Felix Mantilla News

Friday, September 19, 2008 SYDNEY: Tennis Australia said on Thursday it had hired Spaniard Felix Mantilla and acquired a Barcelona-based training facility to fast track the development of its clay court ...

Australia has hired former Spanish claycourt specialist Felix Mantilla and will open a training base in Barcelona in an effort to boost its sagging world tennis fortunes.

Roger Federer lost a shocking three-set match at the Rogers Cup on Wednesday. SUN MEDIA/Stan Behal All that talk of the dominance of the top three seeds in men's tennis came to an abrupt halt last night, thanks ...

Former MTSU All-American Fred Niemeyer fell one step short of reaching the main draw at The Championships at Wimbledon, falling in four sets to South Africa's Izak Van der Merwe Thursday in the third and final ...

Former Middle Tennessee All-American Fred Niemeyer fell one step short of reaching the main draw at The Championships at Wimbledon, falling in four sets to South Africa's Izak Van der Merwe Thursday in the ...

Russia's Dinara Safina watches after returning the ball to Russia's Elena Dementieva during their quarterfinal match at the French Open.

Roger Federer made a winning return to the French Open, the only Grand Slam title that has eluded him.

First he won the USTA Wild Card Tournament for the French Open, then he pulled off the first big upset of the tournament when American Wayne Odesnik defeated No.

Venus Williams beat the rain back into the locker room, a relatively satisfied 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 winner over Tzipora Obziler, the amazing 35 year old Israeli who is playing the best tennis of her life after ...

A day after the American men broke their French Open hex, Wayne Odesnik buried it by beating 31st-ranked Guillermo Canas in the first round Monday for the most significant win of his career.

Venus Williams was cruising along with a ho-hum 6-3, 4-1 lead over her 35-year-old opponent at the French Open on Monday when suddenly everything went awry.

Almost every baseball team plays better at home than on the road, but Fenway Park always has seemed exceptionally hospitable for the Red Sox, even during the bleak years when their roster was populated by the ...

“Considering the results of the last couple of months, I'll certainly be the favourite tomorrow”

Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball to Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic during their ATP Rome Master men's singles tennis semifinal match at Rome's Foro Italico yesterday. via Gulf Times

Third-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka advanced to the final of the $3.5 million Italian Masters Saturday after both their semifinal opponents retired. via TSN.ca

World No. 1 Roger Federer is the lone former Rome finalist leading the way along with No. via ATPtennis.com

“He has a fighting spirit he has really become a leader for our team, and we have taken that and ran with it”

Issue date: 4/10/08 Section: Sports Freshman Lucas Jovita has a 23-31 career record on the ATP Tour. via The Oracle

“It doesn't matter what shot you play, the ball keeps coming back the same way.”

Felix Mantilla's most significant victory came in 2005 when he successfully overcame skin cancer. via Tennis Week

“I didn't want to end my career in that moment [his cancer scare]”

The 33-year-old Mantilla captured his final title in 2003 at the ATP Masters Series event in Rome, but he celebrated one of his most significant victories last year in his hometown event in Barcelona when he ... via ATPtennis.com

“I saw him play against [Richard] Gasquet and I just loved the way he changed the pace of the ball up”

PAT Rafter loves watching Jo-Wilfried Tsonga play. The Australian former world No.1 says the gifted Frenchman is a throwback to the good old days when he played and offers something a little different to the ... via The Sydney Morning Herald