1.   Took a few lessons with a tennis ace to improve his backhand.

2.   He adorns milk ads with the likes of actress Claudia Schiffer and tennis ace Pete Sampras.

3.   And former tennis ace John McEnroe raised a racket in Leipzig, Germany, and barely broke a sweat.

4.   Ciorbea, a former trade union leader beat tennis ace Ilie Nastase in the race.

5.   Former Austrian tennis ace Horst Skoff was hospitalized with unspecified injuries on Friday after a car accident on a busy freeway, the national auto club said.

6.   Former Austrian tennis ace Horst Skoff was hospitalized with unspecified injuries on Friday after a car accident on a busy highway, the national auto club said.

7.   Former tennis ace Ilie Nastase is planning to switch tactics in politics with the same alacrity he once showed on court in his bid to become mayor of Bucharest.

8.   Nastase, by contrast, spent lavishly from the fortune he amassed as a tennis ace and manager.

9.   Nastase, in contrast, spent lavishly from the fortune he amassed as a tennis ace and manager.

10.   She is coached by Boris Breskvar, who worked with such tennis aces as Boris Becker and Steffi Graff.