SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
Massu Faces off against Mantra at Davis Cup
Chilean tennis player Nicolas Massu will face off Ivo Mantra from Czech Republic today in the Davis Cup best-of-five quarterfinals from 10am today. 101 seed and former Olympic gold medalist Massu and 247 seed Mantra will be followed by a match between Chile’s Paul Capdeville and Czech Jan Hajek. Tomorrow, the teams will face off [...]
‘Champions for Chile’ Tennis Match Raises Money for Chilean Quake Relief
Fernando Gonzalez, Andy Roddick, Jim Courier, and Gustavo Kuerten participated in a charity double’s event on Saturday in order to raise money be benefit Chilean earthquake victims. The event, ‘Champions for Chile’, was held at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Alongside the players was tennis great Mary Joe Fernandez serving as chair umpire, and [...]
“Champions for Chile”
Fernando Gonzalez will team up with former ATP #1 Tennis star Andy Roddick and tennis legends Jim Courier and Gustavo Kuerten this weekend in Miami, Florida for a fundraising event called “Champions for Chile” Gonzalez, a Santiago native and winner of 11 tennis singles titles, pulled out of the Indian Wells Masters earlier this month [...]
Breaking News: Chile beats Israel at the Davis Cup Match
The Chilean number one tennis player, Fernando a.k.a Feña González, defeated the Israeli Dudi Sela, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 and left the series with an insurmountable 3-1. Now, the Chilean team has to prepare themselves for a match against Czech Republic in July. The current rank, surface and level were the factors that gave Fernando González [...]
The Chilean Davis Cup Team only thinks in bringing joy to the country
In a popular press conference at Coquimbo’s Enjoy Hotel, the Chilean Davis Cup Team expressed their support today, Thursday March 4th, to the thousands of victims that the earthquake affected in the Southern and Central Regions of the country. Next to the Mayor of Coquimbo, Óscar Pereira, the President of the Chilean Tennis Federation, José [...]
Chile’s “Feña” is $110 million CLP away from competing at the Davis Cup
Fernando González, a.ka. “Feña”, Chile’s number one tennis player, has requested close to $180 million CLP from the federation to play in the next series against Israel. The organization offered him $70 million CLP as a starter, which González thought was insufficient. González’s father, Fernando González Ramírez, stated that even though he was nominated by [...]
The Davis Cup: Tickets are already on sale for the Chile-Israel duel in Coquimbo
Tickets for the Davis Cup match between Chile and Israel are already on sale for the public since Friday, February 5th, 2010. The duel will take place in Coquimbo (fourth region), at the tennis courts of the Enjoy casino, from March 5th till March 7th. Tickets purchased with the Fallabella CMR card will receive a [...]
MoviStar Open
Top-seeded Chilean Fernando Gonzalez reached the quarter-finals at the Movistar Open for the eighth straight time after easing past Spanish qualifier Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-4, 6-3 in 69 minutes, Wednesday night in Santiago. “I think I played a better match today,” said Gonzalez, who is now unbeaten in 11 straight matches at Chile’s ATP World [...]
Fernando González announced his return to the Davis Cup Team with President Bachelet
Chile’s best tennis player, Fernando González, announced his return to the Davis Cup Team when he was with President Michelle Bachelet at La Moneda Palace. Fernando González, also known as “El Bombardero de La Reina” (The Bomber of La Reina Borough), had been away from the Davis Cup Team due to disagreements with the head [...]
María Sharapova for the 1st time in Chile
On the 1st of December María Sharapova (22), one of the most beautiful woman in tennis, set foot on Chilean soil for the first time in her career. She came to do the two things she does best; play tennis and model. On Tuesday night she took part to the Cachantun Fashion show as a [...]