Archive: January 2014
Worried about John Isner’s ankle? So was Jim Courier. As a result, Isner is out, replaced by lefty Donald Young, in a surprising turn of events that could impact the USA team’s chances as it takes on Great Britain in the first round of the 2014 Davis Cup, starting Friday at Petco Park.
Stanislas Wawrinka's Australian Open stirred painful memories for the champion of 20 years previously and guest of honor, Pete Sampras. But it still didn’t dent the former world no.1’s admiration for the new title holder.
2014 PowerShares Series tennis circuit, the 12-city tour featuring legendary tennis champions also including John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and others.
Jim Courier has spent the last fortnight forefront in the public perception at the Australian Open, spearheading the Channel 7 television commentary team and tasked with brandishing the on-court microphone to ask the victorious protagonists to share their innermost secrets with the watching millions.
With Li Na crowned the Australian Open champion, underlining the importance of Asia in women’s tennis, the WTA have chosen to make a formal announcement that the year ending Tour Championships will be moving to Singapore later this year.
Rafael Nadal won't need long to heal the back injury which struck during his Australian Open finals loss to Stan Wawrinka, with the Spaniard's coach Toni Nadal telling private radio that the problem is not something serious.
The pre-match back problem which ended any chances for Rafael Nadal in his losing Australian Open final against Stanislas Wawrinka was only the latest in a run of injury problems at the tournament for the Spaniard.
Na Li's agent believes that his Chinese client could be starting to challenge his other client - marketing icon Maria Sharapova - in the global tennis financial stakes given the massive power of the Chinese consumer. Max Eisenbud told CNN that the new Australian Open winner is gaining traction fast with the public...
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Teams are moving into place for this weekend's opening, with new Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka saying he will front up for Switzerland against Serbia in Novi Sad. "Davis Cup, it's really important for me. I'm really proud. It's a big honor to play for my country. So for sure I'm still thinking to go there...
Czech Karolina Pliskova produced the first minor upset of the week as she put out American seventh seed Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-2, 6-4 in a re-run of the Kuala Lumpur final from 2013. Svetlana Kuznetsova passed a personal milestone as she claimed her 500th career victory.
Stanislas Wawrinka could not believe his new position as third in the ATP rankings after beating wounded Rafael Nadal to surprise the tennis world with an Australian Open title. The 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 thriller, with Nadal nursing a back problem from the start and almost quitting the match in tears will go down as one of the major shocks of any season.
The WTA Premier 5 tournament in Doha, which starts Feb. 10, the day after Fed Cup weekend, is already wreaking havoc on the competition. Few players want to fly to the tournament on Sunday night or Monday and not all have byes.
Pete Sampras attended the Australian Open in celebration of the 20th anniversary of his 1994 title win and met up with a bunch of his former playing peers including Michael Chang, Jim Courier, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg, all of who are coaching in some capacity.
When Li Na won the French Open, approaching four years ago, she admitted she wasn’t expecting her victory and things went too fast so she couldn't savor her celebrations. After finally adding the Australian Open after two disappointments in finals, she does not intend to be so wasteful.
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