tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200783882024-03-13T19:59:58.180+01:00SlamBang Tennis SocietyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-30779894883062160862022-11-25T14:57:00.011+01:002022-12-28T17:06:14.509+01:00NextGen brings tennis into the 21st century<p style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana;"><b>The BallsClub of
1893 - SlamBang NextGen Xmas Cup</b>,</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8546WPLRPQw1c2FREbeWfbgy24P4jwswdjTGGDUvCicLTm3RiaA5qwSJbx5L0mUkpY9IaUnhhmYs6YWrDXQUw_fDUmdxs0LMXAZ30RVwKkbBcRjStfJOdCVR673ppuMRIoArqrREKnynhBigx93mTxDdIM_wLF_xtAI7_t90cOXUsTN0H50/s3230/the%20boys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2419" data-original-width="3230" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8546WPLRPQw1c2FREbeWfbgy24P4jwswdjTGGDUvCicLTm3RiaA5qwSJbx5L0mUkpY9IaUnhhmYs6YWrDXQUw_fDUmdxs0LMXAZ30RVwKkbBcRjStfJOdCVR673ppuMRIoArqrREKnynhBigx93mTxDdIM_wLF_xtAI7_t90cOXUsTN0H50/w392-h294/the%20boys.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: justify;">featured the
world’s top 29-and-under players of the SlamBangian Society. The Next Gen tournament took place over 1 day at the B93 stadium.</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: justify;">The tournement pitted some of the
finest youthfull tennis players in the world against one another. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Reigning
champion Hans Bin Hafjall was out of the tournament after qualifying for a trip to Gran
Canary</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">. </span><span style="text-align: left;">And the undefeated Gustav
Carl Holmen came in as a top seed going into the event close to home soil, ahead of rising
stars Per Holmen and Per Holmen, one attending his first Xmas Finale.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-21433281027054343312021-08-29T23:42:00.007+02:002021-09-01T13:33:59.124+02:00In the war of egos, the winners are the bigger losers<p><b style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Oskar Kovacs and Adam Holberg beats Claus Holmen and Hans Háfjall and put an end to the longest game of tennis ever played</span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: ReithSans, Arial, Helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem;">. </b></p><p><i style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small;">By Herman Frodit.</span></i></p><div data-reactid=".1rzleylfbv6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-size: 1rem;"><p data-reactid=".1rzleylfbv6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: times;">The pair, also the reigning LorteØ champions, played the best they have played since 2018 beating Holmen and Háfjall 6-0 6-7 6-2 at Birkerød.</span></span></p><p data-reactid=".1rzleylfbv6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRXPcxA15uu15HBpgTvPC_JmyiANMhtBeoyT2S0QQTfQNDlO7tBP_GED7s1AmFs0Du5vNJjUL5dUb3kfKY1dD3ZZ8nmt0AFJOSVn4hkVD-6191Mupj2KduCJHzzLFF3fVQAU4mw/s1080/winers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRXPcxA15uu15HBpgTvPC_JmyiANMhtBeoyT2S0QQTfQNDlO7tBP_GED7s1AmFs0Du5vNJjUL5dUb3kfKY1dD3ZZ8nmt0AFJOSVn4hkVD-6191Mupj2KduCJHzzLFF3fVQAU4mw/s320/winers.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 1rem;">Moments later rhytmic waves of sound left Oskar Kovacs mouth: "It's hard to even dream that after 2½ year I finally got my victory. It just felt like a huge pressure was released", Oskars</span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 1rem;"> voice creating and increasing in power and strength as if he was attempting to ameliorate and improve his moral, social and religious condition.</span><p></p><p data-reactid=".1rzleylfbv6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span data-reactid=".1rzleylfbv6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: times; font-size: 1rem;">Adam Holberg said he also felt tempted by the desire to immediately enter his thoughts. He stated his success came down to making sure tennis did not dominate his life. </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 1rem;">"Oskar is married and I live with a woman. It´s</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: 1rem;"> hard work. We've put the game in the right perspective in our life."</span></p><p data-reactid=".1rzleylfbv6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5w_IeGwjhGQCSTtZZ0ryaoAftZe4C35xb1sr3iUpbjh6jTNoaInzKg99_oK8S1ARbo7NXzPpzkweKdkskEnYMEyvpe54DqRY0pZF90BSbH7GADYmVzrnfmOqOrSig49Eiaqv8Gg/s1080/LOSERs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5w_IeGwjhGQCSTtZZ0ryaoAftZe4C35xb1sr3iUpbjh6jTNoaInzKg99_oK8S1ARbo7NXzPpzkweKdkskEnYMEyvpe54DqRY0pZF90BSbH7GADYmVzrnfmOqOrSig49Eiaqv8Gg/s320/LOSERs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;">"As much as I want to look forward, I can´t resist the temptation of looking backward and reflect on what I just heard," Häfjall responded and put everything in perspective when with a grand philosophical way of speach, he said: "In the war of egos, the winners are the bigger losers".</span><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-68909455585355735572021-08-22T22:47:00.008+02:002022-10-05T18:40:49.105+02:00The longest tennis match in history<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Described as one of the most physically intensive sports, tennis is quite often an engaging watch.</b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>By Leo Sayer</i></span></span><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 3 / 9; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The length and breadth of a tennis court means that the players cover a lot of ground even in shorter, straight-</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">forward matches.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 3 / 9; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With an average three-set SlamBang match lasting 98 minutes, tennis players are some of the fittest athletes in the world, and Jesper Hawk Petersen, Oskar Erling Kovacs, Claus Holmen and Adam S. Holberg put on an exhibition of fitness, grit, and endurance at the 2019 Mallorca Double Championships. The match was set on a pause <span face=""DAZN Oscine", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0c161c;">when </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c161c;">Holberg and Kovacs put their rackets in the bags claiming it was impossible to play tennis in complete darkness</span> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 3 / 9; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Jutting out into Nordsjælland just south of Norway and Sweden, Birkerød </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">rarely</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> sees temperatures above 70F. The cold, clear nights here make it an excellent place to play tennis. In fact, the northern lights of Denmark are some of the most lightning and colorful in the hemisphere.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 3 / 9; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, the <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">longest tennis match</span> of all time will reach its finale ball on Saturday, August 28 when the players resume the 2019 Mallorca Double Championship finale.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 3 / 9; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKPXCv0Q2SwRah2zwcx2SMd1ewDN7yxhJoy-EMpMTSp3TreJal0RhdgweWfpA5rosUzKqq-Og2OLbsUSadR3sABv6oyEjOK5SFMNTLDUNy6rIiEwG5SYrqpht41ZZhyuzg3xU4g/s1616/Hans..jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1027" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKPXCv0Q2SwRah2zwcx2SMd1ewDN7yxhJoy-EMpMTSp3TreJal0RhdgweWfpA5rosUzKqq-Og2OLbsUSadR3sABv6oyEjOK5SFMNTLDUNy6rIiEwG5SYrqpht41ZZhyuzg3xU4g/s320/Hans..jpg" width="203" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">They return 25 month after they began their long vigil in the second set, relentlessly holding their serves before play had to be suspended due to no natural light, stretching the match to an unprecedented second day to be played at Birkerød in Denmark.</span><p></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 3 / 9; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Petersen is out, in comes Háfjall </b></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 3 / 9; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">When Jesper Hawk Petersen </span><span style="background-color: white;">announced</span><span style="background-color: white;"> his withdrawal from the match, he stated: "During the day, I unfortunately realised on Saturday it is my turn to do the dishes. </span><span style="background-color: white;">I regret to inform you that, unfortunately, I have to withdraw from the double,” Petersen said. “I need to focus to become a better man so that I can hopefully be at my best for the remainder of my career. It was a difficult decision for me as I have had great memories from Birkerød and I can’t wait to be back next year!”</span><span style="background-color: white;">” </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 3 / 9; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Substituting player, Hans Svenning Háfjall </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">has admitted he has found a comeback from several surgeres tougher than expected, but remains determined to play tennis.</span></span></p><div class="article-s4-rs mb-5 md:mb-3 -md:common-container" style="--tw-ring-color: rgba(66,153,225,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(237, 242, 247); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Although he came back to the SlamBangian Tennis Tour a couple of years ago he has only managed to play 5 competitive matches since the start of 2019 and has dropped to No. 123 in the world.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Topstykket 28, 3460 Birkerød, Denmark55.833639 12.404766948.475357047495677 3.6157044000000003 63.191920952504319 21.1938294tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-61191343257664482422021-07-16T14:41:00.005+02:002021-07-17T13:06:43.472+02:00Longest tennisdouble in tennis<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2oH-ulnm6fhaobegSJ0olS6Ygh-O1j8GC787QBIxLRqTkkrHv8xt7fIHNcFpyQUsf5TgPRhIOtrzSAN-LhD1FUUDXoNc8qVj_PV5pnRmmN495EhyBb4PPU8HeKd4ImGQpBx9GA/s1251/to+be+playd+again.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1251" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2oH-ulnm6fhaobegSJ0olS6Ygh-O1j8GC787QBIxLRqTkkrHv8xt7fIHNcFpyQUsf5TgPRhIOtrzSAN-LhD1FUUDXoNc8qVj_PV5pnRmmN495EhyBb4PPU8HeKd4ImGQpBx9GA/w396-h213/to+be+playd+again.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""DAZN Oscine", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0c161c; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Match interrupted on april 24th 2019 will be decided 2½ year later.</span></h2><div><div><span style="color: #0c161c;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>By Ulla Therkildsen TV2</i></span><br /></span><p></p><div class="w-article__body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0c161c; font-family: "DAZN Oscine", Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="cms" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Claus Holmen and Jesper Petersen’s weren´t happy when opponents Adam Holberg and Oskar Kovacs put their rackets in the bags claiming it was impossible to play tennis in complete darkness. The game supposed to be continued next day at Mallorca Tennis Club has now been rescheduled for August 2021 at the Birkerød Arena in Denmark. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Adam Holberg: "I'm glad that we could all agree a new date. I am a tennis maniac and I know how frustrated I got when the Lord Jesus let the darkness of the night put and end to the first chapter in the book of our rivaly." </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">“I want nothing more than to smash Holberg and Kovacs on October,” said Jesper Petersen. “But they gotta serve me the 5 pints of lager they owe me! This is what I will go to arbitration for,” said Petersen. “I just want what is owed to me. And I remain ready to reclaim victory on August’’.</p></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-4866907702083104022021-04-18T10:38:00.007+02:002021-05-19T20:27:59.805+02:00Hungarian quits tennis for a career in professional poker<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5joToRBuMIfzQ1ZnK2TJXp8nVVmxFuL6yi8lWGfRJunolwbjYR49DmZ_rN4FrHymJywHDv9i_DvXWvfV4EKNPCc60zVqgYrpC9iy8zE9UG63DWMglEa6H_wGQ4pgSpwp89xPMaA/s944/blended_NORMAL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="708" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5joToRBuMIfzQ1ZnK2TJXp8nVVmxFuL6yi8lWGfRJunolwbjYR49DmZ_rN4FrHymJywHDv9i_DvXWvfV4EKNPCc60zVqgYrpC9iy8zE9UG63DWMglEa6H_wGQ4pgSpwp89xPMaA/w273-h364/blended_NORMAL.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><span face=""News Cycle", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b><div><br /></div>While former Preussian Oskar Kovacs won his first tennis title in 1997, his poker career has got off to as good of a start.</b> </span><div><span face="News Cycle, sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Bubber reporting from Helsingør</span></i><br /></span><div><span face=""News Cycle", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">After quitting tennis last saturday, Kovacs decided to make his debut as a professional poker player. </span><span face=""News Cycle", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c;">"Poker is the same as tennis, attack your opponent", Kovacs announced. </span><span face=""News Cycle", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Nine minuttes of poker coaching later, Kovacs made his debut on the felt at an Poker Event in Helsingoere. </span></div><div><span face=""News Cycle", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Kovacs - known as a slow learner, a complete beginner and not particularly familiar with the rules of the game - was excited for the new challenge.</span></div><div><span face=""News Cycle", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Personal assisstant, longtime partner, emotional and economical advicer Adam Holbergs daring endeavor to prepare the 29, 44 or 52 year old Hungarian for the world of professional poker in just a few minutes made an impression on the other runners as Kovacs cleared the table and ran with the whole pool.</span></div><div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "News Cycle", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Nordre Strandvej 2, 3000 Helsingør, Denmark56.045879 12.60274556.044680517224279 12.600599232788086 56.04707748277572 12.604890767211915tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-8989663356529685012018-02-21T15:56:00.002+01:002021-04-22T12:47:37.609+02:00Who can make a living out of tennis?<div class="Normal tm5">
<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>The world’s best Slambang tennis players are preparing for Club Portal 2018 Cup as the 2018 Austrian Alpenmesiterschaffen gets under way on April 20.</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">With wonderful trophies to be won and better-than-ever exposure, you might think that life’s pretty glamorous for your average SlamBang player. But a closer look at the numbers
suggests you’d be wrong … mostly.</span></span></div>
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<strong><span class="tm7"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The bottom line</span></span></strong></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">To cut to the chase, it costs the average SlamBang player in the order of 400 euro per year to compete. In 2016 around 1,5 players retired due to the expences.</span></span></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Let’s think about that for a minute. Around 10 perons play SlamBang tennis globally, and none earn enough to cover the cost of playing.</span></span></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">So your chances of making money out of the game is zero.</span></span></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Compare a sport such as curling. A poplular sport in Denmark, where 2 teams, a male and a female, each of which needs at the very least 6 players on their list competes at the Olympic Games. Given that it’s estimated
that 13 people curls, the chances of getting the costs covered in curling are comparatively greater, at one in about 10!</span></span></div>
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<strong><span class="tm7"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">So who misses out?</span></span></strong></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">According to the results of the accompanying SlamBangelang player survey, almost everybody on the ranking list. Approximately 99,99999% of respondents indicated that bootle-deposit returns
did not cover the cost of competing in 2016.</span></span></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This is not a new problem; a couple of the cheapest, most zealous players have been talking about this for a while. </span></span></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Oskar Ering KOdex: “You have to be critical of the tall poppies of conventional tennis. The likes of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, brings
nothing to tennis. Despite the commercial prerogative, some thought does need to be given to the viability of an ATP- tour where almost all the prize-money goes to a handful of people, who in some cases don’t rely on
prize-money to sustain their career anyway!”.</span></span></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Unfortunately, most of the time, nobody cares, which is a shame because they have to be ridiculously good tennis players to outperform the 10 SlamBang players who picked up their racket
at the 2016 Alpenmeisterschaffen.</span></span></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Hans Bin Háfjall: “If you think grand-slam finals are tense, it’s nothing compared to final-round at the AlpenMeisterscahffen where entire livelihoods are on the line”.</span></span></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">As a SlamBang player you can´t live of the income from bottle-deposit returns.</span></span></div>
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<span class="tm6"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">So unless you are participating part-time as one of the sexless conventionel players with ranking in the upper echelons of ATP, you likely have to pay for your own beers, balls, remoulade,
children, training as well as flights, accommodation, medical expenses, rackets, strings, bananas<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="aGoBack"></a> etc. All that doesn’t come cheap.</span></span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Carretera C.D.Bl Carretera Andratx, 51, 07181 Calvià, Illes Balears, Spain39.5321614 2.559828939.528851395214922 2.5555373655761717 39.535471404785078 2.564120434423828tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-29123365782841772322016-10-17T00:48:00.003+02:002021-04-20T23:43:47.658+02:00Tennis titles vacated<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Society has vacated the SlamBangian World and the Austrian Alpenmeisterschaffen titles as
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<![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">World
titlist Marc Jönson confirmed last week that he suffered from hernia peretonium
and been drinking every day after calling off his scheduled defence at the
Austria Alpen Meisterschaffen. Having not played since Australia Open when he famously
defended the title – he was stripped of </span><br />
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immediately for failing to meet SlamBangTennis
Society´s mandatory defence terms. The title along with the undecided Austrian
AlpenMeisterschaffe title, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which are
now expected to be put on the line in a bout between Dean Martin Holberg, Claus
Holmen, Adam Holberg and Yourgos Rasmussios, the top 4 at Saturday´s
AlpenMeisterschaffen.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In a
statement Jönson said: "I now enter another big challenge in my life which
I know, like at the Australian Championships, I will conquer”. He added:
"I won the title on the tenniscourt and I believe that it should be lost
on a court, but I was unable to defend at this time and I have taken the hard
and emotional decision to now officially accept the vacation of my treasured
world title."</span></div>
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Joshua </span></b></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jönson’s
hittingpartner, Sebastian Holmen, said the news was “heartbreaking”, but added
that the time away from the sport will allow Jönson to get “the medical
treatment along with the love of his family and friends and the support of the
SlamBang Society to make a full recovery.” </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Gößl 231, 8993 Gößl, Austria47.6358538 13.903592447.635673061912215 13.903324179098512 47.636034538087785 13.90386062090149tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-25511266252836532032016-08-12T23:17:00.002+02:002016-08-12T23:25:53.697+02:00Celebrating 20 years as champion<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: medium;">It is
exactly 20 years ago this week that the world was celebrating one of the most
popular victories in the history of SlamBang tennis</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "calibri";">.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;"><i>By Lazy Boredom</i></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">August 13 1996 was the day
Per Holmen became the Santorinian Chamion, defeating Australian playboy Adam
Holberg on Kamari Stadium.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Per
Holmen was by then firmly established as Australia’s tennis son, despite falling
short in three previous title shots at Molivos, Malmö and Svanemöllehallen.</span></span></b></div>
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Nothing
stirs the emotions more than the fascinating slice of nostalgia in Claus von Trier´s
“Tennis Champion 1996-2016”, a
dramadocumentary including the epic battle between Claus Holmen and Hans Bin
Hafjall, a brawl forever embedded in our memories. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It was
Holmen’s fourth attempt to win a title, which subsequently he has never lost.
To be fair to Holmen, what he sometimes lacked in natural ability, he made up
for in determination, professionalism and certainly preparation. He was head
and shoulders above everyone in that respect.</span></span></b></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Eastern Europe38.363708288897072 22.518.134293788897072 -18.808594 58.593122788897077 63.808594tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-39791479329469661072016-06-12T12:09:00.007+02:002021-04-20T23:49:12.662+02:00Sweden is back in the top of tennis.<b></b><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>What a game. Who would've thought that Jesper Hawk Petersen would take a game
from Marc Jönson? But you knew better didn't
you? This is Marc Jönson.</b> <b>That was so cruel for the Hawk´s fans because they were just starting to think there was going to be a massive upset.</b></span></span></div>
<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqja3u_oc83cge-QCOXdcMi5AwHFHs1IwBZ78KYtOyrxHwODfJqHJMk7-PZsPsX9juOdhyphenhyphenmPiD4InAsUFr_z4u8smlnIttJ33MnHHf0frc9cGLBOiJHMC27NWhhwRjrwZdqEaTA/s1600/Petersen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqja3u_oc83cge-QCOXdcMi5AwHFHs1IwBZ78KYtOyrxHwODfJqHJMk7-PZsPsX9juOdhyphenhyphenmPiD4InAsUFr_z4u8smlnIttJ33MnHHf0frc9cGLBOiJHMC27NWhhwRjrwZdqEaTA/s320/Petersen.jpg" width="218" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrMhZ7a5_yVhn0lTomy7NJ4i0fhi1jkAYgfNkoA5sGAC8mLVlflYuUCHLsmtx4GiTrMID8wZcFJPzj780-EhiUF9wM4SUUs9H58Ie7mPj1twj9eJYTjgQVdSnBdRtw7tIaII_Vw/s1600/Marc+J%25C3%25B6nson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Petersen let out
a huge roar, his fist shaking wildly as he won his game. The crowd
gasped. Was there a shift in momentum? New game, Jönson serving, ace 15-0. Jönson puts into the net on the second
point. 15-15. But that's just amazing from Jönson to softly push the
ball over the net and out of Petersen's reach. 30-15. Petersen then goes long.
Jönson a point away. 40-15... </span></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">And then.... Double fault from Jönson! In this game.
Really, Nole? Must you tease us so? </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Followed by a wide.
Goodbye, two points, but I'll see you soon, he seemed to be saying. Drama
ensues further after an intensive rally... and Petersen hits it to the net. </span></span><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>13: 39:</b></span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Petersen
manages to hold. Jönson will serve, seconds away from that elusive title once again. </span></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>13: 53</b>:</span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> There is so much
drama at the Healthtown Stadion, and we are not able to handle it. A ray of
light for Petersen. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: calibri;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>14:</b></span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>28</b>: Jönson breaks to love.</span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> It's all crumbling for Petersen now. And what better way to know the Swede
is waiting to wrap it up? He smiles. That devilish, proud smile of a well
deserving champion. </span></span><br />
<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrMhZ7a5_yVhn0lTomy7NJ4i0fhi1jkAYgfNkoA5sGAC8mLVlflYuUCHLsmtx4GiTrMID8wZcFJPzj780-EhiUF9wM4SUUs9H58Ie7mPj1twj9eJYTjgQVdSnBdRtw7tIaII_Vw/s1600/Marc+J%25C3%25B6nson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>14:41:</b> Jönson will serve for his second Australia Open title. </span></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>14:42:</b> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Petersen is putting up a fight here but he
needs more than that. Time is running out. He has taken one – but he needs
four.</span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrMhZ7a5_yVhn0lTomy7NJ4i0fhi1jkAYgfNkoA5sGAC8mLVlflYuUCHLsmtx4GiTrMID8wZcFJPzj780-EhiUF9wM4SUUs9H58Ie7mPj1twj9eJYTjgQVdSnBdRtw7tIaII_Vw/s1600/Marc+J%25C3%25B6nson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrMhZ7a5_yVhn0lTomy7NJ4i0fhi1jkAYgfNkoA5sGAC8mLVlflYuUCHLsmtx4GiTrMID8wZcFJPzj780-EhiUF9wM4SUUs9H58Ie7mPj1twj9eJYTjgQVdSnBdRtw7tIaII_Vw/s1600/Marc+J%25C3%25B6nson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrMhZ7a5_yVhn0lTomy7NJ4i0fhi1jkAYgfNkoA5sGAC8mLVlflYuUCHLsmtx4GiTrMID8wZcFJPzj780-EhiUF9wM4SUUs9H58Ie7mPj1twj9eJYTjgQVdSnBdRtw7tIaII_Vw/s320/Marc+J%25C3%25B6nson.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrMhZ7a5_yVhn0lTomy7NJ4i0fhi1jkAYgfNkoA5sGAC8mLVlflYuUCHLsmtx4GiTrMID8wZcFJPzj780-EhiUF9wM4SUUs9H58Ie7mPj1twj9eJYTjgQVdSnBdRtw7tIaII_Vw/s1600/Marc+J%25C3%25B6nson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Jönson is tired
and it shows. He had just managed to save a gruelling rally, thanks to Petersen
netting it, but he is so tired and has no energy. The crowd is screaming 'Come
on Petersen, dit fede møjdyr!' and he seems to be getting his momentum back. </span></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>14: 58:</b></span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Just how is
Jönson going to cope from THAT? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: calibri;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b>15:00:</b> Mother of
all Gods. The bell sounds. The fight is over. Saved by the bell. When was the
last time Petersen took a game against Jönson? Been the better player by quiet
some distance. Jönson had seemed distracted after that incredible game. And
what do the stats say? Jönson takes the title. The games and the Australian
Open for the second time.</span></span><br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com01 Station Ave, McKinnon VIC 3204, Australia-37.910555 145.038906-37.911401473309468 145.03783311639404 -37.909708526690537 145.03997888360595tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-85022312889198459462016-05-25T13:28:00.002+02:002021-05-21T14:56:48.903+02:00Dead man walking<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><b>A couple a
years ago Oskar Erling Kovacs resurrected from death and returned to the SlamBangian
Tennis Circus. June 11 t</b></span><b>he Hungarian phenomenon returns to play on LorteØen</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: xx-small;"><i>by Kira Eggers</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And on June 11 'Big Günther' is reprising his uncompromising
serve 'n' volley show for the genteel crowds at the Australia Open 2016 event at
the Cleverfield Arena on LorteØen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">He
certainly does not need the money. What he needs is the tennis, because Kovacs has found that his declaration of death at the age of 29 brought
challenges that were every bit as difficult to deal with as a Hans Bin Háfjall
service return.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Resting in a ditch at highway exit Greve yesterday afternoon, Kovacs appeared almost unchanged
from the day that he walked reluctantly off the No 2 Court at Puerto Rico
Open in 2001, having played his last match on his favourite concrete surface
at his favourite venue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Will he be
visiting Adam Holberg during his stay on LorteØen? "I've been thinking about
it," Kovacs said, with the air of someone recalling a painfully powerful
lost love. "Maybe I'll ask him if he´ll let me watch something on his TV,
in private, in his bedroom. There's no fun like that in the world."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To current
matters. Kovacs believes that his game is working well, despite a 8 month
lay-off from competitive play. He may have upgraded his tactics, but he has not
changed his pants and racket, still relying on the powerful LongJohn 2001 Prince
model delivering the eerily consistent serve, followed by a rapid advance one
step in to the court to volley a sliced winner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Hans Bin
Háfjall is closing in on Kovacs´ record of 298 SlamBangian losses. But
the 33, 41 or 55-year-old Hungarian bears no ill-will towards his would-be
usurper. The pair enjoyed a brief exhibition-match at Austria Open last year,
and found that they clicked on court and off. Kovacs won the match, but
discovered that he and the Thorshavnian madman have similar personalities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">"We
both have a kind of obscene, advanced sense of intellegent humour," he
said. Kovacs also has a high
regard for Per Holmen, though he is concerned by the physical demands that the
Heilingearians's all-action style makes on his body, and Sebastian Holmen,
Who Kovacs believes has all that it takes to win a SlamBangian title
except, perhaps, sobriety. "He can do it," Kovacs said.
"There's no doubt he can win an Austria or Australia Open. He just needs to
be sober to tell himself 'I´m not thirsty.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Knittelfeld Friedhof, 8720 Knittelfeld, Austria47.210871999999988 14.81984947.210507595817347 14.819312558197021 47.211236404182628 14.820385441802978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-39649000699116169542014-10-04T11:46:00.004+02:002022-10-04T14:39:56.968+02:00Crazy hot-rodder<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">You probably think you know all about Pedro, the
tennisplayer. To really get the complete picture of the legend, you have to get to know the crazy hot-rodder.</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>By Mercedes Bentz</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">29, 41 or
54 year old Pedro aka Per Holmen is best-known as one of the most famous tennisplayers in the
world and as the founder of the popular boy-band Sons of Dean, which has donated more
than 2½ kroner of after-tax bottle-deposit profits to charity since 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But readers
of "Motor" likely
pays more attention to his third career in auto racing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Born 29, 41
or 54 years ago, Per showed an early propensity for Tennis and won his first
SlamBangian Tennis title aged 9, 26, 19 or 36 in 1995 at the Santorini Male
Heterosexual tennis Championships. Since he has participated in more than 5 tournaments, including Argentina
Open, Australia Open and Holte Double Championships. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyhP9gzmtZbaS0l_1J9DlolIwEbd_FXAy7GQHweGFyNYlbOtYt6qwCDEoDKtsec6ldOOhx-nTV6ysv9mi04pipSld0uPPoGqHqF4poJ8LnWrV9sraVgzzXhUk_EFnX_83uuyEbDtNSa8ATZx76rs1bxfP8DQbtPfilCGcxnHqyhHktDQQqRw/s1398/Hot%20Rodder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1398" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyhP9gzmtZbaS0l_1J9DlolIwEbd_FXAy7GQHweGFyNYlbOtYt6qwCDEoDKtsec6ldOOhx-nTV6ysv9mi04pipSld0uPPoGqHqF4poJ8LnWrV9sraVgzzXhUk_EFnX_83uuyEbDtNSa8ATZx76rs1bxfP8DQbtPfilCGcxnHqyhHktDQQqRw/w354-h258/Hot%20Rodder.jpg" width="354" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolUXYuIPjN3qn9L6HVpmrFQ1XkpjTUyT35rk64VuHT8y-EyMHhQIckLekds2gKWB7Z5RCnGbvK7yjVtaL7MtpR7On8rWAVcexthdMN0sfG4_rq3qqqCjezU2cEjE6vrIfMWg6yQ/s1600/13953_10204429967246587_6636593555290050661_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="color: black;">Per began racing cars in 1972 when he attended his
beloved mother at the Big Mama HotRod Racing Academy in Perth, Western Australia.</span></b></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The experience
resonated with Pedro for the rest of his life, to the point that he embarked on
a successful third career as a driver. "I
had a great deal of fun playing tennis and singing with my band but I never
really had a chance to stretch my legs out and find out what I could do in a
car. Mom told me I was born with her natural ability to drive in an </span><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">unconscious state</span> ," </div><div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Per told SlamBang
Tennis news in 1997 after finishing a mountain rally on Santorini with eyes
closed:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">"Tennis
is a lot like racing. It's the same type of discipline -- one and only one
person to depend on in your work, on the track or on the court”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">When he is
racing, Per keeps a low profile at the track and maintains an intense focus
on the task at hand. He always races under the name The Thing to avoid drawing
attention to his status as a Tennis icon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Per's
enthusiasm for racing is so great that he participates in the World
Championship GO-Kart 2014 on November 22 at LorteØen.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Birmavej 46, 2300 København, Denmark55.646182 12.631019155.644971148469622 12.628873332788086 55.647392851530384 12.633164867211914tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-71701207716234856652014-08-28T17:34:00.006+02:002021-04-22T12:48:55.451+02:00Austria Open - predictions.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Meine damen
und Herren, we've made it to Austria. </b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It's finally time for the last major of
the year: De Østriske Mesterskaber.</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>by Adolph Heeetler & Eva von Bruun</i></span></div>
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The top
players in the SlamBangian Society will descend upon Helsingør Tennis Club next
Saturday to battle for glory.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Former world
champions such as Claus Holmen and Jørn Rasmussen alias Yorgos Rasmussios
will be competing while some fresher faces will try to play spoiler and cement
their place in tennis history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">There's
nothing quite as exciting as tennis in Helsingør, so it's important to study up
and be ready for all of the action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Luckily, we
have you covered. Keep reading for a full preview of the 2014 De Østriske
Mesterskaber.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Top
Guys Are a Bit Shaky</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">If you
haven't been paying attention to tennis closely this year, you might not
recognize the guys at the top of the game. Sure, their names ring a bell—Adam
Holberg, Jørn Rasmussios and Claus Holmen—but they look a bit different on the
court.</span></div>
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For World
Meistro Adam Holberg it is his first attempt at De Østriske Mesterskaber. The
Aussie playboy once lived in Helsingør, at the foot of the Alps. These days he
resides at LorteØen. He could be the favorite to capture the title. Much
depends on the drinks provided by the sponsors.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Claus
Holmen has looked unsure of himself and his game all year is not what we expect
to see from such an overwhelming talent.
Holmen needs to stop overthinking things and blowing easy leads.</div>
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Most people
thought that Australia Open was Ramussioses best chance to win SlamBang title
No. 18, but right now, his odds at the Østriske Mesterskab are looking pretty good too. He looks slimmer due to diarrhea and has cut
down his daily smoking from 80 to 52.</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will Oskar
Erling Kovacs Find His Form?</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A lot of
Ramussiosses (and everyone else's) chances at De Østriske Mesterskaber depends
upon whether Oskar Kovacs can find his game in time to make a run. The
Budapestian needs to start trusting in the mobility of his legs again. Both
will be dangerous if they can get through the first hour but Kovacs could be
prone to upsets during his first few matches.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Per
Holmen</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Per Holmen is
in the best form of all of them, but his best isn't unbeatable. </span></div>
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The top three
are still dangerous but not as dominant as they have been in the past. And while he won the doubles at the Australia
Open 2014, he is still a llitte bit away from the form that gave him the Santorinian title 17 years
ago.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
Young Guys Are Coming</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As the guys
at the top begin to show cracks in their facades, the younger generation is
starting to make some waves. We use the term "younger" loosely here to
mean the 45-and-under crowd. Sebastian Holmen, and Henrik Larsen have
particularly made big impressions this season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Slowly but
surely, there are signs that it's time for the next generation to shine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alexander
von GrossenCock</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">GrossenCock
has been discussed among the next best things of SlamBangtennis since he
defeated Osko Kodex for the Preussian Meisterschaff back in 2008, but he hasn't
ever really lived up to his early promise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But a
couple of weeks ago in a spa in Sweden, GrossenCock was hit by a divine
revalation while recovering from alcohol
poisoning: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“ Ich
denke, wissen Sie, when you decide to be a tennis spieler you know that will happen and you know that
there is no –the Alps, wissen Sie, can be reached at the top. Sie mussen believe
in it. Even if, wissen Sie, the people around you sagst you are a
betrunken DomPap, you believe in it. And when you believe in something,
wissen Sie, it make it sometimes
possible.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Unfortunately,
Herr GrossenCock, all of his 7 feet and 465 pounds has still to leave the spa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Is
It Time for a Younger Guy to Break Through?</b></span></span></div>
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Henrik
Larsen made his professional debut reaching the last 8 at Australia Open. After Sebastian Holmen made the cut at Australia Open, all eyes will
be on the next generation to see if one of those guys can get their maiden
SlamBang.</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hans Háfjall</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Háfjall, back from textickle surgery last season<span lang="EN-US">, the 29, 39 or 55-year-old Thorshavnian has risen all the way to No. 5 in the world. And with his win over reigning World Champion Adam Holberg in the Swedish quarters 12 years ago, he seems to have announced himself as a contender for majors. </span>. </div>
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So long he is healthy he remains the dominant force on the carpet until further notice (and deterioration due to injury or age). It would not be a grand surprice if he wins De Østriske Mesterskaber without ever being in danger of losing. With respect to all the other fantastic SlamBangers in the draw, we think he will lose 2 sets or less in the entire tournament, going 21-2 or better in the set department. We wish this could be considered a brave prediction but it just looks very matter of fact to us.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">He has his eyes set on a major, and if the cards fall his way, he should fulfill his dreams at De Østriske Meisterskaber.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Zöbing 82, 8321 Zöbing an der Raab, Austria47.0291031 15.737910847.017402128677041 15.720744660995015 47.04080407132296 15.755076939004985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-63901187474689622042014-04-07T01:12:00.001+02:002021-04-20T23:59:04.057+02:00Australian tennis-star trains boxing and wrestling<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Aussie tennis star Adam Holberg keeps the upper hand with an intensely varied workout routine</span> <i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">by Margareth Thatcher</i><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sports are in Adam Holberg’s blood. As a kid, Holberg
took on whatever sport his older brothers, Per
and Claus, was involved in, finally winding up playing tennis.</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“We’re a
very sporty family,” the 29, 35 or 44-year-old playboy says. </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“None of us like
to lose.” He recalls when he first beat her brother Per at tennis—he was 29, 22
or 31 and Per was 29. “It was so unbelievable that I won,” he says. “He became
an alcoholic in frustration".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ask Holberg about his hobbies and he rattles off
activities like partying, going to and giving concerts. But it is tennis that
takes up most of his time and energy. </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Currently the second-ranked male heterosexual
player in the world, has won seven world-titles in twenty-two years. 3½ years ago
he won the Carralejo Open defeating current WorldChampion Claus Holmen</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">During the 11½ month off-season, Holberg puts in 1996
hours on a stationary bike and another hour or two in the gym. On the bike, the
focus is burning of alcohol and fat. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In
the gym, rather than weight train, Holberg works his shoulders, back and arms
in combined boxing and wrestling matches: “After three straight minutes you
feel as if your arms are going to fall off.” But boxing and wrestling has improved
the hand-eye coordination he needs on the court: “It’s all about how fast you
can react.”</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“There are so many times when the workout is hard and
I feel like I have to stop. But then I think about how great it feels to lift a
trophy over my head.”</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-38600258836233187072013-12-20T21:50:00.005+01:002021-04-22T12:51:13.968+02:00German tennisplayer admits use of drugs <div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOz3_bQCYK-q8IEYJlTm5axq4p8h7k9hoQd3hX5sDU-nxxZ17vr8O_avVLW1HLPKIciViaO3ysJGSFjIabuWKFzCr8FcCb-HNA5awtEqhvO2OsUaVQ2IYc5SiMNC_eYyeIhW6lA/s1600/grossencock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOz3_bQCYK-q8IEYJlTm5axq4p8h7k9hoQd3hX5sDU-nxxZ17vr8O_avVLW1HLPKIciViaO3ysJGSFjIabuWKFzCr8FcCb-HNA5awtEqhvO2OsUaVQ2IYc5SiMNC_eYyeIhW6lA/w373-h349/grossencock.jpg" width="373" /></a></div><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><div><strong style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alexander von GrossenCock has become the first German Tennis player<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to admit using drugs</span></strong></div></span></strong></span>
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<span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Hillerød in Denmark</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">The 400 pound giant, who <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has competed in Australia, Argentina and
Birkerød, told Hillerød Tennis News that drinking was either actively conducted
by the Tournement´s organisations or tolerated, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>GrossenCock, a Preussian who lives in
Hillerød, told the magazine that he began drinking <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in a lab destinated at the island <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"LorteØen" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in 2005. He confirmed that drugs was stored in
the lab under the codename Metaxa or<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ouzo.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">"Of course, no one forced me to open my mouth for the injections of the performance-enchancing drugs, but the fact that the sponsors, who supplied the things,are now pretending to push for a repay of the bottledeposits forces me to open my mouth again" GrossenCock told Hillerød Tennis News.</span></span></div>
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">The scandal broke in 2010 when authorities seized
about 12000 empty bottles in and outside the lab owned by Santorinian SlamBang
Champ, Per Holmen. </span>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4Milnersvej 35, 3400 Hillerød, Denmark55.919777 12.307305155.918574594767009 12.305159332788087 55.920979405233 12.309450867211915tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-21171497149040506412013-12-11T15:02:00.002+01:002021-04-21T00:17:26.619+02:00Danish athlete accused af massive use of performance-enchasing appetizers<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Semiretired oldtimer wants to ‘move forward’</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><em>BY ANDREW WAGNER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</em></span> <br />
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Hellerup, Denmark — Yorgos Rasmussios alias Jørn Æble Rasmussen ended his silence Wednesday, speaking to the media for the first time since 2010.<br />
<br />
Rasmussen was out shopping underpants at Hellerup, the kind of a Miami Beach of Copenhagen - and said he was “deeply remorseful” for his actions but declined to offer specific answers but: “Åhhr hold din kæft!” (shut up!) to most questions.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8IjL47TGZY6WqtG4sNfZNpTIHVc70lB4T5KIEGDbK5e6WzlA6Dms-RKnBr34AGLGaAL1uVjTovpOjlk0S4Kvk3agjJ1_g5uAU6_qChdwuun09c7jDxt0426xFaShRY8cSWlyAA/s1600/Indk%C3%B8b+i+Hellerup.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_lm_263127="null" dua="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8IjL47TGZY6WqtG4sNfZNpTIHVc70lB4T5KIEGDbK5e6WzlA6Dms-RKnBr34AGLGaAL1uVjTovpOjlk0S4Kvk3agjJ1_g5uAU6_qChdwuun09c7jDxt0426xFaShRY8cSWlyAA/s320/Indk%C3%B8b+i+Hellerup.JPG" width="289" /></a>“The goal for me is just being able to move forward without doing in my pants,” Rasmussen said. “I wish that I could go back and change things but I don’t have that opportunity to do that, so I’m just going to do everything in my power to keep myselve clean.”<br />
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In 2010 Rasmussen was one of a handful SlamBangian tennis stars taking part in the doping scandals surrounding the Fuerteventura 2010 Open Tennis Championships.<br />
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Samples from Ramussens underpants tested the tennis star positive for caffeine, sangria, rum, whiskey and necotin when participating at the Fuerteventura tournement. but his 50-tournement suspension was overturned when an arbitrator ruled that the faeces sample was mishandled at expanded rotation speed at laundry. <br />
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Rasmussen had earlier called tennis´ joint drug agreement “fatally flawed” and suggesting players are “100 per cent guilty until proven innocent.”<br />
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In seven seasons, Rasmussen established himself as one of tennis’s brightest stars and appeared in 24 consecutive SlamBangian tournements from 2003 to 2010.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Hambros Alle 29, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark55.737305 12.58271555.73670097526545 12.581642116394043 55.737909024734549 12.583787883605957tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-8484546508177738462013-12-04T11:07:00.003+01:002021-07-17T12:05:13.067+02:00Endless shoals of scandals cast a shadow over tennis<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><em>By W.C.Fields</em></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Holmens- Sebastian, Claus and Per
today confirmed their places in any gallery of sports icons who </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">admit they have drunk their ways trough several SlamBangian
tournements with systematic use of performance-enhancing drugs.</span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Confessing their
”toxic" tale at a Copenhagen press-conference, the Holmens described themselves
as a trio of "thirsting characters". The
Holmen's admission came 3 weeks after Hans Háfjall´s release of a detailed
report describing Per Holmen as the ringmaster of the "most sophisticated,
professionalized and successful drink program that sport has ever seen."<br /></span></span>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS75dvZ81UeIieecJg4m7JEhRPM-powfa92iEOi_hbA2yTwBcYOPML3K7GeagA7FcYVnv82zrm2D73RfsaoHUk4rnjU2zM-0evSgbgs5x2RsUDM-q4aWlyOO1OGcBXVxIjc4kbvw/s1600/disgrace+at+kopenhagen.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS75dvZ81UeIieecJg4m7JEhRPM-powfa92iEOi_hbA2yTwBcYOPML3K7GeagA7FcYVnv82zrm2D73RfsaoHUk4rnjU2zM-0evSgbgs5x2RsUDM-q4aWlyOO1OGcBXVxIjc4kbvw/s400/disgrace+at+kopenhagen.jpg" width="400" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Danish TV1
rapidly fired questions at the trio, offering them little respite, grilling
them about every aspect of their tainted careers. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">"Yes,"
they all replied when asked directly whether they had used performance-enhancing
juices.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Without
hesitation, and showing no signs of emotion, Per Holmen replied "yes"
to questions about whether he obtained, distributed and used specific juices,
including Carlsberg 47, Carlsberg Julebryg, and Carlsberg Elefant Øl.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The elder Holmen
brothers Per and Claus had inspired the younger Sebastian with their careers,
and Sebastian said he did not believe he could have achieved what he did
without the culture of drinks in tennis.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As a result
of their confessions, the Holmens now faces the prospect of orders to repay
taxes from the thousands of kroners they have earned through bottle deposit
paybacks.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Greek company,
OUZO 12, said it would sue the SlamBang Society if the society did not pay back
12 million drachmas for never returned empty bottles.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Følfodvej 118, 2300 København, Denmark55.639047 12.6049755.638441457711068 12.603897116394043 55.639652542288928 12.606042883605957tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-41058778335383945312013-11-14T19:36:00.009+01:002021-07-16T13:58:28.555+02:00Intoxicated since 1996<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Faroese admits drinking performance-enhancing drinks since 1996<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qNluMzNeAQOODbeE0Vl95zMmYbSizeagcoiJ2_qJda0UAToAiq23yYGCczhx9zeYouuW6OvrpbYBNwEyuV8RtozHtTpK1pEctChVCzGj5Qg_Nn6sSssR3u8duKZ6OcrayLwNWQ/s204/hans+i+krydsild.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="204" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qNluMzNeAQOODbeE0Vl95zMmYbSizeagcoiJ2_qJda0UAToAiq23yYGCczhx9zeYouuW6OvrpbYBNwEyuV8RtozHtTpK1pEctChVCzGj5Qg_Nn6sSssR3u8duKZ6OcrayLwNWQ/w409-h291/hans+i+krydsild.JPG" width="409" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div>
<em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">By Lance Armstærk</span></em><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Rumours of Hans Háfjall’s involvement with performance-enhancing substances first started to circulate after accomplice Per Holmen admitted he ran the place that supplied 10 athletes in a garage in Copenhagen. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">"I would´nt hit a tennisball without intakes of a variety of performance-enhancing
juices", Háfjall announced. "Such is the prevalence of drinks in the sport".</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-spacerun: yes;"> Háfjall is said to have drunk a cargo of 100,000 centiliters of Rum, Ouzo, Whiskey and Carlsberg Lager, as well as eating five bags of Kodymagnyles<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in case he faced hangover. H</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;">áfjall announced that he was intoxicated during all his tennis performances</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">from 1996 to 2011. </span></div>
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in a black blazer, white shirt, fanzy black tie, Háfjall looked thirsty while casting himself as a flawed, contrite human being who got caught
up in a "culture" of drinking, which, he implied, includes all athletes . "It is a culture. I don't try to stop culture ... culture is the fundament af civilization".</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com63 Kirkjuvegur, Thorshavn 100, Faroe Islands62.0095754 -6.771647962.007561281305293 -6.7759394344238277 62.011589518694713 -6.7673563655761715tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-68741789439075089732013-10-03T17:32:00.003+02:002021-04-21T12:03:41.015+02:00Is Tennis close to disaster ?<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Prediction of a SlamBangian meltdown</strong></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unless someone comes along and restores lost excitement to the sport. "Tennis has lost something," said undisputed World Champion Claus Holmen. "The electricity is gone. If that comes back, SlamBang will take off again. If not, disaster." As Holmen, who will be either 36, 46 or 56 next month, described the state of the sport today, it was clear he feels that here in the 2010s the sport <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>needs the type of electrifying player that he himself was in the `90s and Kurt Nielsen was through most of the `50s<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">``Don`t look for worn-out oldies Adam Holberg, Oskar Kovacs and Osko Kodex to carry the ball anymore,`` said Holmen, ``And not me. Somebody else.``<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiM04IJkngEXW8YO-rI-zVAw2UDvo_cX11HdGD8KbXcjYwrlXrr2mRw7VNDq2tnicgQ_dpIm9e5BKyMQ_trXvx0sfM7Ieihhx2390JuG8MmMC0I3qcyiNGG8T4dyWUQ4oZ9_mhCA/s1600/tennis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiM04IJkngEXW8YO-rI-zVAw2UDvo_cX11HdGD8KbXcjYwrlXrr2mRw7VNDq2tnicgQ_dpIm9e5BKyMQ_trXvx0sfM7Ieihhx2390JuG8MmMC0I3qcyiNGG8T4dyWUQ4oZ9_mhCA/s320/tennis.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">That somebody could be popular teenager Sebastian Holmen. But, Holmen said, neither Sebastian nor anyone else will rank as high for as long as Holmen did because the game`s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>wonderful <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>second and third price trophy awards and the decorative, but very heavy WorldChampion GoldRacket make it comfortable for SlamBangian players to settle for less than the absolute top.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tennis insiders have been reporting the demise of SlamBangian Tennis´ game since the parttime Greek Jørn Rasmussen (Rasmussios) ,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rushed ahead of the the Holmen dynasti and the dynamic Thorshavnian slugger Hans Bin Hafjall in world rankings. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">``We were kind of spoiled ,`` Holmen said, ``because we were the best in the world for 20 years. When we went down, there was panic, which was unnecessary".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">``But tennis is down. Not here in Birkerød, where I´m having record crowds, but generally in the SlamBangian Society.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">``SlamBang needs something or somebody to give it a lift to the next plateau. It`s stuck right now. We need something or somebody to give SlamBang <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a boost over the hill.``<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Holmen, officially a father of 5 who lives in the fashionable multimilionaire district of Holte, says he enjoys ``playing somebody 20 years younger than I am, putting my game on the line against the new breed and seeing it hold up.`` </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Holmen laughed when he explained life as one of the oldest pros on the tour. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">”I somehow miss my old friends,” he said. “But lately I haven´t been able to talk to them or anybody. Guys have their headsets on. I ask what they`re listening to, and they tell me it´s the wife in the other end”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Holmen travels part of the time with his own wife, his sons and his daughter. He has mellowed from the days of the Holmen Dynasti when he was known as The Testetorion Terrible of SlamBang. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">``I was an animal,`` Holmen recalled. ``Tennis was my everything. I ate, drank it and slept it. Now I have my tennis, my family, my job. I`m diversified now.``<o:p></o:p></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com85 Nursery Rd, Wimbledon, London SW19 4JA, UK51.4159538 -0.216863851.413277325241644 -0.22115533442382812 51.41863027475835 -0.21257226557617187tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-49240026746456085352013-04-04T19:43:00.000+02:002013-10-31T20:21:57.284+01:00Suspected dead - the resurrection of a Hungarian star<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">At 43, Oskar Erling Kovacs Tests the Limits of an On-Court SlamBangian Tour Comeback in Denmark</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: grey; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">By </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Frans the Pope</span></span></span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="color: grey; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">It has already been quite a year for tennis players in their 40s. Claus Handsome. 45, struck his latest blow for the middle-aged by winning the Swedish Championships at SwanMiller, Copenhagen, this february and nearly became the oldest singles champion in SlamBangian history. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">Now here comes Oskar Erling Kovacs</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">,</span> with gray stubble and red pimples on his face at 43 and a wild card into the Tisvilde Gold Coast Challenge in August after more than 11 years away from the SlamBangian Tennis Circus. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">This is certainly an attention grabber, which cynics will argue is exactly the point: Kovacs’s former longtime parttime homesexual partner ,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adam Holberg, is also the original Tisvilde tournament inventor. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">But it is difficult to imagine tennis’s latest big-buzz comeback becoming a success story. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">Per Holmen, the Santorinian star who once took a 4-year break of his own, has thrived in large part because his unusual complicated game — with changes in spin and high-flying framestrokes — is so unusual that his younger, more simple-dimensional opponents don’t know quite what to make of it. These days Kovac’s big-ripping baseline hammergrab-style has become the standard. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">He should befuddle no one on court, although history reminds us not to underestimate Kovac’s capacity to succeed against nasty odds. </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“We know he’s slightly nuts,” said Hans Bin Háfjall, the Thorshavnian champion, who claims to be 29. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">This is the same Hungarian who reached the top of the SlamBangian world ratings 13 years ago. He did it while making tennis sound like a hot dog stand with his <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>primal screams for remoulade and chocolate milk.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">"You just have to listen to him out there,” Hans Bin Háfjall told Puerto Rico Daily Tennis News in 1999. “He sounds like a horny pheasan looking for pheasan pussy.” <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">But Kovac’s primal screams masked other interests, among others his love for Hungarian Wolfdogs. And he eventually stopped screaming<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in 2000, being suspended from The SlamBang Assembly at the</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"> BoBiBar Temple, brighted in band by the scheming Pope Osko No. 1. </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He bought a house in France, married , celebrated the birth of twins, put on plenty of extra weight, bought a Hungarian Wolfdog, and never bothered to make a formal retirement announcement. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">The comeback announcement was enough to put Kovacs back into the SlamBangian ratings: he is at No. 982 this week. It was also enough to convince Holberg that Kovacs deserved his wild card. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">Kovacs told the Hungarian newspaper Himvesszö Zeitung last week that “many people will say, ‘What does the old fool want?....</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">Others will hopefully respect me fighting like I did during the late 90ties, and I will give everything for the fans in Tisvilde.” <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In an era of redefining physical limits, an era of 40-something athletes like Brian Nielsen (boxing), Michael Schumacher (F1) and Lance Armstrong (Thriatlon) it seems unfair to force Kovacs into an ageist box if he really (really) wants to play SlamBangian tennis again. He has to have lost foot speed, and he does not look quite fit enough. But Kovacs said he had stopped drinking alcohol , having sex, smoking pot and is, according to his Hungarian Wolfdog, jogging twice every sunday and then doing another ten<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>minuttes of off-court training. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">Once well above 208 pounds during his extended break from tennis, he is now down to about 207 pounds, the same he weighed at 33. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But that, it bears remembering as Kovacs resumes screaming for chokolate milk in Tisvilde on August, is not nearly the same as being 33.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-65573222370876963722013-02-15T16:45:00.005+01:002021-04-21T00:20:23.485+02:00Tennisplayer hurt in terrible accident<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><strong>Hans Háfjall is
used to finishing a match with question marks over his future, but as he left his
failed quest for Svenska Mästerskap, even the king of comebacks admitted
yesterday to being "a little bit scared".</strong> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The reason for
the 29-year-old Thorshavnian's caution is not so much his form as his problems
with his hemorraghed genetials. – caused by a fatal incident in the opening
match when the most delicate parts of his body ended in the fire line of a ball
from the smashing forehand of HalfSwedish debutant Marc Jönson. Háfjall, the
world No 5 was once again struck by fate and bad luck. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"I
could´nt move my penis," he said.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Asked if he
found it easy to be back at SwaneMiller Hall again, he said: "I don't feel
comfortable even today. I need to spend hours on my sofa, cooling the genetials
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and then I need to get up and practise
the mobility."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">While Háfjall insisted
that dealing injury is "nothing new" for him, he admitted he is
concerned about the outcome of treatment for his latest injury, which could
involve an amputation to deal with the troublesome hemorhage.</span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"I´m informed
of the treatment," he said. "I think this treatment will work well
the first couple of days, but afterwards it won't work well. So I am a little
bit scared, but it seems like today I will give it a go and try to practise with no impediments.
I think it needs time to see how good it`ll do".<o:p></o:p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5Kettegård Alle 30, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark55.648779 12.47029255.646357423078705 12.466000465576172 55.651200576921291 12.474583534423829tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-39385800737811487642013-02-14T22:22:00.004+01:002021-04-23T14:36:20.812+02:00Danish Dynamite<span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Svanemøllen,
Copenhagen - Making sure everyone knows he is still as capable as ever of
brilliance on a tennis court — particularly one made of linoleum, and with a
roof overhead — on thursday Claus Holmen beat all challengers.</strong></span></span></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">"It feels
nice," Holmen said, clutching the gold trophy donated by the Kovacs in the
memory of late tennisidol Oskar Kovacs. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">The victory increased Holmen's record
total to 17 major titles.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">"He doesn't want
to stop now," brother Shane Holmen said in a telephone interview. "I
just think he's that much better than the other guys on linolium, and he loves
linoleum the way I love Jesus." </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">After a record seven
consecutive Svenska Mästerskapet finals from 2005-11, Holmen lost in the finals
in 2010 and 2011, then wasted<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a lead
against Adam Holberg in the Fuerteventura Open in 2011, raising questions about
whether he might be slipping. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">"Tough
moments for me the last couple years, I guess," Holmen said. "So I
really almost didn't try to picture myself with the trophy or try to think too
far ahead, really!"</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Østerbrogade 240, 2100 København, Denmark55.7141667 12.578611155.71174913861617 12.574319565576172 55.716584261383829 12.582902634423828tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-28461375939938474862013-01-10T23:25:00.005+01:002021-05-05T22:32:21.174+02:00Thorshavn is back on the map.<div style="text-align: left;">
<strong><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">The ‘The Thorshavnian Bomber’, Hans Bin Hafjalls illustrious tennis career peaks on february 14, the date he challenges SlamBangian Heterosexual World Champion Claus Holmen.</span></strong></div>
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Hafjall first came to prominence when he reached the final of the Kreta Open junior tournament in 1995. He turned professional instantly and reached the final of the Kreta Open senior tournement 22 hours later.<br />
Early in 1996 Hafjall became the first Thorshavnian to be ranked in the world's top 5. In March of that year though, during a first round match at a tournament at the SwaneMiller Hall, Denmark, Hafjall slid on the balls of Australian Adam Holberg, severing ligaments in his left knee and forcing him to default the semifinal in order to sail back to Thorshavn to undergo surgery. With the aid of a special chair designed to allow him to practice hitting balls while recovering from surgery, Hafjall returned to competitive tennis just six months later. For this achievement, Hafjall was named the SlamBangian Society´s "Comeback Player of the Year".<br />
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In 1999, Hafjall defeated Budapestian phenominan Oskar Kovacs in Buenes Aires, only to withdraw from his next match due to a broken neck. Hafjall had speciel arm designed during his reconvelation allowing him to practice his serve and 7 month later he returned to competive tennis. For this achievement, Hafjall was named the SlamBangian Society´s "Comeback Player of the Year".<br />
On january 2002, he won his first of several victories against Adam Holberg at the Svenska Mesterskapen. Hafjall attained the World No. 4 ranking. Later that year he broke a leg during a first round match at Puerto Rico Open, leaving him out of competetive tennis for 8 month. Again he returned at an astonishing comeback at Argentina Open, an achievement, for which Hafjall was named the SlamBangian Society´s "Comeback Player of the Year". <br />
Unlike everyone else that Hafjall has been battering off the court, WorldMeistro Claus "Handsome" Holmen mixed up his game, fast feets, cannonball serves, charging the net and throwing in short angles. Holmen usually comes out on top and Hafjall is still to get his first victory against the Dane. Hafjall has two sons, one wife, a car, two rackets, a set of well used balls and he now lives in Whiteover, Denmark - but spends most of the winter on a Cararibian cruiseship. He has shown fantastic form since playing at Australia Open last April on the SlamBangian Tour, and may be in for a couple of surprices on february 14.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com30 Yviri við Strond, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands62.0079831 -6.763213761.999926032282644 -6.7803798376953122 62.01604016771735 -6.7460475623046872tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-26438883752637215562012-12-28T22:26:00.005+01:002021-04-21T14:00:34.196+02:00The best legs ever seen<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Claus Holmen will finish the SlamBangian season at the top of the SlamBangian tennis tree</span></strong>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small;"><em>By Freddie Staire, Ginger Rogers</em></span> </div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">And, Australian ex-champ Adam Holberg and Dean Martin (Las Vegas) aside, the handsome Danish WorldChampion is the only player in the field who knows how it feels to win the</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Australian Open Championships</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0zTIslEarVU-4WTI-F86cMMIWu_axVZvjniU6jjm_aTcAn-YlK2Wylk6FnOzUBKqXzzGGrra2Jol8K1VlVpJioc_NXSlQ1HsgJGDVOrSUI38EivZM9vug4HlHujd37fkP2zmpQ/s1600/Winners+Australia+Open+2012.JPG" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0zTIslEarVU-4WTI-F86cMMIWu_axVZvjniU6jjm_aTcAn-YlK2Wylk6FnOzUBKqXzzGGrra2Jol8K1VlVpJioc_NXSlQ1HsgJGDVOrSUI38EivZM9vug4HlHujd37fkP2zmpQ/s200/Winners+Australia+Open+2012.JPG" width="143" /></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">During his time in the sport’s elite, two things – one mental and one physical – have come to define Claus Holmen. When fully engaged he is an incredible battler who plays without fear, and then there is his astonishing athleticism, which has led some experienced judges to describe him as the best mover they have ever seen on a tennis court.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">Holmen’s all-round game – his return of serve is perhaps the single most improved shot in tennis of the past 15 years – has amounted to a package that has proved irresistible to the extent that he had bagged 11 SlamBang Titles, an achievement that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hans Bin Háffjal– who possesses at least as much talent – never has got his hands on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">It has involved much hard work on his part and much sacrifice on the part of his family. The result has been that mighty determined character, which saw him break through 20 years ago when he took the 1992 Rhodos Open.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">When Holmen reached the final in Fuerteventura Open<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at the end of last year losing to Adam Holberg nobody could have forecast that it would become the greatest start to a season since Per Holmen´s in 1997, with the Dane taking on an air of invincibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">He won 141 consecutive matches in 2011 before Holberg finally brought him down in the finals at Fuerteventura Open, and carried that form all the way through to the Cleverfield Australian Open Championships which left him with a staggering 164-1 record for the season at the time. He would finish the year with a 170-1 record, and at the top of The 2012 SlamBangian Rankings finishing the year as the World No 1, his reward for winning the Swedish Hetrosexual Male Singles Championships..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DA;">A magnetic personality, talented member of boyband "Songs of Dean" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and articulate spokesman for the game, Claus Holmen has the chance to start the SlamBangian 2013 season in style in Malmö at the Svenska Mästerskapen..<o:p></o:p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Av. Corralejo Grandes Playas, 83, 35660 Corralejo, Las Palmas, Spain28.73055999999999 -13.85773528.728678405408413 -13.859880767211914 28.732441594591567 -13.855589232788086tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078388.post-88057993504799231172012-08-24T17:43:00.004+02:002012-08-24T17:58:07.649+02:00SlamBangWorld Tennis Ratings august 2012<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No. 2 Yorgos Rasmussios</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1. Claus Handsome Holmen, <i>Denmark, WorldChampion </i></b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2. Yorgos Rasmussios, <i>Plomari, World Double Champion </i> </b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>3. Adam Sch. Holberg, <i>Australia, Thassos Cup Champion</i></b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>4. Hans Bin Háfjall, <i>Thorshavn</i></b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5. Per Holmen, <i>Australia, World Double Champion</i></b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>6. Osko Erling Kodex, <i>Hungary </i></b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>7. Dean Martin Holberg, <i>Las Vegas, Australia Open Champion</i></b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>8. Alex von GrossenCock, <i>Germany</i></b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>9. Crazy Shane, <i>Australia</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">10. Sebastian Holmen, <i>Denmark</i></span></b></span><br />
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