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Newport woman was world-ranked tennis player
Julia Sampson Hayward, a world champion tennis player who won two Grand Slam titles in the 1950s, died in her Eastbluff home after a short illness, family members said.
She was 77.
Hayward was born in Los Angles on Feb. 2, 1934, to Alberta and Ralph...Tags: U.S. Open (tennis), Hobbies, Obituaries, French Open, Crime, Law and Justice
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Coco has advantage at home
NEWPORT BEACH — Coco Vandeweghe lives just down the street from The Tennis Club Newport Beach. The professional tennis player said for the past year and a half she's lived full-time in the Big Canyon community of Newport Beach. So Thursday night...Tags: NBA Conference Finals, University of California, Irvine, Sports, Anne Keothavong, French Open
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Sampras on marquee
Pete Sampras seemingly has little in common with Dirk Nowitzki.But at about the time Sampras began carving out a legacy as one of the greatest tennis players of all time in the early 1990s, Nowitzki was winning junior tennis tournaments in his native...Tags: Mass Media, Martina Hingis, Retirement, Madison Square Garden, National Basketball Association
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Special K ready for Newport
She didn't need one, but Anne Keothavong got a sales pitch earlier this year from tennis legend Billie Jean King.
The World Team Tennis co-founder sought out Keothavong at a tournament in Indian Wells. King wanted Keothavong, the former longtimeBritish...Tags: London (England), Petra Kvitova, U.S. Open (tennis), Anne Keothavong, Lindsay Davenport
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Local talent galore for Breakers
As the Newport Beach Breakers pursue the World Team Tennis King trophy this season, they'll do it with the help of plenty of home-grown Southern California kings of tennis. Marina del Ray resident Lester Cook and Los Angeles resident Travis Rettenmaier...Tags: Petra Kvitova, University of California, Irvine, Roy Emerson, Anne Keothavong, England
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Breakers in need of rest
NEWPORT BEACH — The Washington Kastles came into town and showed why they have the best record in World Team Tennis.
The Newport Beach Breakers came back into town and looked like a team that was playing its seventh match in seven nights....Tags: Anne Keothavong, Leander Paes, Athletes, Tennis
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Virgen: Sampras still boring? No
Back in 1999, Pete Sampras appeared on "60 Minutes." Charlie Rose posed a somewhat leading question that could've made Sampras uncomfortable.
Instead, the tennis great just smiled.
"So when you read, 'he's boring,' you say," Rose prompted.
"I'm not,"...Tags: Elton John, Charlie Rose, Human Interest, Bridgette Wilson, John McEnroe
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Double trouble for NB
NEWPORT BEACH — Mike Bryan said it's been a whirlwind.
That might be the best way to describe a month that has featured Bryan and his twin brother Bob capture their second Wimbledon men's doubles title, then play Davis Cup, and now settle in for...Tags: U.S. Open (tennis), Anne Keothavong, Bob Bryan, Mardy Fish, Athletes
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Racqueting up the game
COSTA MESA — It all started in 1999, when friends Clay Peterson and Johnny McCray bought neighboring homes on East 20th Street.
While unpacking, Peterson came upon a wooden tennis racquet and they started to hit balls in Peterson's tennis court....Tags: Terminator Salvation (movie), Auction Service, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Interest, John Wayne
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Tennis event 'circa 1952' always a classic
COSTA MESA — South Coast Plaza was likely to be out of tennis gear this weekend because practically every player and spectator at the 12th annual Wood Racquet Classic was rocking white shorts, polos and crazy socks. Seriousness was checked at the...Tags: U.S. Open (tennis), Restaurants, Mountains, Dining and Drinking, John Wayne
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Breakers sport new look
The Newport Beach Breakers have a new home at The Tennis Club Newport Beach, and two new men's players in David Martin and Lester Cook.
They also lost a mainstay. Irrelevant Week just ended in Newport Beach, but "The Desperate Housewives for Ramon...Tags: Dining and Drinking, John McEnroe, Education, Sports, University of California, Irvine
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Cook steps up to challenge for win
NEWPORT BEACH — "¿Dónde está Ramón?" a Newport Beach resident called the Daily Pilot office to ask Tuesday night, upset that the Newport Beach Breakers didn't retain their six-year veteran, Ramon Delgado. Cyndie Borcoman's question in English is...Tags: Sports, Bars and Clubs, David Martin, Dining and Drinking, Tennis
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