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Make Dubai a Tennis Bucket List

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 by Agallivant

Previously published on March 1, 2020 for Tennis Panorama News By Andreen Soley of soleytennistravels.com (March 1, 2020) DUBAI, UAE – On TV screens, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships seems impossibly grand and too fantastical to contemplate…

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Auckland’s Waiheke Island & Australia’s Great Ocean Road

Posted on February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 by Agallivant

My trip to Australia and New Zealand involved more than tennis. Before my first night at the tennis on the 2nd Monday, I spent a few hours at the State Library of…

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Fan Slam: Ten Years Later

Posted on January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 by Agallivant

Completing the fan slam immediately begs the question: which one is the best? * In many ways, the answer depends on what matters to you. I started traveling the tennis tours regularly…

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Completing the Fan Slam at 2019 Australian Open

Posted on January 19, 2019January 19, 2019 by Agallivant

I hadn’t thought that I would complete the fan slam by attending all four of the tennis majors. I was happy to have visited all three in 2009. Since then, I have…

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Australian Open 2019 Draw Show: The Matrix

Posted on January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 by Agallivant

Welcome to the 2019 tennis season! There is a reason why they call the Australian Open, the Happy Slam from the fans perspective: we have missed tennis and are hopeful for our…

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Closing out the 2018 Tennis Season

Posted on December 30, 2018December 30, 2018 by Agallivant

I’ve kept up the tradition of Indian Wells, US Open, and the World Tour Finals for the past 10 years! My how time has flown. This year, I was happy to add…

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On the Road at the World Tour Finals 2018

Posted on November 21, 2018December 30, 2018 by Agallivant

I am back on the road. I took in the World Tour Final in London with a slight detour to see Hamilton, have afternoon tea at the Rosewood Hotel, and take a…

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Reviewing Laver Cup in Chicago

Posted on September 27, 2018December 30, 2018 by Agallivant

It was a grand adventure in Chicago. On the podcast below, I break down all the good time that was had by the Federer faithful who trekked to the windy city for…

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Burying the 2018 US Open

Posted on September 11, 2018December 30, 2018 by Agallivant

The 2018 US Open promised so much and delivered very little. With the heat and the final results, I’m happy putting hiding this slam in the bottom of the memory box. However,…

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Delpo Masters Indian Wells and Federer

Posted on March 22, 2018December 30, 2018 by Agallivant

As Indian Wells is virtually in my backyard, it would be silly to not attend for even a few days. The PODCAST Be kind and share…FacebookTumblrTwitterPinterestemail Related posts: Indian Wells 2013 in…

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Podcast #112: Spilling more ATP with Sergiy Stakhovsky

Posted on February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 by Agallivant

The 2018 Australian Open is over. We have feted the new tennis champions. It is time to talk about the possibility of an ATP tennis players’ union. We invited Sergiy Stakhovsky, who…

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RealzTenisFanz Podcast #107: 2017 RTF Podcast Awards for Tennis

Posted on December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 by Agallivant

It’s awards season, so we have decided to hand out our very own awards for best and worst performances on the tennis tours. We reviewed a #Fedal season on the ATP tour…

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Seeing Federer Capture his 8th Wimbledon

Posted on July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 by Agallivant

I am not a sports fan, I am a tennis fan. More specifically, I am a live tennis fan. So, while I will occasionally pull up a stream to watch my favorites…

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Maria Sharapova’s Ban Reduced

Posted on October 13, 2016October 13, 2016 by Agallivant

I am on a break from writing. However, I continue to talk tennis with the gang on the RealzTenisFanz Podcast. Our latest episode is Episode 71: Life with our Gurl Meldonium The Gang reacts…

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Kamau Murray – Sending Minority Kids to College with Tennis Scholarships

Posted on April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 by Agallivant

The Realz Gang interviewed Kamau Murray, President/CEO of XS Tennis, Executive Director of XSTEF, and coach of American tennis player, Sloane Stephens. We talked about his push to send minority students to college on tennis…

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Anti-doping in Tennis and Sports with Richard Ings

Posted on April 8, 2016April 8, 2016 by Agallivant

The Realz Gang and our guest, Richard Ings, sat down for a long interview on current anti-doping efforts in tennis and sports, the challenge of WADA, and the relationship between match-fixing, gambling,…

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Confronting Male Tennis Player Privilege

Posted on March 23, 2016March 23, 2016 by Agallivant

Former tennis player, Raymond Moore resigned as CEO and tournament director at Indian Wells on Monday morning, March 21st in the wake of pushback from controversial comments he made during a breakfast…

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Serena Williams is Tennis Sportsperson of the Year

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Agallivant

I’ve been thinking about the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (SOY). The list of twelve nominees is here. Sports Illustrated will make its announcement on Tuesday, December 14th, 2015. For now,…

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A Die-Hard Federer Fan Makes a First Time Visit to the ATP World Tour Finals

Posted on December 2, 2015December 2, 2015 by Deborah Taylor

It began as a whispered thought: “you should try to go to London for the World Tour Finals”. At the time, the ATP had not announced plans to extend the tournament’s time…

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Singapore 2015 – Tourism and Tennis at the WTA Finals

Posted on November 6, 2015November 6, 2015 by Jasmin

Traveling alone can be a scary thought, especially if you’re a newbie (like me!). Going all the way to the other side of the world to a country you really don’t know…

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Serena Williams, Intersectionality, and Body Image

Posted on July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 by Agallivant

It has been a very busy week on our podcast. I reached out to Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times to invite him to sit down with the gang and unpack…

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Reviewing Wimbledon 2015

Posted on July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 by Agallivant

Another Wimbledon has come and gone. We saw Serena Williams capture her 21st major with a competitive straight sets win over Garbine Muguruza. Then Novak Djokovic defended his Wimbledon crown by taking…

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Welcome to Wimbledon 2015

Posted on June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 by Agallivant

It’s one of my favorite times of the tennis calendar year. Wimbledon 2015 has arrived and it has brought us many good things already. Namely, a resurgent Venus Williams who doled out…

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Highs & Lows – Week 1 French Open 2015

Posted on June 2, 2015July 19, 2015 by Agallivant

Be kind and share…FacebookTumblrTwitterPinterestemail Related posts: 2015 New Year Resolutions for Our Players to Watch Welcome to Wimbledon 2015 Reviewing Wimbledon 2015 Temporarily Grounded: A Tennis Podcast with Cari Champion

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Temporarily Grounded: A Tennis Podcast with Cari Champion

Posted on May 22, 2015May 22, 2015 by Agallivant

I am temporarily grounded until summer 2015, when I hope to get back on the road to see live tennis. In the interim, I’ve been a guest on RealzTenisFanz Podcast. We take an…

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2015 New Year Resolutions for Our Players to Watch

Posted on December 31, 2014December 31, 2014 by Agallivant

2015 is just around the corner and we are continuing with that noble Roman tradition of crafting new year’s resolutions. I haven’t made a new year’s resolution in years and I am…

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2014 Gratitude List: Build-A-Tournament for Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2014December 26, 2014 by Agallivant

‘Tis the season to consider what I want for Christmas and I have decided to build myself the perfect tournament based upon the ones I attended this year. The list includes: the…

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Throwback Thursday: 2010 Totally Scientific Tennis Season Survey

Posted on December 18, 2014December 18, 2014 by Agallivant

In 2010, @fiorebianca, @trublu and I conducted a totally scientific tennis season survey via Twitter. The results are listed below. A few things stand out: Roddick was highly entertaining in 2010; Ernest Gulbis…

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2014 Gratitude List – Twitter Meet-ups

Posted on December 14, 2014December 14, 2014 by Agallivant

As I focus on mundane and tedious things like lining up a new job for 2015, I’m feeling especially grateful for the elements that made my tennis travels extra special this year. Twitter…

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2014 Davis Cup Finale in Pictures

Posted on November 24, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

All pictures taken with an Android phone. After a tense start to Day 2, it turned out to be a great day for the Swiss…

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A First Davis Cup for the Swiss

Posted on November 24, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

The good news at the start of day 3 of Davis Cup was that the Swiss had two chances to win their first Davis Cup title. France too but let’s try to…

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Davis Cup Doubles – The Swiss Takes It

Posted on November 22, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight! Hit it! I bet that’s the first time those lyrics were quoted about tennis! I’ve…

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Davis Cup-The Number Two Men Rise

Posted on November 22, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

Let’s start with the good… Stan Wawrinka and Gael Monfils, the number two players for their respective countries, kept the Davis Cup dream alive for Switzerland and France. If Davis Cup is celebrated for…

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Lying Low in London

Posted on November 12, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

Have you ever started a project that you knew was going to be too ambitious from the outset but you just didn’t want to scale it back? I took a look at the…

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Walking in Bill Clinton’s Foodsteps in Oxford

Posted on November 7, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

Once I said goodbye to my stint as an Oxford student, I returned to regularly scheduled business: exploring Oxford with my minimal budget. UK, we really have to talk about how my…

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Playing Student at Oxford University

Posted on November 4, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

My cousin is in her third year at Oxford University. While I awaited the start of the World Tour Finals in London, I stopped by for a long weekend. This was my…

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Two Days in Zurich

Posted on October 29, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

After working as media for onthegotennis in the Swiss Indoors Basel tournament, I took the one hour train ride to Zürich to visit a friend. I had two full days to do some exploring…

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China Open 2014 – A Fan’s Perspective

Posted on October 9, 2014December 4, 2014 by Yu Chen

The China Open officially became a combined tournament in 2004, so this year marks its 10th anniversary. Inopportunely, I left China in 2004 and have spent the exact same ten years studying…

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A Look at the Kia Korea Open

Posted on September 22, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

(As it looks like I might not make the Asian swing this year, I asked Joanna to provide some insights on one of the tournaments on the tour. Based upon her overview,…

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Why I Loved My Davis Cup Weekend in Switzerland

Posted on September 16, 2014December 4, 2014 by Rossana Capobianco

Tennis is my main passion and it has carried me around the world for years: America, Australia and Europe. Everything turns around tennis. I try new ways of travelling, to arrange journeys…

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US Open 2014 – My Quick Take

Posted on September 10, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

It’s been awhile since I have considered the US Open a bucket list item for tennis fans. Blame it on the US Open being in my backyard for the few years I…

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Tennis Labor Day at the US Open

Posted on September 2, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

My reserved seat in Armstrong paid off quite nicely when I saw this line-up for my Labor Day viewing at the US Open: Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) [22…

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Cincy Tennis: A Fan’s Point of View

Posted on August 21, 2014December 4, 2014 by Janina

The Midwest has a little tennis secret (that isn’t so little anymore, to be honest) called The Western and Southern Open. This tournament is a master’s 1000 event so all the…

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Talking Tennis Travel on Broke at Love Podcast

Posted on August 19, 2014August 21, 2014 by Agallivant

Hi folks, I feel like the hits keep rolling this week. It’s been weeks since I posted and now I have written two posts in quick succession. I had a chance to talk…

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Sony Open Tennis Photo Gallery

Posted on March 31, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

These are some of my favorite photos from Sony Open Tennis in Miami. I was happy I managed to catch the tournament champions, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, at practice. Of course, I aimed…

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A New and Improved BNP Paribas Open in the Desert

Posted on March 18, 2014December 5, 2014 by Agallivant

While in LA, I checked out the improvements to the tournament in Indian Wells. I arrived on Tuesday at 1 pm and left on Thursday morning. I bought a general admissions ticket ($53) for…

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ATP Tournament Itinerary for 2014

Posted on January 7, 2014December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

In 2013, I went to five ATP tournaments (including a slam): Indian Wells, CA; Washington, DC; Montreal, Canada; US Open; Basel, Switzerland; and the World Tour Finals. Of the six, Basel was…

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The World Tour Final is a Peak Fan Experience as Well

Posted on November 4, 2013January 7, 2014 by Agallivant

The top 8 men and doubles teams are in London’s O2 Arena, aside from Andy Murray who is sidelined with an injury. While better analysts have broken down the field here and…

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Basel Surpassed My Wildest Dreams

Posted on November 2, 2013December 5, 2014 by Agallivant

It’s taken me this long to recover from my trip to Basel, Switzerland. To be honest, I’m still trying to process what happened there and why it was such a wonderful surprise….

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Indian Wells 2013 in pictures

Posted on March 17, 2013December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

Indian Wells traditionally starts off my tennis year and this time it did not disappoint. I’m happy that I was able to make the tourney this year as I’m aiming for new…

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Delpo’s Long Mid-match Shirt Change

Posted on September 5, 2012December 5, 2014 by Agallivant

Delpo vs Roddick was an emotional roller coaster ride. I wanted Delpo to win but I didn’t want Roddick to lose and have his last match. It was so stressful, which is…

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It’s the Grail I tell ya!

Posted on February 17, 2010December 4, 2014 by Agallivant

In case you could not tell, I’m a “follow your bliss” kind of girl. When I need inspiration, I will pick up a Joseph Campbell book to get my juices flowing or…

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Podcast #173: A Realz Church Service

Posted on April 13, 2020April 15, 2020 by Agallivant

During these trying times as folks are losing hope and faith in all things, we decided to take you back to church and bring you a deliverance service unlike no other. Janina…

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Podcast #171: All is not swell at Indians Wells!!!

Posted on March 9, 2020April 15, 2020 by Agallivant

Back with another exciting episode for you in this very stressful time of a pandemic. We are here to serve you up the best medicine, laughter. So as usual, tennis thinks it…

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