Live in Minneapolis or St. Paul? Like helping kids learn and love tennis? InnerCity Tennis Needs Volunteers! If you like working with kids, we can use you! Both 5.0 players and people with no tennis experience can volunteer! InnerCity Tennis is now accepting volunteer applications for its 2009-2010 Saturday Program, which offers FREE programming to over 300 kids each week. The program takes place at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center and starts on Saturday afternoon,...

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TennisMetro's ladders are a great way to get out a play some competitive tennis with people near you. Here's a short screencast explaining how the ladders work, and how to use them: View this screencast at full size!   Have questions about how ladders work? Post them in the comments below. Thanks! Bruno

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Here's a quick screencast describing some improvements we recently made to the bulletins feature: CLICK HERE TO VIEW LARGER For those who aren't familiar, a bulletin is a great way to let a lot of people know you're looking to play (for when you don't have one specific person you want to hit with). When you post a bulletin, a group of people gets notified about it via e-mail, increasing your chances of finding someone...

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Carlososorio! Congratulations to Carlos (who got extra entries by twittering about the contest), and thanks to everyone who participated. Carlos will win a $100 TennisWarehouse gift card to buy some sweet new gear with! Still want a chance to win more prizes? Check out our tennis ladders, where you can win gift cards and TennisMetro t-shirts! And stay tuned for more giveaways coming up next month. Take care! Bruno & the TennisMetro team

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UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. STAY TUNED FOR OUR ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNER ON Monday, August 17th! If you're like me, the tennis shoes that were brand new this spring are starting to sprout holes. If you're not, maybe you haven't been playing enough! In any case, you could probably think of something cool to buy with a $100 Gift Card to TennisWarehouse! Entering this random drawing is simple: Leave a comment telling us what...

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Every wonder why so many pros finish matches with challenges remaining? Me too. Why not challenge more calls, just for the heck of it? Especially given the results of UC Davis study (reported on here in the New York Times), which show that a vast majority of close-to-the-line shots that are called out were actually in: The researchers identified 83 missed calls during the 2007 Wimbledon tournament. (Some were challenged by players and overruled, and...

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Hi all, If you've noticed server errors when trying to log in (especially on pages like /facebook/authenticate), you're not alone. Facebook's Connect program is experiencing some bugs, and they're working on fixing them. In the meantime, if you experience this error, try clearing your browser's cache and cookies. Thanks for your patience! Bruno

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Can't watch today's women's final on your TV? We've got you covered:   Via: http://www.atdhe.net/

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This clip speaks for itself. Here's the always-acrobatic Gael Monfils making an amazing diving shot to win a point this week at Roland Garos:  

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TennisMetro is officially a toddler now (eight months old this week), and we have the growth to prove it: we just passed 1,000 members! Today, we're introducing a new membership option that will help support the continued growth of the site. From now on, certain actions on the site will require a Premium Membership, which costs just $9.99 (a one-time fee). Becoming Premium Member is a show of your support for TennisMetro, and allows you...

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