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Tomic and Cash team up for World Tennis Challenge.
by bahamaderek on Dec.17, 2009, under Bernard Tomic, John McEnroe, Pat Cash
Rising tennis tee
n Bernard Tomic will finetune for the Australian Open by playing at the World Tennis Challenge.
Tomic, 17, has agreed to play in the novel World Tennis Challenge in Adelaide next January.
The Adelaide tournament, in which a retired star partners a current player in a teams format, ends only four days before the Australian Open starts in Melbourne.
Tomic will partner Wimbledon champ Pat Cash, who at age 44 is 27 years his senior.
The Tomic–Cash combination will represent Australasia in the Adelaide event, opposed to three teams – the Americas, Europe and the Internationals.
The Americas team features 50-year-old John McEnroe and Robbie Ginepri while French 46-year-old Henri Leconte will play for Europe with an as yet un-named teammate.
World No.14 Radek Stepanek will head the Internationals with a yet to be announced retired player.
Tomic this year became the youngest player in the Open era to win a main draw match at the Australian Open.
Currently ranked 286 in the world, Tomic expects to be given a wildcard into next year’s Australian Open.
“I can’t wait to play in Adelaide … playing alongside some of the greats will be a great learning curve,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.
“WTC is a fantastic concept and I think it will be great to play with Pat alongside some of the legends of the game.
“I think Adelaide is ideal preparation for the Australian Open.”
The WTC, first held earlier this year, will be held at Adelaide’s Memorial Drive from January 12 to 14.
The format pits the two current players against each other, followed by the past players. The teams then join for a doubles match.
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Young guns & old farts to play in Adelaide!
by bahamaderek on Oct.28, 2009, under Bernard Tomic, John McEnroe, Pat Cash, Robby Ginepri
Rising tennis teen Bernard Tomic will finetune for the Australian Open by playing at the World Tennis Challenge.
Tomic, 17, has agreed to play in the novel World Tennis Challenge in Adelaide next January.
The Adelaide tournament, in which a retired star partners a current player in a teams format, ends only four days before the Australian Open starts in Melbourne.
Tomic will partner Wimbledon champ Pat Cash, who at age 44 is 27 years his senior.
The Tomic–Cash combination will represent Australasia in the Adelaide event, opposed to three teams – the Americas, Europe and the Internationals.
The Americas team features 50-year-old John McEnroe and Robbie Ginepri while French 46-year-old Henri Leconte will play for Europe with an as yet un-named teammate.
World No.14 Radek Stepanek will head the Internationals with a yet to be announced retired player.
Tomic this year became the youngest player in the Open era to win a main draw match at the Australian Open.
Currently ranked 286 in the world, Tomic expects to be given a wildcard into next year’s Australian Open.
“I can’t wait to play in Adelaide … playing alongside some of the greats will be a great learning curve,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.
“WTC is a fantastic concept and I think it will be great to play with Pat alongside some of the legends of the game.
“I think Adelaide is ideal preparation for the Australian Open.”
The WTC, first held earlier this year, will be held at Adelaide’s Memorial Drive from January 12 to 14.
The format pits the two current players against each other, followed by the past players. The teams then join for a doubles match.
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“I just serve and run to the net,” says Cash.
by bahamaderek on Aug.24, 2009, under Pat Cash
Pat Cash successfully defended his singles title at the $150,000 Hall of Fame Champions Cup defeating Jim Courier 6-3, 6-4 Sunday in the championship match at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The tournament victory was Cash’s second career title on the Outback Champions Series, the global tennis circuit for champions tennis players age 30 and over, and earned the 1987 Wimbledon champion $60,000. Cash’s tournament win at Newport last year was also over Courier in the final by the exact 6-3, 6-4 score line.
“I’ve been lucky this week,” said Cash. “I got a few lucky breaks today and you need that to beat these guys, who are all champions. The great thing about this tour, the Outback Champions Series, is that it is serious tennis. We get out there and you can see how hard we’re trying, but it’s also fun,”
Cash is regarded as one of the best serve-and-volley and grass-court players in tennis over the last 30 years. In addition to his 1987 Wimbledon title, Cash was a singles finalist on grass at the 1987 Australian Open. The 44-year-old Australian was the lone Wimbledon singles champion in the eight-player Newport field and was most comfortable on the grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame all week.
“I wouldn’t say I grew up on the grass-court but I have played a lot of grass-court tennis,” said Cash. “It’s natural for me to play this style of game. It’s easy. I don’t have to think about it. I just serve and volley. I’m not smart enough to work out a game tactic against Jim so I just kind of keep serving and running to the net.”
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Aussie Legends to return for the 2009 Open.
by bahamaderek on Dec.09, 2008, under 2009 Aussie Open, Mats Wilander, Pat Cash
The second week of the 2009 Australian Open in Melbourne will feature a return match between Mats Wilander and Pat Cash. A re-enactment of the 1988 final when Wilander prevailed after an epic 5 set match to defeat Pat Cash and to thwart Cash’s chances of winning the coveted title in front of his home-town fans. As Cash said jokingly,
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