Tennis Tour Tidbits – Stan Wawrinka, Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer and more…

Written by: Staff on 13th May 2013

Tennis Tour Tidbits - Stan Wawrinka, Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer and more...

epa03697265 Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova in action against US Serena Williams during their Madrid Open tennis tournament women's final match at Caja Magica court in Madrid, Spain, 12 May 2013. EPA/JUAN CARLOS HIDALGO |

Former top 20 player Alisa Kleybanova, who has been battling cancer, is set to try another comeback. . .

Coach Zeljko Krajan, who was just fired by Laura Robson, is now working with Marcos Baghdatis on a temporary basis. . .

Stan Wawrinka had this to say of Magus Norman after reaching the final of Madrid: “I’d like to thank my new coach – first week and a final. I don’t know if you are lucky or really good.” . . .

Reports say that University of Oregon tennis player Alex Rovello drowned last weekend while cliff diving. . .

Maria Sharapova says that she won’t be playing mixed doubles with her boyfriend, Grigor Dimitrov. . .

David Ferrer says that he beaten Andy Murray in the final of Miami and Rafael Nadal in the quarters of Madrid that he might be looking at his prospects differently: “It’s true that maybe you have won two matches that well could have been–well, not change my life, but my career, my tennis career could be a little bit better.” . .

Maria Sharapova said that if she were to choose a bodyguard from the WTA it would be the world No. 1. “I think Serena would do a pretty good job of that,” she said. “We all know that. Yeah, she would be a good candidate for it.” . . .

Roger Federer said that he’s impressed although not surprised that players in their early 20s like Kei Nishikori, Grigor Dimitrov and Milos Raonic are scoring notable wins this season, but added: “We’re still missing the generation of teenagers. We’ll see what happens there.” . . .

Bernard Tomic has pulled out of the mandatory tournament in Rome. His father John has a court date in Madrid this week as he is accused of hitting Bernard’s hitting partner. . .

Sloane Stephens says she wishes that people would have taken her upset of Serena Williams at the Australian Open at face value. “There’s always going to be something,” Stephens said. “If I would have been injured and lost, love and love, everyone would have been, ‘Oh, Serena killed her.’ Not ‘Oh, she was injured.’ ”

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Topics: Alisa Kleybanova, Andy Murray, David Ferrer, Magus Norman, Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer, Rome Masters, Stan Wawrinka, Zeljko Krajan