Archive: February 2014
The modern trend in top-flight tennis is most certainly to employ big name Swedish coaches. Stanislas Wawrinka did it with Magnus Norman and ended up winning the Australian Open. Roger Federer has done it with Stefan Edberg, admittedly more on a part time basis. And now Fernando Verdasco...
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The 2014 BNP Paribas Challenge, the pre-qualifying event for the Tournament, begins today and will run through Saturday, March 1, boasting the largest draw in the event’s history with more than 200 participants seeking wildcard berths into the BNP Paribas Open Qualifying tournament...
Andy Murray cannot help but look ahead after Davis Cup quarter-final opponent Italy confirmed it will host the visiting Brits in Naples. The chaotic southern metropolis will be like nothing the team has likely ever experienced...
Five-time champion Roger Federer begins his campaign in Dubai fully fit and confident as he opens against German Benjamin Becker.
Venus Williams did not linger after winning the Dubai Duty Free Championships for a third time, so becoming only the second player in history after Justine Henin to rack up so many wins in the big Middle Eastern event.
Novak Djokovic admitted he needed to take a break after the disappointment of losing in the Australian Open quarterfinals but after a month away from tennis he is ready to return rejuvenated and ready to stage a bid to win the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the fifth time in six years.
Juan Del Potro remains plagued by doubts about his game as he enters the Dubai event with lingering wrist pain and a fragile state of mind.
There was a reason for Las Vegas stepping in to buying the Sacramento World TeamTennis franchise other than just wanting pro tennis back in the city. The Sacramento businessman and owner of the city’s now terminated World TeamTennis franchise has been arrested in a federal fraud case.
The ATP has done well with sponsorships over the past five years or so, but new ATP CEO Chris Kermode said the tour is unlikely to recover around $3 million that is owed from the government of Rio de Janeiro for advertising the city at the Brazilian city at men’s tennis tournaments.
Rafael Nadal had not looked very good the night before; his explanation seemed to boil down to the fact that he was struggling with the uncomfortable conditions. But it was thoroughly uncomfortable on Sunday as well -- high heat and very high humidity.
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IMG is using the system popularized by San Jose’s tournament director Bill Rapp by determining in advance the day a star attraction will play their first match. In this case the tournament announces that Novak Djokovic will play on Friday, March 21.
This clearly wasn't a case of Alize Cornet not caring. At 2-5 down in the first set, she was sobbing as she talked to her coach. But what could either of them do? Cornet can't hope to out-hit Venus Williams; all she could do was try to get balls back.
If you look only at the match stats, the wonder is that this was so close. Pablo Andujar should have won this walking away. How often do you get fourteen break point chances against Rafael Nadal on clay?
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