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Charlie Bricker, who almost never stands on formalilty, nevertheless signs his work "Charles Bricker." An alumni of the University of California at Berkeley, he's had 41 distinguished years in the news business, covered 25 NFL seasons and Super Bowls and for the last 16 years covered men's and women's professional tennis. He's perfectly positioned to cover tennis in the U.S. as a resident of Tampa, within an hour's drive of three major tennis training academies, and wields a pretty mean Prince racquet as well.

 

If you would like to read some of the articles written by Charles Bricker of Tennisnews.com, just click one of the links below.

 

7/2/2009 - IT'S ANOTHER SISTER ACT

Watching this spectacular afternoon of tennis unfold, it was difficult to decide which Williams sister match was more compelling -- the victory thatsent Serena into the Wimbledon final in a real net-floppingsplit-set gripper against Elena Dementieva or the astonishing destruction of world No. 1 Dinara Safina by Venus.......Read More

 

7/1/2009 - HAAS IS THE HORSE, RODDICK WINS

There was more than enough to chatter aboutafter Tommy Haas,a man whose career has been blurred bya combined 18 retirements or walkovers,three shoulder surgeries and countless other medical maladies,recorded the upset of the tournament to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon on Wednesday,at the age of 31.......Read More

 

6/30/2009 - NO MORE DOUBLE DUTY FOR VENUS

Venus Williams came to Wimbledon this year with one paramount tactical goal in mind, to cut down dramatically on her double faults by lightening up on her second serve, and after five matches she's not only accomplished that but it has had a spillover effect on the rest of her game as well.......Read More

 

6/29/2009 - BOMBS AWAY: KARLOVIC INTO THE QUARTERS

The bombs were coming off Ivo Karlovic's racket at the usual pace -- 35 more on Monday to make 137 for the tournament -- asthousands out on Court 17alternately gaped in amazement and screamed as if they'd just won a million-dollar lottery.......Read More

 

6/27/2009 - RODDICK: 1 TITLE, BUT A VERY GOOD SEASON

It's been an odd year for Andy Roddick, who overcame some premiere serving by Jurgen Melzer this afternoon to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon.......Read More

 

6/26/2009 - TOMMY HAAS: WHAT A HORSE

A pip! That's what the Brits would have called this one. And indeed it is a pip. Not WAS a pip, IS a pip. Because it's not over yet.......Read More

 

6/25/2009 - HIP, HIP, HOORAY FOR HEWITT

There could have been some hard drinking Thursday nightin Earl's Court, the area in west London that is home to thousands of expatriate Aussies.

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6/24/2009 - DEAD LEGS DOOM SHARAPOVA

It was a mild surprise, but hardly a shock, that Maria Sharapova was bundled out of Wimbledon in the second round this afternoon.......Read More

 

6/23/2009 - WIMBLEDON DAY 2: MURRAY MOVES ON

Blue skies. Half-sleeve shirts in the stands. And out on Henman Hill-cum-Murray Mount there was an estimated 4,000 fans who couldn't get Centre Court tickets roaring at a big screen TV every time Andy Murray hit a winner, and they didn't stop screaming until he had put away Robert Kendrick in four sets.......Read More

 

6/22/2009 - DAY1 FROM WIMBLEDON

I had to do a double-take on the scoreboard. Did that really say "Roger Federer" and not "R. Federer" on the big green scoreboard on Centre Court at Wimbledon....... Read More

 

6/18/2009 - BREAKING DOWN THE WIMBLEDON MEN

It's unlikely that the 2009 Wimbledon will be as shocking as the convoluted French Open that concluded a fortnight ago, but it also no longer appears to be a two-man tournament between Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer.......Read More

 

6/17/2009 - WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL OVER WIMBLEDON SEEDS

The Wimbledon seeds are out today and, though the All England Club retains the right to not seed by the rankings, in fact there is only one switch of positions among the top 10 men with No. 8 ranked Fernando Verdasco seeded seventh and No. 7 ranked Gilles Simon seeded eighth.

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6/7/2009 - FEDERER'S WINS A HOLLOW 14TH TITLE

Roger Federer has got it -- No. 14 to tie Pete Sampras for a record number of Grand Slam singles titles.

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5/16/2009 - GOODALL SPEAKING: LISTEN UP

Jason Goodall was once the second best tennis player in Britain, which of course puts him level in status with the head chef at Burger King.......Read More

 

5/12/2009 - KLEYBANOVA CONSUMES VENUS WILLIAMS

She's no longer The Eating Machine.......Read More

 

5/8/2009 - SAFINA LOOKS LIKE A NO. 1

She’ll probably never get the notoriety bestowed on her brother, Marat. But know this about Dinara Safina: She’s infinitely stronger, mentally, and she has a lot more heart and smarts.......Read More

 

5/7/2009 - WHO'S NO. 1? THAT'S THE WTA QUESTION

It is now more than 13 months since Justine Henin retired, leaving a small posse of No. 1 wannabes to scrap over the top of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings.......Read More

 

 

5/6/2009 - ALLASTER STILL THE CHOICE FOR WTA CEO

Speculation that Sony Ericsson WTA Tour second-in-command Stacey Allaster is out of the running for the soon to be vacant CEO job is baseless.......Read More

 

5/4/2009 - VENUS AND SERENA WANT TO CRASH THE PARTY

Venus and Serena Williams just declared themselves ready to play for the U.S. in the Fed Cup final vs. Italy on Nov. 7-8.......Read More

 

5/2/2009 - YET ANOTHER THIRD-SET EGG FOR FEDERER

As soon as the Federer-Djokovic semifinal from Rome reached the third, and final, set, you knew it was over for Roger.......Read More