{"id":6434,"date":"2015-12-27T23:16:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T23:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.playyourcourt.com\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2016-09-26T22:56:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T22:56:47","slug":"wymhm1221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wymhm1221","title":{"rendered":"What You May Have Missed This Week In Tennis: 12\/21 \u2013 12\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Soderling Announces his Retirement<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Robin Soderling, who hasn&#8217;t played since 2011, has announced his retirement. A bright career extinguished by illness <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PUt7hGHoNs\">https:\/\/t.co\/PUt7hGHoNs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenRothenberg\/status\/679625359684419584\">December 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>He hadn&#8217;t played since 2011, so it wasn&#8217;t exactly a surprise when we heard him announce his retirement. \u00a0Still, we&#8217;ll miss him on the scene and we wish him the best!<\/p>\n<h2>The Murray&#8217;s had a Nice Christmas<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nHaving a very Murray Christmas x <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bI5sHUPcOx\">pic.twitter.com\/bI5sHUPcOx<\/a> \u2014 judy murray (@judmoo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/judmoo\/status\/680382891247976448\">December 25, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0 We saw Andy and Jamie Murray rocking these ugly Christmas Sweaters. \u00a0It seems like they had a nice holiday!<\/p>\n<h2>The Match that made Soderling Famous<\/h2>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OpaeA_g5hx4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some highlights from Soderling&#8217;s biggest match, it&#8217;s definitely one to remember.<\/p>\n<h2>Double&#8217;s Tip: \u00a0Hit Cross Court!<\/h2>\n<p>Ren gave us an article with a few tips on how to play doubles well. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/improve\/doubles-tip-hit-cross-court-always\/\">Take a look!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>5 Things you may not Know about Roger Federer<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re all big fans of Roger, but how much do you know about him? \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-roger-federer\/\">Find out some interesting stuff here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soderling Announces his Retirement Robin Soderling, who hasn&#8217;t played since 2011, has announced his retirement. 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