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Busted Racquet is a Yahoo! sports blog about tennis that is edited by Chris Chase.
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Andre Agassi Explains Why He Wrote Controversial Autobiography

Oct 28, 2009
One day after details of his crystal meth use rocked the sports world, Andre Agassi broke his silence and explained why he chose to write his controversial autobiography "Open". Although this was most likely taped before the excerpts...

The Phony Battle for No. 1

Oct 26, 2009
The WTA Tour has one storyline right now and it is riding it for all it's worth. The battle for the No. 1 ranking, a phony war that only exists due to a serious flaw in the rating system, is being billed as the headline attraction ah...

How to Pronounce the Names of the Biggest Stars in Tennis

Oct 12, 2009
Mine is Gilles Simon. Even though I know the name of the No. 10 ranked Frenchman is pronounced Jh-ill See-MON, me and my Yankee accent can never get it right when I say it aloud. (I think it's because whenever I read the name I think of former Ar...

Kimiko Date Krumm becomes oldest tour winner since 1983

Sep 27, 2009
Now this is a comeback. Thirteen years after winning her last tournament and retiring from the sport, 38-year old Kimiko Date Krumm became the oldest winner of a WTA Tour event since Billie Jean King. The Japanese star retired from tennis in 1996 ...

U.S. Open Slice, Day 10: Federer Can expect Smooth Sailing

Sep 10, 2009
Roger Federer could afford to smile after his quarterfinal victory on Wednesday night. Sure, the world No. 1 and overwhelming favorite for the U.S. Open was forced to work harder than expected against Sweden's Robin Soderling. Howev...

Picture of the Day: ATP finalists relaxing, London-style

Nov 21, 2009
What is this, an edition of Masterpiece Theater? I half expect Rafa to light a pipe, open up one of those oversized, leather-bound Dickens books and begin doing a John Houseman impersonation. Thank goodness the ATP World Tour Finals begin tomorrow. I...

Weekly Slice: The 2009 men's season ends with a top-spot showdown

Nov 20, 2009
First serve London is gearing up for the final showdown of the ATP season, and all the talk is about the battle for top spot. Even the inclusion of British favorite Andy Murray in the eight-man field for the ATP World Tour Finals can't distract from...

Game Point: The ATP goes GQ, Federer talks soccer

Nov 20, 2009
Game Point is Busted Racquet's roundup of facts, figures and links about the tennis world. Love -- The picture of the eight participants in the ATP finale isn't nearly as fun as the picture of the eight participants in the WTA finale. It looks like...

Number of Americans playing tennis reaches decade high

Nov 19, 2009
Tennis, everyone? A study commissioned by the USTA found that 30.1 million Americans laced up their tennis shoes and hit the court in 2009. That's a 12.5 percent increase from 2008 and almost 25 percent more than in 2003, back when Roger Federer was...

I'm on a boat: ATP finalists to arrive to tournament by sea

Nov 17, 2009
One if by land, deuce if by sea? To avoid car traffic in downtown London, players at next week's year-end ATP World Tour Finals will have the option of traveling to the site of the tournament by boat. At last year's event, which was held in Shanghai,...


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