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tennis tournaments in california
Would you recommend living in Palm Springs, CA?

I want to live in the Southwest. I live in the Midwest now. My boyfriend also likes California and has been to Palm Springs for the Pacific Life tennis tournament.
I really want to live near Phoenix, but I want to be a teacher, and Arizona’s education system is underfunded largely. Also, Phoenix has had the most kidnappings in the nation as of recent, and I want a safe, happy, healthy family.
I want to live somewhere that is nice and warm and has palm trees, but I also want to be able to contribute to the family financial on a teacher’s salary.
Would you recommend Palm Springs, CA? Why or why not?

I don’t recommend Palm Springs. You would literally live in the middle of the desert. if you want to live in the southwest, I suggest Los Angeles, Anahiem, or San Diego. All three have a variety of entertainment locales, but for the job… Well, California is getting heavy budget cuts. its so bad, that even honors students can see the hit. it’s pretty safe here, as long as you teach your kids all that “don’t talk to strangers” stuff. if you want to raise a family with a teachers salary, rent because houses are still very expensive. Save up your money. That’s all I gotta say

tennis tournaments in california

No love lost in the big tennis fall-out between Jankovic and Ivanovic

When Jelena Jankovic faces Ana Ivanovic in the Madrid Open on Tuesday, far more will be at stake than simply a place in the later rounds of the tournament.

For former Wimbledon champion Jankovic admits that she is barely on speaking terms with Ivanovic, Serbia’s other glamorous tennis star on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, after the latter’s no-show at the vital Federation Cup relegation tie against

While Jankovic endured a miserable 48-hour journey from the United States to Belgrade rather than let Serbia play the crucial tie without her, Ivanovic was photographed taking coffee near her home in Majorca with her boyfriend, Australian golfer Adam Scott, when she could have been helping to prevent their country falling out of the world group of women’s tennis.

Jankovic’s mother, Snezana, who frequently travels the world with her daughter, revealed the depth of their hurt following Slovakia’s 3-2 victory by attacking Ivanovic, a Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2007, in the Serb media.

‘Jelena missed only one match for Serbia in 10 years,’ said Snezana. ‘This time she flew 48 hours across the world to play, despite a serious injury. At the same time, somebody else had coffee somewhere while my child played, hurting for her country.’

Ivanovic’s defeat by Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez prevented her from playing Jankovic in the final of the Internazional BNL D’Italia tournament in Rome yesterday, but fate has decreed the two women must play one another in Spain on Tuesday.

‘I just have to play tennis with whoever is on the other side of the net,’ said Jankovic. Yet last week she admitted that she was ‘disappointed’ by Ivanovic’s no-show.

‘In Federation Cup, you don’t play for [ranking] points or money, you are just playing for your incountry, for the love of the people,’ said Jankovic.

‘It would have been nice even if Ana had just been sitting on the bench and supporting the team, even if she felt she could not play. If we play with the strongest team, we can beat the best. That is why it is disappointing Ana was not there. But it’s her choice.’

Asked what their relationship was like, Jankovic said: ‘We talk when we see each other but we’re not best friends.’

Her 48-hour journey took Jankovic from Florida to Tel Aviv where, after a seven-hour stop, she travelled to Cyprus before finally arriving in Belgrade. ‘I felt like a zombie,’ she said.

‘I’d had no sleep, my left wrist was swollen and I hadn’t hit a ball for a week. But I am a patriot.’

Jankovic is remembered in Britain as the woman who was courted by a flirtatious Jamie Murray as they won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon three summers ago.

Yet while Murray has been trekking through the lower reaches of the game, Jankovic’s life has never been more fulfilled – on the court or off it.

In Rome, she shared a blissful couple of days last weekend with her Serb boyfriend before beating Venus and Serena Williams in the space of 24 hours then yesterday losing her latest final on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour to Martinez Sanchez 7-6, 7-5.

She has viewed the tennis world from the summit of the game, ending 2008 as No 1, but then had to deal with a loss of form that she blames, in part, to compromising her speed and movement on the court by putting on almost 10kg of muscle.

‘I used to get down on myself, but not any more,’ she said. ‘There are so many more important things in life than losing a tennis match. People are dying, starving or homeless and I am crying because I lost? That’s not right.

‘It can be lonely on the Tour. I talk to the others but my real friends are not tennis players. You always have high expectations, especially once you have been to the top.

‘But, if you think about it, you realise that this is a dream life. You’re making lots of money, you have seen the world and you are getting applauded by people who have paid to watch you play. If you lose a match, as long as you did what you are supposed to do and fought 100 per cent, I cannot cry about it.’

In March, Jankovic, currently No 7 in the world, won in Indian Wells, California, capturing a tournament ranked in the tier below the majors.

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Struggling Junior Tennis Player…?

Okay, I’m ten years old and live in the Bay Area. I’m been competing in junior tournaments in the Northern California District (not a very great place to compete in tennis). So here’s my story.

I started tennis when I was about 8, and started taking lessons from my current tennis coach about a year ago. Whenever I go practice, other people watch me and say that I am really good and have potential.

Also, I practice a lot. I have 2 hours of lessons everyday, and 2 more hours of practice with my coach. And everyday, my dad and I go practice for one hour.

Normally, I can play really well in practice and can hit quite decent strokes.

But when I play in tournaments, I start hitting all sorts of weird shots. I wack the ball out, I ding it to the net, and I don’t move my feet so much. I don’t know why I am playing so badly in tournaments when I play so well in practice.

Please give me some advice. Thank you for your help.

Tennis is a great sport! Its sounds like to enjoy it! That is a good start!!!

Tennis is not only ‘strokes production’ (which is what you do during practice with your coach) but also mental toughness + physical fitness & strategy (strategy, shot selection, analyzing opponent).

You are still young, it takes time to perform well in tournaments. You need to play friendly matches in addition to your training. Ask you coach to set up at least one match per week with other players he coaches (instead of one of your regular practice sessions) or try to find other players in your neighborhood. Your coach or your father can talk to you after the match about what went wrong. This is essential to improve your performance during matches. i.e. mental toughness & strategy.

You also need to improve your overall fitness level, strength,endurance… You could work on your fitness before & after your tennis lessons or even better devote 2 days per week for fitness sessions. Foot work is an essential part of tennis.

So for your age, 3 times tennis practice with a coach, 2 times fitness (if you can find an experienced coach) and one time friendly match play (supervised).

I would advise you to subscribe to the ‘Tennis magazine’, it is full of valuable advise on many levels.

Watch matches on TV to learn about players tactics. Video tape your own matches to watch and analyse later on, you will be amazed to watch yourself and question your shot selection among other things.

You could also subscribe to the ‘ITF junior tennis school’ for free online info about tennis which help you educate yourself about tennis.

Goodluck

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