis great Jimmy Connors was arrested outside the campus arena where UC Santa Barbara and top-ranked North Carolina were playing a basketball game. The eight-time Grand Slam champion was taken into custody Friday night after
Source: www.grandforksherald.com

USC sweeps tennis matches - The State
At Auburn, Ala., USC swept three doubles matches at the Auburn Fall Classic and won three singles matches as well. Diego Cubas and Ivan Machado teamed to win in doubles, then both won in singles play. South Carolina finished third and had three
Source: www.thestate.com

Joubert, Kostner win at Cup of Russia - San Diego Union-Tribune
MOSCOW â€" Brian Joubert's sensational short program gave him such a big lead, he won the Cup of Russia even with a less-than-stellar free skate. Carolina Kostner topped error-strewn Fumie Suguri with an elegant free skate to win the women's title
Source: www.signonsandiego.com

Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco surprise Argentines in David Cup - The Australian
The pair downed Argentina's David Nalbandian and Agustin Calleri 5-7 7-5 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 in the doubles to give their country a 2-1 lead in Mar del Plata. The Spanish, champions in 2000 and 2004 and runners-up on three other occasions, had hardly dared
Source: www.theaustralian.news.com.au


The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.

- Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990

» Federer targets 2009

Roger Federer wrapped up his season with an picnic win concluded James Blake in an exhibition match before turning his thoughts to getting his 2009 season off to a flying lay foundation for.


Doc Childre and Howard Martin, The HeartMath Solution
Our mental and emotional diets determine our overall energy levels, health, and well-being to a far greater extent than most people realize. Every thought and feeling, no matter how big or small, impacts our inner energy reserves.

MBL Girls Tennis: Watsonville clinches first title in program's - Santa Cruz Sentinel

As Watsonville High's girls tennis coach Tony Navarro said, "For the second night in a row, history is made." The Wildcatz won the school's first girls tennis team title Wednesday with a 7-0 shutout of Monte Vista Christian at Pajaro Valley High in
Source: www.santacruzsentinel.com

Venus Williams beats Serena at WTA Championships - Washington Post
U.S.A.'s Serena Williams uses her towel in a match break against Russia's Dinara Safina during the second day of Sony Ericsson Tennis Championship in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday Nov. 5, 2008. Serena Williams beat Dinara Safina, 6-4, 6-1. (AP Photo/Kamran
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

U.S. tennis superstar due in Kenya Thursday - Xinhua News Agency
NAIROBI, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Tennis superstar Serena Williams arrives in Kenya on Thursday to open a school she has funded in collaboration with the Build African Schools Initiative and technology firm Hewlett Packard (HP). Serena Williams of U.S
Source: news.xinhuanet.com


People who are always taking care of their health are like misers who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
- Laurence Sterne

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Djokovic outclasses Del Potro in Masters opener - Reuters UK

SHANGHAI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Second seed Novak Djokovic overpowered seventh-seeded Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 7-5 6-3 in the opening match of the Masters Cup on Sunday. In the day's second match, fourth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko defeated sixth
Source: uk.reuters.com

Tennis Photo Wire - ESPN.com
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, right, and David Nalbandian of Argentina poses with their trophies after the final match of the Paris Tennis Masters tournament, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008. Tsonga won 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau
Source: sports.espn.go.com

Djokovic, Davydenko win Masters Cup openers - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Shanghai, China (Sports Network) - Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Russia's Nikolay Davydenko were winners Sunday on the first day of play at the Tennis Masters Cup. The second-seeded Djokovic earned a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Argentina's Juan Martin del
Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com

Tsonga wins Paris Masters - Globe and Mail
France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga celebrates after winning his ATP Paris Indoor Master Tournament final tennis match against Argentina's David Nalbandian on Sunday at the Palais Omnisport Paris-Bercy in Paris. Tsonga won 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. (Franck Fife/AFP
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com

Djokovic, Davydenko win in Shanghai - International Herald Tribune
SHANGHAI : Novak Djokovic ended his Masters Cup jinx on Sunday, overcoming a rash of errors to beat Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro 7-5, 6-3 in the season-ending tournament's opening round-robin match. Russia's Nikolay Davydenko used his
Source: www.iht.com

Djokovic beats Del Potro in Masters Cup opener - Xinhua News Agency
SHANGHAI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Second seed Novak Djokovic beat seventh-seeded Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 7-5, 6-3 in the opening match of the Tennis Masters Cup on Sunday. Djokovic, who broke del Potro's serve to win final game of the first set
Source: news.xinhuanet.com

Bhupathi-Knowels win first league match in Shanghai Masters - Thaindian.com
Shanghai, Nov 9 (IANS) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas defeated Wesley Moodie and Jeff Coetzee in their first league match of Tennis Masters Cup here Sunday.Bhupathi and Knowels, who are placed in the Red Group, scored a 6-2, 6
Source: www.thaindian.com


Doc Childre, Freeze-Frame
A harmonious relationship with one you love can enhance your work, health and entire well-being.

Federer seeking to revive mojo at year-end Masters Cup - ESPN.com

A strong showing by Roger Federer at the Masters Cup will set the tone in 2009. Men's professional tennis was only slightly less volatile than the stock market in 2008. Consider the striking change at the top, as Rafael Nadal , all of 22 years old
Source: sports.espn.go.com

Man robs Wells Fargo bank inside grocery store - AZCentral.com
Police are searching for a man they say held up a Wells Fargo bank Thursday inside an Albertson's grocery store near Hayden and Indian Bend roads. Police said the man entered the bank, 6985 N. Hayden Road, around 4:20 p.m. and passed a note demanding
Source: www.azcentral.com

Hoffman's doubles play helps Clear Lake - Houston Chronicle
It was early in last week’s team tennis regional final, but Clear Lake’s Chris Hoffman was feeling good. He and partner Brandon Farine had taken the first set from Cinco Ranch’s top doubles and were breaking for water. After a big gulp, Hoffman
Source: www.chron.com

Zvonareva beats Jankovic; Serena pulls out in Doha - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Doha, Qatar (Sports Network) - Russian Vera Zvonareva upset world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic to win her round-robin group, while Serena Williams pulled out here on Friday, giving two-time major runner-up Elena Dementieva a walkover into Saturday's
Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com

Posted by Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com - ESPN.com
If you thought Roger Federer might follow Rafael Nadal's lead and pull out of the Tennis Master's Cup, you haven't been paying attention to the emerging narrative. Roger Federer has reached the same point Pete Sampras did shortly after he wrapped up
Source: sports.espn.go.com

Masters Cup debut holds rich promise for Andy Murray - Times Online
The minute Andy Murray strikes his first ball in a Masters Cup on Monday evening here, he will be richer by $350,000 (about £220,000), the bonus for finishing the year as the world No 4 and the first of the rewards that each player receives for
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk


Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot.
- Dutch Proverb, sometimes attributed to William C. Hazlitt

U.K. man charged with planning terror act - CNBC

43-year-old accused of having Nazi book, homemade bombs, and timers LONDON - British police said they charged a 43-year-old man with planning an act of terrorism and having two improvised explosive devices, timers, and a Nazi-themed handbook. Neil
Source: www.cnbc.com

WTA founder promotes gender equality in Qatar - CBS Sportsline
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -Billie Jean King is in the conservative Muslim sheikdom of Qatar to promote gender equality in sport, but the WTA Tour founder says change is difficult and takes time. "That's actually one of the big reasons I wanted to come here
Source: www.sportsline.com

Islam sets limits on sensuality of female tennis (Feature) - Monsters and Critics
Doha - Silhouettes instead of photographs, and computer manipulation to conceal thighs: that is how Qatar promoted this week's season-ending WTA Championship. For years the WTA has appealed to sensuality to sell its stars, but the first experience of
Source: www.monstersandcritics.com

How Obama Can Win Over The Media - CBS News
(MarketWatch) Rick Stengel, the managing editor of Time magazine, didn't hesitate when I asked him what advice he would have for the nation's next president. It was around 9 p.m. on Tuesday night, and Stengel was weaving his way through the throng at
Source: www.cbsnews.com


There's lots of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.
- Josh Billings

Study: Tennis Players Should Always Challenge Line Calls - FOX News

LOS ANGELES â€" Two tennis players are locked in a furious baseline exchange. Eventually, a line judge calls the ball "out." Should the player who lost the point protest the ruling? Yes, a new study suggests. Researchers say professional tennis
Source: www.foxnews.com

Soderling beats Ouanna at Paris Masters - NBC Sports
PARIS (AP) -Robin Soderling won his sixth straight match Tuesday by beating Josselin Ouanna of France 6-3, 6-4 in the Paris Masters and set up an eighth career meeting against Roger Federer in the second round. The big serving Swede , who won his
Source: nbcsports.msnbc.com

Top seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match - ESPN.com
Though tennis has some insulation from the financial crisis, the tours are cognizant they may feel the effects of the market chaos. Ford
Source: sports.espn.go.com

BHS Girls Tennis: Hawks sweep season series - Desert Dispatch
BARSTOW • Members of the Silverado High School girls tennis team played on the playground equipment near the end of their match against Barstow on Monday. Some chased each other, others slid down a slide while some players swung on the swings. As
Source: www.desertdispatch.com

BC-TEN-Federer-Davis-Cup - AP - Guardian Unlimited
BC-TEN-Federer-Davis-Cup, 2nd Tennis News Star Swiss player Roger Federer to play in Davis Cup against U.S. Full Story GENEVA - Roger Federer ended the speculation over his Davis Cup plans Tuesday, announcing he will play for Switzerland against the
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tennis: Andy, Yoni withdraw from Masters Cup - Jerusalem Post
Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich announced on Monday that they will pull out of the season ending Masters Cup in Shanghai due to Erlich's elbow injury. The 31-year-old has struggled with his elbow since the middle of September, and despite his hopes that he
Source: www.jpost.com

Hilton Head High tennis match pushed back to Tuesday - Island Packet Online
The anticipated rematch of last year's Lower State Final between Hilton Head Island and Myrtle Beach high schools was put on hold Monday due to the gloomy weather forecast. The contest is now scheduled for 3 p.m. today on the Seahawks' courts, but
Source: www.islandpacket.com

Why tennis referees mistakenly call more balls 'out' than 'in' - Newstrack India
Washington, Oct 28 (ANI): Tennis referees are very likely to make mistakes when they call balls "out" than when they call them "in", mainly because of the inherent bias in people perceiving moving objects, according to a new report. As it turns out
Source: www.newstrackindia.com

Why tennis referees mistakenly call more balls ”out” than ”in” - Thaindian.com
Washington, Oct 28 (ANI): Tennis referees are very likely to make mistakes when they call balls “out” than when they call them “in”, mainly because of the inherent bias in people perceiving moving objects, according to a new report. As it
Source: www.thaindian.com


Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.
- Doug Larson

Montgomery Tennis Championship: Churchill Girls Repeat - Washington Post

The Churchill girls' tennis team followed a familiar script to win its Montgomery County tennis title yesterday at Blake. Just like last year, the Bulldogs lost one match to place second in the regular season, but rebounded to win the county
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Italian tennis player was No. 92 before injuries took toll - Chicago Sun-Times
ROME -- Federico Luzzi, a former top-100 tennis player, has died of leukemia. He was 28. Luzzi died at a hospital in Arezzo, the Italian Tennis Federation said Saturday. He had been there for a few days after retiring last weekend from an Italian
Source: www.suntimes.com

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Tsonga wins Paris Masters and goes to Shanghai - Reuters UK
PARIS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his maiden Masters Series event when he beat Argentine David Nalbandian 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the final of the Paris Masters on Sunday to clinch the last qualifying spot for the season's finale in Shanghai
Source: uk.reuters.com

Fundamental formula - Island Packet Online
Eventually, after Tom Coulton leaped into the air to smash an overhead winner on a ball that initially appeared to be sailing over his head, all Ben Hale could do was shrug his shoulders and glare in his opponent's direction. "I had no idea you were
Source: www.islandpacket.com

Parks and Rec calendar - News-Leader.com
Open gym/free play. Doling Community Center, 837-5900. O'Reilly-Tefft Gym, 837-5817. Oak Grove Community Center, 891-1635. Age: 12 through adult, 11 and under with adult. Doling: Call for dates and fees (free for members $4 nonmembers). O'Reilly
Source: www.news-leader.com

Courier rallies for Stanford Championships tennis title - Dallas Morning News
UNIVERSITY PARK â€" In his two decades in professional tennis, Jim Courier had never seen an ending to a tournament like the one Sunday at SMU's Turpin Tennis Center. Down 8-6 in the match tiebreaker, Courier rallied to take a 9-8 lead. He returned a
Source: www.dallasnews.com

Dom Joly: Jackets off for a serious spot of wiff-waff - The Independent
Dom Joly at his well-used, outdoor table tennis table. 'We play about twice a year on very sunny days when we want to pretend we?re on holiday in France' Lunch had been great â€" an almost French affair slap bang in the middle of the Cotswolds. We
Source: www.independent.co.uk

Mustangs’ state tennis tourney hopes fall short - Galveston County Daily News
Friendswood High School unfortunately fell a round short of making it to this weekend’s University Interscholastic League Class 4A Team Tennis State Championships. For the fourth year in a row, Montgomery advanced to the state tournament, this time
Source: www.galvnews.com


Aaron Antonovsky (1987).
Unraveling The Mystery of Health: How People Manage Stress and Stay Well. We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence (i.e. sense that life is comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) and ability to function in the face of changes in themselves and their relationships with their environment.

Paris: Nalbandian, Tsonga final

Extract not prepared.

Nalbandian reaches Paris Masters final
Extract not getable.

Fahoum/Haarhoff Win ITA East Regional Championship
Oct. 28, 2008 Philadelphia, Pa.

Grant cops alternative Le Meridien tennis title
RUDY Grant secured his next title of the Le Meridien clear Tennis

Nalbandian, Tsonga to meet for Paris Masters crown and more
Argentine star David Nalbandian and French crowd esteemed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won semifinal matches Saturday and will play for the title at the Paris Masters.


The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.

- Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990