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Welcome to Miami
Tennis Panorama News was in Miami this week covering the Sony Ericsson Open. Craig Hickman of Craig Hickman on Tennis and JD Blom were on site covering all the on-court and off-court action.
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Breaking News at WTA All Access
Due to Craig Hickman’s and JD Blom’s skills with the Flemish language they broke the “Clijsters won’t play in Asia” story on twitter first and with a complete translation later in the day. Heads up to Chris Chase for recognizing this in Yahoo’s tennis blog Busted Racquet. It was interesting to see media outlets report the story without verification or source attribution.
Of War and Radiation: Kim Clijsters Speaks
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Soccer/Football Jinx
Photo courtesy of Onthegotennis.com
Has anyone noticed that most of those players who participated in the charity soccer match for Japan earlier in the week have already lost in Miami? The list so far includes Andy Murray, Fernando Verdasco, Marcos Baghdatis, Stanislas Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori.
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Look out for Falling Seeds
On Saturday alone 10 seeds including Andy Roddick lost in Miami – 6 men and 4 women.
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Serena Sighting
From Serena Williams‘ twitter account, Williams and Caroline Wozniacki took in a Miami Heat game earlier in the week.
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Losing Streak
Andy Murray (Photo of Onthegotennis.com)
Andy Murray is officially in a slump. He was a second round victim to Alex Bogomolov Jr. This marks his fourth consecutive loss beginning with the final of the Australian Open. Despite the loss, Murray will climb to No. 4 in the world due to Robin Soderling’s third round exit at the Sony Ericsson Open.
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Doubles Point of the Week!
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Swimming with the Fish(es)
Mardy Fish has a sense of humor to volunteer to participate in two photo-ops this week – swimming with the dolphins..
Mardy Fish and Dolphins Cheerleaders (Getty Images)
and posing with the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders. Good news for Fish – not official yet but a Fish win in the next round, paired with Andy Roddick’s early loss will make Fish the top ranked US male.
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Dance of the Week
Video and photo courtesy of Forty Deuce
Ana Ivanovic has paired up with Andrea Petkovic in doubles this week at the Sony Ericsson Open. Needless to say Petkovic has shown her how to do the victory dance.
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Photo-Op of the Week
NBA All-Stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat perfomed the coin toss at Saturday evening’s Rafael Nadal-Kei Nishikori match at the Sony Ericsson Open.
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Do you wanna ride in my Mercedes boy?
Photo courtesy of Onthegotennis.com
Kudos to Onthegotennis.com who caught Roger Federer driving to the Sony Ericsson Open in a Mercedes. Mercedes is one of Federer’s sponsors.
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Parties and Events of the Week
Tennis Family Unites To Raise Funds for Japan Disaster Relief
Sony Ericsson Open Players Party – Welcome to the Oscars
New Experience with Sharapova and the Hot Shots
GR8 Friends For Japan Fundraiser with Novak Djokovic
Slideshow: GR8 Friends For Japan Fundraiser
Game, Set, Match, Videos and Photo Galleries!
JD Blom and Craig Hickman were all over the Sony Ericsson Open from the matches to the “Party Patrol” events this past week. Here are links to videos and photo galleries. Also check out the live tweeting of the red carpet events they covered thorughout the week– here
Articles with Videos:
Videos – GR8 Friends For Japan Fundraiser with Novak Djokovic
Video – Roger Federer Practice Session at the Sony Ericsson Open
Video – Andy Roddick Practice Session at the Sony Ericsson Open
Photo Galleries
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