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FUJIWARA EFFECT: Rika Fujiwara mixed tenacious play with stunning winners, while Taiwan s Chuang Chia-jung and Chan Yung-jan were also victorious By Tony Phillips STAFF REPORTER Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009, Page 20 Taiwan s Chan Yung-jan hits a forehand during her defeat of compatriot Hsu Wen-hsin in the OEC Taipei Ladies Open at the Taipei Arena ...

If you asked most people what the life of a tennis player was like, I bet you the word - glamorous' would be one of the first things they thought of.

British number two Katie O'Brien celebrated her career-high ranking of 94 with victory over American Alexa Glatch in round one of the Japan Open.

Net gain...clubs like Malky Watt's in Newlands have seen a 50 per cent rise in youngsters wanting to learn to play tennis Picture: Martin Shields Andy Murray Exclusive by Bert Mitchell THEY call it the Andy effect - and hundreds of young Scots tennis hopefuls have been swept up in the Murray momentum.

GLASGOW rugby coach Sean Lineen has told his bug-beating heroes of Cardiff they will have to play even better to repeat the dose against Biarritz.

Andy Murray has been joined in the top 100 by Elena Baltacha and Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski enlarge Britain's men may be facing a future in the wilderness of the Davis Cup's Europe Africa Zone Group Two, but the Lawn Tennis Association will be heartened by the progress of home players in the world rankings.

Photograph: Sean Dempsey/PA Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski showed Britain's Davis Cup captain, John Lloyd, what he was missing last weekend as they won their first ATP Tour doubles title at the Open de Moselle in Metz today.

FOUR Scots won tennis tournaments at the weekend a ' and none of them was Andy Murray.

In the latest of her series of diary pieces leading up to Wimbledon 2010, British tennis star Elena Baltacha has much to celebrate.

When the new women's rankings are released on Monday, there should be three British players in the world's top 100, with Elena Baltacha and Katie O'Brien expected to join Anne Keothavong.

BRITISH number two Elena Baltacha celebrated her imminent ascent into the world's top 100 with a 6-3 4-6 6-3 victory over compatriot Katie O'Brien in the final of the Aegon Pro-Series event in Shrewsbury.

Elena Baltacha beat fellow Briton Katie O'Brien in three sets to win the Aegon Pro Series event in Shrewsbury.

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Britain's elena Baltacha with ball boys and girls at the Welti Tennis and Leisure Centre in Shrewsbury Shropshire's Welti Tennis & Leisure Centre is hosting one of the most prestigious ladies indoor tennis tournaments in the country, at the Shrewsbury venue this week.

SAVED Scotland boss George Burley has admitted he is a World Cup failure and pledged never to let the nation down again.

In the latest of her series of diary pieces leading up to Wimbledon 2010, British tennis star ELENA BALTACHA looks forward to some time back in Scotland with her mother and brother - and rubs shoulders with a TV star.

CARSTEN Ball, Monique Adamczak and Anastasia Rodionova have qualified for the US Open.

Julie Coin would rather hit tennis balls than hold down a regular job, even though shea s made less than 1 percent of the $50 million Roger Federer has collected in prize money.

He could be a while then. 2113: Defending champion Roger Federer after starting his bid for a sixth-successive US Open title with a 6-1 6-3 7-5 win over Devin Britton, the world number 1,370: "It was difficult.

British teenager Laura Robson's hopes of reaching the US Open first round were dashed at the final hurdle at Flushing Meadows.