Archive: December 2013
While Roger Federer may be the latest elite player to take on a "celebrity" coach in the form of Swede Stefan Edberg, Rafael Nadal has insisted he won't be joining the new trend.
Novak Djokovic is intent on winning the upcoming Australian Open for the fourth year in succession and the fifth time since 2008. And with new coach Boris Becker integrated into his team, he is more than content than another unbeaten run at Abu Dhabi’s.
Insiders were wondering why Serena William spent this off season in Florida rather going back to the island of Mauritius to train with her coach Patrick Mouratoglou like she did in 2012, but the reason is not as some have speculated...
Roger Federer experimented with a new larger Wilson frame last summer before switching back to his tried and true usual smaller frame at the US Open. But during the off season, he tried out a new 98-inch Wilson racket and now is committed to playing with it during the Australian summer.
Despite its opulent budget which ensures the presence of most of the male tennis world’s megastar players, much to its frustration, the Mubadala World Tennis Championship remains nothing more than an exhibition tournament.
Roger Federer cuddled a koala in the most clicked of all Australian photo ops before getting back to the practice courts at Brisbane as he prepares to resume testing of a larger racquet after playing his entire career with a small 90-inch model.
The injuries actually started before the season began, when Elena Vesnina pulled out of Auckland. But mark down Sunday as the day of our first in-season injury to a Top Ten player. #6 seed Caroline Wozniacki is out of Brisbane due to a right shoulder problem. She still hopes to play Sydney and the Australian Open.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova hasn't played match since early August and arrived in Brisbane with two new team members, coach Sven Groeneveld and physio Jerome Bianchi.
Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki is facing a race for fitness with the start of her 2014 season already delayed as a shoulder injury forced her to withdraw from the Brisbane International at the weekend.
Roger Federer has added six-time grand slam winner Stefan Edberg to his Australian Open team, with the 47-year-old Swede set to work for 10 weeks with the Swiss starting at next month's grand slam.
Gilles Simon will replace injured Janko Tipsarevic at the Kooyong club Australian Open tune-up.
That was what Poland found when it took on Italy. Italy should have been in great shape, because they had two players and Poland, with Grzegorz Panfil playing alongside Agnieszka Radwanska, really had only one.
Sometimes a live body is enough.
That was what Poland found when it took on Italy. Italy should have been in great shape, because they had two players and Poland, with Grzegorz Panfil playing alongside Agnieszka Radwanska, really had only one.
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For the first time since 2004 Canada is among the eight countries competing in the Hopman Cup, an ITF team exhibition event taking place from December 28 to January 4 in Perth, Australia.
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