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Hi all! Just a friendly update for February from Team Tennis Mates. With Andy Roddick traveling to town in San Jose California with none other than Andre Agassi Tennis Mates was on hand to take pictures. We'de like to share those pictures with you at http://www.tennismates.com.

Also, hot off the press is that the Tennis Mates website just got a new Forum! This forum has plenty of space for everyone so come on in and read, post and make yourself at home in our new forum area. It can be found here - http://www.tennismates.com/Forum_RC3/ You might also offer a story about a Tennis Mates experience you had!

Here's to wishing you great hits between the rain drops!

Team Tennis Mates.

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Welcome to the Tennis Mates Newsletter for June, 2006! Things are starting to really heat up for our awesome sport with the weather getting warmer and less rain at hand. We hope that all of the Tennis Mates players are doing well and getting out there as much as possible in preparation of having an active summer filled with great play and hot fun.

Tennis Mates is happy to announce a few updates and changes in the website that we hope you take full advantage of and enjoy. First update is that Tennis Mates partnered with the largest tennis forum in the world, TennisW, which currently has over 5200 members and is growing fast. To get to the forum just simply click the forum link on the Tennis Mates main navigation. We have also recently added a "Tennis Instructors" listing on the website which should begin to grow and provide you players easy access to finding a tennis pro close to where you live. The instructors listing is by Country and U.S. state and provides details on each instructor which include their name, location, email and phone number, their affiliations, certifications, their rates for private lessons, group lessons and clinics. We hope that you take full advantage of this new tool and let us know if you do use it and you find it to be a good experience. Tennis Mates is also proud to have Legendary Master Pro Ken DeHart offering us an exclusive column that features Ken's tennis tips for free, some of the best in the world. Take full advantage of these tips because they are well thought out by a pro that has taught thousands of people and speaks about tennis nation wide on a constant basis.

We hope that you use Tennis Mates as much as you need and find other players local to your locations who have made for some great match play and wonderful relationships. Should you have a Tennis Mates success story we would love to hear it. We're thinking about doing a Tennis Mates Successes campaign for the website so if you are interested please send an email to comments@tennismates.com. Here's to wishing you the greatest of times playing the sport we all love so much! ENjoy yourselves and keep stopping by to check on things at Tennis Mates!!!

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In this months issue we bring to you a few key tips for cross training, a new commercial out that entails Andre Agassi Versus Stefi Graf and the top picks for top players in 2005. While there are several techniques used for cross training such as running, sprints, side straddle hops and other activities which create impact on the bones and cartlidge, in this months tips we focus upon low impact cross training. Many pros alike use medicine balls for cross training where players can get good stretching in Sign up and see for yourself! You can also help spread the word via our "Tell a Friend" page. And lastly, we ask that you print out this page and place it at your club or in your office common area. Together we can make this a fun free success!

Hello fellow Tennis Mates Players and welcome to the Tennis Mates Newsletter for the month of July!! We hope that you had a very happy and safe 4th of July and that you are all getting out there and playing a lot of great tennis. So far this summer has been filled with wonderful weather and of course some great tennis abroad in Wimbledon.

Tennis Mates is proud to announce that we have thousands of players now registered and couldn't have done this without the help of each and every one of you. So thank you for spreading the word. One of the ways we have been able to spread the word is through people printing and displaying our Tennis Mates document at their clubs, courts and common areas. So if you would be so kind please take a moment and print this document out and post it at your club, court or in a common area - http://www.tennismates.com/files/spreadthewordPRINT.doc

If you haven't heard there is a new tennis game in town called WTT (World Team Tennis). WTT is tennis like you've never seen it, featuring the biggest names in the world playing together in an innovative co-ed team format that offers exciting possibilities for players, fans, communities and sponsors. To learn more about the WTT please visit - http://www.worldteamtennis.com/

Well, that puts a wrap on thsi months Tennis Mates newsletter. If you would like to see other information in our next newsletters please do not hesitate to write to us at comments@tennismates.com.

Until then, keep your eye on the ball and hit 'em well!

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Hi Tennis Mates! Well it is March now and spring is here and so with it comes some beautiful weather for tennis. In this newsletter we want to remind you that we have our new forum up and would really love it if you all would come in and start collaborating more with us. If there is a suggestion for a forum topic please let us know and we'll get it up there. The forum can be found here: http://www.tennismates.com/Forum_RC3/default.asp

March brings in two new players of the month, Jessica from the Bay Area of California and Cornelius from San Antonio Texas, so come check out what makes them the players of the month at: http://www.tennismates.com/POTM.asp. We'de also like to remind you that April is approaching fast so we need more applicants for Aprils Players of the Month, so come on and send us your info.

Tennis Mates is proud to have broken into the top 50 sports sites now weighing in at #46 recently at the Top 50 Sports sites and at the same time is ranked #6 in the best tennis sites. So hats off to the team and above all you, our users, for making Tennis Mates the top tennis player matching site out there!

In other news Tennis Mates is proud to have brought on ACE Authentic as a partner in tennis item collectibles and the such. So if you are looking for a special something, a gift, a poster, memorabilia, trading cards or other great tennis goodies please click on one of our ACE Authentic links at the Tennis Mates site and shop away. A good percentage of items purchased go towards keeping Tennis Mates going and we appreciate all of you who have been purchasing tennis items through us.

While looking at our website statistics we have noticed that many new users are coming in from search engines looking for tennis clubs. After further review it appears that Tennis Mates may have the largest tennis club listing in the United Stated, soon to be international. Please take a moment to view the alphabetically ordered tennis club listing at: http://www.tennismates.com/clubs.asp and if your tennis club isn't listed let us know so we can get you on this great list of clubs.

The Team here at Tennis Mates would like to ask you, the players, what you would like to see on the website. What could we do at Tennis Mates to make it a more enjoyable experience for you? If you would simply take a moment to comment to us we would appreciate it very much, so please, send "refinement comments" to comments@tennismates.com

Thank you very much for being a part of the Tennis Mates community and may your shots be crisp and clean and above all full of fun.

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Hi all, I would like to bring up the debate of allowing coaches to coach during matches. This would enable both players to have real-time access to statistics, errors and the ability to pop a player out of a slump when they really need it. Look at football, baseball and their signs they use, look at soccer and rugby, they all have coaches. I believe that if we allowed for coaches to be a part of the players game that it would add to the drama and excitement of tennis. Now let's hear from you folks. Those for and against this rule change please voice your opinions and why you are for aor against coaching during play.

Scott Bruno
Inventor - Tennis Mates
http://www.tennismates.com
"Make Your Match"

Hi there. If you could forward this message to your executive management I would appreciate it.

My name is Scott Bruno and I invented Tennis Mates, a website that allows tennis players to register, login and find a tennis match regardless of location, skill level, age or other elements.

I would like to know if Tennis Magazine might be interested in offering this service on their website, wrapped in the Tennis Magazine look and feel and all.

Please have a marketing executive call or email me to discuss this opportunity. My direct number is 408-903-9513 and my email is scott@intrawork.com

Sincerely,

Scott Bruno
CEO - Intrawork
http://www.intrawork.com
Direct - 408-903-9513

We have recently launched our new forum, so please come and post a kind "hello", or a Tennis Mates experience you had on our New Forum!

Welcome to the very first newsletter from Tennis Mates! In this months issue we bring to you a few key tips for cross training, a new commercial out that entails Andre Agassi Versus Stefi Graf and the top picks for top players in 2005. While there are several techniques used for cross training such as running, sprints, side straddle hops and other activities which create impact on the bones and cartlidge, in this months tips we focus upon low impact cross training. Many pros alike use medicine balls for cross training where players can get good stretching in Sign up and see for yourself! You can also help spread the word via our "Tell a Friend" page. And lastly, we ask that you print out this page and place it at your club or in your office common area. Together we can make this a fun free success!

Perhaps Agassi's last stand at the US Open? See story below..
Upcioming Tournaments?
Subects that appear to be HOT in Tennis: Racquets, Balls, Pro's, Relationships...
The first racquet made by a women, for women, by Steffi Graf, Agassi's wife
Clothing or product specials?
Ask TM readers for story ideas?
Ask TM readers for any success stories?

The Agassi Story by: Scott Bruno
It was 1990 and I was twenty two years old and an Iron Star Warrior in the U.S. Army. While stationed in W. Germany as a 22 year young warrior I ended up meeting a beautiful young lady a year prior and married her, and as if in just moments she became my pregnant wife seeking consulate paperwork in order to head to the U.S.A. to meet my family and spend time with them in the near future. In order to get all the needed papers and clearances we found ourselves in downtown Frankfurt, in the hustle and bustle of the fast paced downtown that all large cities have. After spending nearly a full day working on getting paper straightened out it had quickly became night time and shortly thereafter we found ourselves rushing across cobbles stones trying not to trip due to the slippery factor from the West European drenching rains. No umbrella, soaked and important papers becoming soggy in hand, Sylvia, my pregnant love, felt relieved that we had accomplished the worst of our tasks and would soon be on her way to America to meet my family. On the flip side I would be heading off to a war.

Just then, when all felt so dismal, I noticed posters plastered onto the darkened, wet and rain soaked lamp posts and buildings walls as we passed, but these posters stood out because they were quite colorful, imagine that. With the year being sometime around 1990 I do believe that it was still the era prior to everyone being able to afford a 35mm Pentax, or Nikon, or any of those wonderful picture making systems that, well, um, helped boost peoples image.

Never the less, on the colorful poster was none other than the young, long haired wild and crazy kid from America that went by the name of Agassi and yes, not a while later would be known for the epitomized saying of all American lifestyle; "Image, is Everything." I peered at the poster, he was wearing black with minimized pink, LOUD to say the least, Neon to feel the most. I immediately smiled and grabbed Sylvia and said look!, "Look Honey! Andre Agassi was playing here sometime ago!!" She quickly read details that I hadn't seen and sure enough, the final of the tournament was indeed, 10 minutes from the time that we had found the poster glowing in the dark.

We asked a few strangers in broken German where this match would be held and kept getting directions that suggested that we were only a few miles from the center that would house the final. But who was in it I thought? As we ran and slipped, got wet and laughed together I would ask strangers excitedly, "Do you know who is in the Tennis Final?!?!?!" "Do you know who is in the Tennis Final?!?!?!" "Do you know who is in the Tennis Final?!?!?!" No one knew. We were passing 10 minutes time when sure enough we found ourselves in front of the indoor sttadt stadium in Frankfurt where the match was taking place and out of breath by this time I asked one last fellow before getting up to the window, "Do you know who is in the Tennis Final?!?!?!" He said calmly in perfect English, "Andre Agassi and Steffan Edberg". We were elated!!!!

The match was incredible; it was the last of the classic killer serve and volleyers up against the newly found ground pounding powerhouse style of Andre, who by which would end up also changing the sport for ever. They crushed winners back and forth and Agassi avoided a couple of match points when I had yelled for him so loud from the upper deck, while I spilled my beer on the Germans rooting for Edberg in front of me Andre stopped play for a moment, peered up to me, most likely the ONLY American within hundreds of miles of this house, and he waved a hand my way and smiled. hahahha! I laughed profusely and got even louder as it went on. Tight as ever, in a tough final set, Agassi put Edberg away for the win, and as my wife and I hugged and screamed in excitement we couldn’t help but notice the silence in the Stadt Stadium..... and in noticing the silence we both stopped, peered down unto the court and sure enough, there was Andre looking up at us with a large grin of which he followed with a small wave and headed for his next goal.

This was a wonderful experience, my most treasured professional tennis memory. I would love to hear others. Does anyone have any stories they can share?

I have one more I can share, but I can't share it until his career is finished...... heehe <Grin> I will give one hint though, the story has to do with some very up close pictures I have of Andre and Gil and the fam.... while at the SAP Open a tad few years back.

He shall be missed, what a class act and wonderful person. A great sportsman for this wonderful sport was Mr. Agassi, but I doubt he is very much done with tennis, and so, I look forward to growing old with him, as I hope you will too.

The Match Results-http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.phpcorner=M&tourid=19901112FRA&drawtype=M&action=draw

Scott

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