Archive: December 2013
Former ATP Players Council president Ivan Ljubicic put a tremendous amount of time into politicking for the betterment of his sport during his long playing career, but he retired in April of 2013 and is now coaching world No. 11 Milos Raonic.
With doubles partner Casey Dellacqua claiming an automatic spot in the Australian Open field with her finals victory at the weekend in the grand slam playoffs in Melbourne, Ash Barty is now keen to make sure she also takes a spot in the major.
Fears that Andy Murray, Britain’s first Wimbledon male singles champion for 77 years, might have blown his opportunity of winning the nation’s most prestigious sports award by staying in Miami to continue his rehabilitation after back surgery were dispelled as he was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year with a record proportion of the ballot.
With the takeover of the Melbourne Kooyong exhibition by IMG, a charity element to the four-day event has been expanded, with families dealing with cancer the intended beneficiaries.
Roger Federer is to lead the applause for Rod Laver as a specially arranged charity evening to be staged at Melbourne Park , the home of the Australian Open, five days before the start of 2014’s initial Grand Slam on January 8.
US Davis Cup captain Jim Courier has been all over the world as a player, coach and TV analyst. He also runs the senior PowerShares Series, which will feature a number of legends playing across the US. including John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Michael Chang...
Novak Djokovic and fiancée Jelena Ristic have gone to the dogs on the internet, with postings of the world No. 2 and his partner "pressing paws" with their toy poodle Pierre to generate awareness for the Dogs Trust’s Press Paws Campaign on Twitter.
Roger Federer will compete in a few warm up of Australian tournaments when he headlines at the Brisbane International as top seed starting four days after Christmas.
Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal ,Novak Djokovic , Andy Murray, will they be the big four for 2014 ? We are studying the rankings. The singles today the doubles will be coming in any day.
Jelena Dokic joins the commentary team for the Hopman Cup in Perth starting December 28.
The Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC), the world-class tennis training center in College Park, Md., announced that they are in the midst of a nationwide search to add the next great wave of American tennis coaches to their award-winning tennis program.
1999 Australian Open finalist Thomas Enqvist finds it hard to go beyond the top players when looking for a title favorite at next month's Australian Open, The Swede who currently coaches his nation's Davis Cup squad, told the BBC that the trophy short-list doesn't extend much farther than Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and possibly Andy Murray.
Roger Federer punctuated his off-season with an #AskRF session over the weekend.
Former world No. 2 Vera Zvonareva will return to play at the 2014 Australian Open after 18 months off, but No. 19 Maria Kirilenko will miss the tournament due to ankle and knee injuries. . . Andy Murray will open his inn, called Cromlix, near his hometown of Dunblane, Scotland, next spring.
Greg Rusedski has called up his own experience as the British television commentator and former ATP player gave his informal seal of approval to Maria Sharapova's recent choice of Sven Groeneveld as her new coach.
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