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    Tennis is a sport where either two or four players hit a ball over a net using racquets. During play, tennis balls can reach speeds up to 263 km/h, but how do they do this (Nichols, 2016)? There are multiple factors to the speed of a tennis ball during play, including the strength of the hit, the racquet, the type and tension of the racquet strings and the location of the ball’s collision with the racquet (Allen, 2010). One of the most important factors, the location of the ball’s collision…

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    On Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, along with a Virginia grand jury, indicted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates on a combined 32 counts of criminal charges. These charges range from filing false tax returns, all the way up to conspiracy to defraud multiple banks of more than $22 million through loans. Manafort was also accused of funneling as much as $30 million through offshore banks in order to conceal it from the United States. These charges will be added to the previous 12 charges they…

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    What is tennis? Well i'm going to tell you about tennis. Tennis is a sport. tennis can be played individually with a single opponent (called singles) or you can do (doubles) where there's two people on each side. Each court will have three tennis balls you get two serves. the games there's a few kinds of games there called a set that's six games in total, also a pro set to eight games in total, and there are tiebreakers for example if yall was playing a set and both teams is at five all then you…

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    Although Murray has been in numerous finals, he has only won a single Grand Slam title- Wimbledon 2013. He was able to come back in this match, but he seems to struggle in the five set matches when he starts to lose a few games. Most recently against Novak Djokovic in the French Open final, Murray won the first set, but lost…

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    Over the weekend, Andy Murray won his third Grand Slam and second Wimbledon title, defeating next generation of tennis member Milos Raonic. The match was a fairly routine three-set victory (6-4, 7-6, 7-6) for Murray, who never seemed in jeopardy of losing the meeting. Raonic entered Sunday’s Wimbledon men’s final playing at a tremendously high level, fresh off the greatest win of his career, a five-set victory over arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, Roger Federer. In the semifinal…

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    Roger Federer, the greatest tennis player ever, was born on August 8 of 1981 in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Federer grew up in the municipalities of Birsfelden, Riehen, and Münchenstein which all are close to the French and german border. He is an authentic, modest, and loyal man as he describes himself. Many describe him as a class act man and he is also very humble. Not many know the impact he has outside tennis but he believes in the potential of everyone. Federer is married since 2009…

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    his career, including Grand Slams. He also is a good person and a positive player. He has played tennis all his life and he always had shown that he is the best. Roger is one of the best players of all time because of his game statistics and his personality. Federer is the player with more Grand Slams in history. Grand Slams are the most important tournaments in tennis. He has 18 Grand Slams and he had won the last of it on this year, with 35 years. He won his first Grand Slam in 2003 with only…

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    Serena Williams Biography

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    Williams managed to overcome illness to win the tournament for the third time and claim her 20th Grand Slam singles title, good for third place all-time. Williams opened the next calendar year by advancing to the Australian Open final, where she lost in three sets to Angelique Kerber. On July 9, 2016, Williams found her way back to victory, defeating Kerber 7-5, 6-3 at Wimbledon and winning her 22nd grand slam title. With her historic win, Williams tied Steffi Graf for the most major…

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    Playing a sport can be one of the most entertaining pastimes for people. Sports can also get you scholarships in college if you play your cards right. Tennis can be a fun past time for anyone who wants to try a new sport. Tennis is the best sport that I have ever played. Tennis has so many reasons for being such an exhilarating, fun and social sport. These reasons are exercising, creating friends, playing on a marvelous and warm day, being competitive while having fun, and being able to play…

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    Diageo Case Study

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    We will start comparing by segment’s averages and aggregate the results. By looking at exhibit 4 and taking the average of the firms in composite: * Diageo’s interest coverage (5.0) is lower than all segments’ average industry figure. Allied Domecq, Coca Cola, Gillette, McDonalds, Kellogg have a 2 to 3 times higher interest coverage. It is less risky for the lenders to finance those companies. * Diageo’s book gearing (59%) is slightly lower than average spirits’ segment figure, higher…

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