Our good friend Layne Beachley is now sending her thoughts about her involvement in Dancing With the Stars directly to DD for inclusion in our blog. Here’s what she had to say about her near-elimination this week: In the world of dancing, the Rumba is ‘the dance of love and eroticism’ between a man and [...]
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Who’dathought? That spindly legged kid I coached tennis when she was 10 went on to become a surfing legend – seven time World Champion. That was mind-blowing enough. Now she’s a dancing superstar too! Layne Beachley made her debut on 7′s Dancing With The Stars last Sunday night, waltzing into viewers’ hearts (if not all [...]
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Still trying to figure out how Roddick lost the Wimbledon Final. Up a set and 6-2 in the 2nd set tiebreak and Fed not able to break him… it was all over. That one shanked high backhand volley was the turning point. Amazing how a 4 hour match with a 30 game final set can [...]
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Well he didn’t make it to a semi-final showdown with the great white British hope, but Lleyton Hewitt had his best tournament and played his best tennis in years. He cruised through the first week then came from 2 sets down to beat Stepanek in 5, winning the last three 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Then he [...]
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After just one match he may already have played the shot of the tournament. Did you see that point towards the end of the 2nd set against Lu from Chinese Taipei? Lu hit a brilliant angled high backhand drop volley with Federer well behind the baseline. The Swiss genius chased towards the spectator stands, hit [...]
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First a semi-finalist on clay at the French and now a first-up straight sets win on grass at Eastbourne… Slammin’ Sam Stosur’s looking good ahead of next week’s start of the greatest Grand Slam of all. After knocking off German Sabine Lisicki 6-2 6-1 on Monday in the first round at Eastbourne, Sam now faces [...]
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