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Tennis-Nadal to make grass return at Queen'sLONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Spaniard Rafa Nadal is set to play his first competitive match on grass since winning the 2008 Wimbledon title at the Queen's Club tournament in June.

UPDATE 4-Tennis-Indian Wells women's singles resultsMarch 10 (Reuters) - Indian Wells women's singles first round results on Wednesday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result). * Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) beat Anne Keothavong (Britain) 2-6 6-3 6-1 * Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) beat Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-1 * Polona Hercog (Slovenia) beat Ioana Raluca Olaru (Romania) 7-5 6-4 Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) beat Edina Gallovits (Romania) 6-2 6-3 Elena Baltacha (Britain) beat Alexa Glatch (U.S.) 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 Ki

UPDATE 3-Tennis-Indian Wells women's singles first round resultsMarch 10 (Reuters) - Indian Wells women's singles first round results on Wednesday (* denotes new result). * Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) beat Edina Gallovits (Romania) 6-2 6-3 * Elena Baltacha (Britain) beat Alexa Glatch (U.S.) 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 * Kimiko Date Krumm (Japan) beat Melinda Czink (Hungary) 6-2 6-2 * Vania King (U.S.) beat Christina McHale (U.S.) 7-5 6-3

Tennis-Kuznetsova aims for French Open lift at Indian WellsINDIAN WELLS, California, March 10 (Reuters) - Having finally broken her French Open jinx last year, Svetlana Kuznetsova is banking on a similar breakthrough at the Indian Wells WTA tournament where she has twice finished runner-up.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Comeback queen Henin eases to Indian Wells winINDIAN WELLS, California, March 10 (Reuters) - Former world number one Justine Henin continued her fairytale comeback with a 6-2 6-2 demolition of Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova in the first round of the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Wednesday.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Indian Wells women's singles first round resultsMarch 10 (Reuters) - Indian Wells women's singles first round results on Wednesday (* denotes new result). * Sorana Cirstea (Romania) beat Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 * Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-2 * Olga Govortsova (Belarus) beat Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) 6-0 4-6 7-6(8) * Alicia Molik (Australia) beat Tatjana Malek (Germany) 6-1 6-3 Vera Dushevina (Russia) beat Jelena Dokic (Australia) 6-0 6-3 Patty Schnyder (Swit

Tennis-Wildcard Henin casts shadow over Indian Wells seedsINDIAN WELLS, California, March 9 (Reuters) - Former world number one Justine Henin will have the top seeds looking warily over their shoulders when she continues her fairytale comeback at the Indian Wells WTA tournament starting on Wednesday.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Chile v Israel - Davis Cup scoresMarch 8 (Reuters) - Davis Cup world group first round scores between Chile and Israel in Coquimbo on Monday (* denotes new result).

Tennis-Britain plan immediate inquiry after humiliating defeatLONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - British Lawn Tennis Association president Roger Draper condemned a fifth successive Davis Cup defeat as unacceptable on Monday and called for an immediate inquiry into the humiliating loss to Lithuania.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-WTA sees more flexibility in new Ericsson dealLONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - The WTA said a new, reduced sponsorship agreement with Sony Ericsson in which the mobile handset maker loses its naming rights to the women's tennis Tour would give the governing body greater flexibility to grow.

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We recommend the following links:

www.atptennis.com
This is the best way to keep in touch with everything that is going on in the Men's professional game. It is updated daily with results, news, tournament draws etc. The player blog is often a great read.

www.britishtennisparents.com
A comprehensive resource for parents of junior players. Dan Thorp and Judy Murray run the site in collaboration with the LTA. It gives advice on training, coaching, dealing with stress and other common problems. It is also a useful resource for coaches wanting to further their knowledge.

www.itftennis.com
This site has loads of great information for coaches. We particularly recommend that you check out the 'Coaches review' section - this is the ITF's quarterly journal for coaches and is filled with great articles from some of the world's best coaches.

www.lta.org.uk
The Lawn Tennis Association's website. Quite a bit of info for coaches on this site. It's worth visiting the competition section for the downloads of tournament templates. It also has all the training opportunities for coaches in the UK that are run by the LTA. The site is also updated daily and is a useful place to pick up all the latest result of British players - senior and junior.

www.sonyericssonwtatour.com
This is the official site of the WTA Tour. It has loads of information on today's top players, and does an excellent job in keeping results up to date.

www.tenniseurope.com
Tennis Europe have an interesting email magazine that is worth registering for. The Tennis Europe site is also the place to find out about junior events in Europe since they operate the E.T.A. junior tour.

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