Tennis News & Tour Tidbits

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 23rd December 2013

Tennis News & Tour Tidbits

epa03648228 US Coco Vandeweghe celebrates a point against to French Marion Bartoli during a tennis match at the Monterrey Wome's Tennis Open in Monterrey, Mexico, 02 April 2013. EPA/MIGUEL SIERRA |

CoCo Vandeweghe is working with Urszula Radwanska’s ex-coach coach Maciej She also recently did a photo shoot with Asics America. . . Urszula Radwanska has also pulled out of the Aussie Open with a shoulder injury and will be replaced by Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. . . Nadia Petrova has withdrawn from the Australian Open as she is still very upset post the recent death of her mother, Nadezhda Ilyina. Iveta Benasova also pulled out with an injury. Tsvetana Pironkova and Yulia Putintseva move into the main draw. . . Former world No. 2 Magnus Norman, who coaches Stan Wawrinka. reacted to all the ATP coaching changes which includes many of his peers. “Lendl, Goran, Chang and now Becker and perhaps Edberg as coaches on the @ATPWorldTour. Should do coach tournament. Sure not top seed anymoreL . . . BallenIsles Country Club’s resident members Venus and Serena Williams were slated to team up in doubles matches on the Stadium Court. The exhibition pitted the sisters against Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Nicole Melichar.

We Hear —

— That Casey Dellacqua has been awarded a wildcard into the Hobart International. She is set to join one of the strongest fields ever assembled for the event, including Australia’s No.1 and world No.18 Sam Stosur, former world No.1 Venus Williams, defending champion and world No.25 Elena Vesnina and Britain’s No.1 Laura Robson.

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