Peter Luczak News

PAUL McNamee's first - failed - run at the Tennis Australia presidency will not be his last bid for office, with the former Australian Open chief executive yesterday confirming he will re-contest the position Geoff Pollard has promised to vacate next year.

Two-time US Open champion Pat Rafter is to present Tennis Australia with plans to stop the national men's game from sliding into oblivion.

A LINGERING Achilles injury seems certain to thwart Chris Guccione's plan to contest the Australian Open wildcard play-off in less than a fortnight, with the Victorian left-hander admitting that his break from tournament play could potentially extend until March.

FURTH is a 1000-year-old town in Germany, but it matters to Victorian Peter Luczak only in the sense that it has helped to shape his future.

Brisbane International target... Lleyton Hewitt . Map: Brisbane 4000 Brisbane International director Steven Ayles says he will try to bring Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur to the event in 2011.

Novak Djokovic is making his Basel debut this week. Serbiaa TMs Novak Djokovic , winner of three ATP World Tour titles this season and the No.

Novak Djokovic beat Andreas Beck of Germany 6-3, 7-5 in the first round at Swiss Indoors.

Men's Tour Struggling ... Peter Luczak had another first-round exit. AP Peter Luczak's horror run continues with first round exit in Basel From correspondents in Basel, Switzerland Australian Peter Luczak sank deeper into a first-round rut, losing for the third straight week in his opening match with a 6-3 6-4 exit to Czech Jan Henych at the Swiss ...

EXPLOSIVE: Philadelphia s DeSean Jackson tallied 167 yards and caught a 57-yard pass from Donovan McNabb, who reached the 30,000-yard career passing milestone DeSean Jackson scored two big-play touchdowns in the first half to spark the Philadelphia Eagles to a 27-17 win over the struggling Washington Redskins on Monday.

Benjamin Becker and Fabrice Santoro face tough opposition Monday in Lyon. Third seeds Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach held off the first-time pairing of Marco Chiudinelli and Peter Luczak 6-2, 5-7, 10-8 to reach the quarter-finals Monday at the Bank Austria TennisTrophy , an ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament contested in Vienna.

In this July 23, 2009 file photo, actress Scarlett Johansson arrives at the opening night of the LA Shorts Fest '09 in West Hollywood, Calif.

EUROPEAN SLUMP: Fifth-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain edged out Peter Luczak of Australia, while Frederico Gil of Portugal rallied to beat Austrian Stefan Koubek AFP , VIENNA Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009, Page 19 Frederico Gil of Portugal returns to Stefan Koubek of Austria during their Vienna Open first-round match on Monday.

October 26, 2009 Fourth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina and No. 5 Julien Benneteau of France both advanced to the second round of the Lyon Grand Prix after winning in straight sets on Monday.

Nicolas Almagro of Spain has defeated Peter Luczak of Australia 5-7, 7-6 , 6-1 in the first round of the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy.

Juan Monaco reached the Stockholm quarter-finals in 2007 . Fourth seed Juan Monaco survived a scare at the If Stockholm Open Monday, battling to a 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 win over Czech Jan Hernych in the first round of the ATP World Tour 250 indoor hard-court tennis tournament in the Swedish capital.

Simon Gruel, ranked 59th in the world and without a finals appearance all year, surprised Benjamin Becker Monday on the first day of the Stockholm Open.

Lanky Swede Joachim Johansson used to have close Australian ties but he is becoming a thorn in the side for Aussie tennis players.

Fourth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina and tall Swedish crowd favorite Joachim Johansson were among Monday's first- round victors at the Stockholm Open.

Lleyton Hewitt of Australia eyes the ball during his match against Gael Monfils of France in their second round match at the ATP Shanghai Masters in Shanghai yesterday.

GEOFF Pollard has been in charge of Australian tennis for umpteen years. Both as president and chief executive.