Archive: October 2014

ROGER FEDERER COVERS TOWN & COUNTRY OCTOBER – Issue on newsstands 9/16 thumbnail

ROGER FEDERER COVERS TOWN & COUNTRY OCTOBER – Issue on newsstands 9/16

Roger Federer covers the October issue of Town & Country. In the magazine, he opens up about how he deals with failure, his wife and children, and why he still has the urge to keep playing tennis.
CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK / SUR LA TRACE DES CANADIENS thumbnail

CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK / SUR LA TRACE DES CANADIENS

Click here to catch up on all the Canadian tennis news.
RICKY DIMON DOES A SHANGHAI MEN’S TENNIS QUICK OVERVIEW , WILL FEDERER MAKE ALL THE RF FANS HAPPY ? thumbnail

RICKY DIMON DOES A SHANGHAI MEN’S TENNIS QUICK OVERVIEW , WILL FEDERER MAKE ALL THE RF FANS HAPPY ?

"I met somebody in the final who I've never seen before." That was Tomas Berdych's analysis of Novak Djokovic following the Serb's ruthless performance in a 6-0, 6-2 beatdown in Sunday's China Open final.
WTA – LADIES TENNIS ASIAN SWING CONTINUES : OSAKA & TIAJIN PREVIEWS AND ORDER OF PLAY thumbnail

WTA – LADIES TENNIS ASIAN SWING CONTINUES : OSAKA & TIAJIN PREVIEWS AND ORDER OF PLAY

Click here to see the ladies' preview and order of play from Osaka & Tiajin.
WTA – BEIJING LADIES TENNIS FINALS SHARAPOVA EDGES KVITOVA FOR THE TITLE, MARIA WILL RISE TO No. 2 thumbnail

WTA – BEIJING LADIES TENNIS FINALS SHARAPOVA EDGES KVITOVA FOR THE TITLE, MARIA WILL RISE TO No. 2

Sharapova’s fourth WTA title of the year ties her with Ana Ivanovic for second-most behind Serena Williams’ six. It is also the most WTA titles she has won in a season since she won five in 2006.
MEN’S TOUR NEWS FROM BEIJING AND TOKYO: DJOKOVIC CONTINUES ASIA DOMINATION, NISHIKORI WINS AT HOME  BY RICKY DIMON thumbnail

MEN’S TOUR NEWS FROM BEIJING AND TOKYO: DJOKOVIC CONTINUES ASIA DOMINATION, NISHIKORI WINS AT HOME BY RICKY DIMON

Novak Djokovic captured his fifth China Open title in as many tries and improved to 24-0 lifetime at the event by hammering Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-2 in Sunday's final. At the Rakuten Japan Open, meanwhile, fans went home happy after witnessing a much more competitive match.
BEIJING LADIES TENNIS RESULTS – SHARAPOVA  TO PLAY KVITOVA – A LOOK FORWARD TO LINZ, OSAKA & TIAJIN thumbnail

BEIJING LADIES TENNIS RESULTS – SHARAPOVA TO PLAY KVITOVA – A LOOK FORWARD TO LINZ, OSAKA & TIAJIN

If Petra Kvitova feels like she's spinning her wheels, who can blame her? She's won eight straight matches, has a title and a final -- and she's still in danger of falling in the rankings! That sort of uncertainty is perhaps fitting after a very unpredictable contest on the court: "It's tough to say something about the match. I mean, it was really up and down.
MEN’S TENNIS RESULTS FROM BEIJING , TOKYO , & LOOK FORWARD TO SHANGHAI , FEDERER , RAFA , NOVAK ALL HEADING TO LONDON thumbnail

MEN’S TENNIS RESULTS FROM BEIJING , TOKYO , & LOOK FORWARD TO SHANGHAI , FEDERER , RAFA , NOVAK ALL HEADING TO LONDON

23-0. Five finals. Four titles and counting. That's Novak Djokovic's record in Beijing. He said after this match that it was a lot of work to win most of the points, but still, he won them. He'll be going for his fifth title here on Sunday. And he's improving his chances for the year-end #1, although that isn't sure yet.
VANTAGE POINT BY EUGENE L. SCOTT. OUT OF THE ARCHIVES. A MUST READ. LOTS OF USTA SAME OLD, SAME OLD. thumbnail

VANTAGE POINT BY EUGENE L. SCOTT. OUT OF THE ARCHIVES. A MUST READ. LOTS OF USTA SAME OLD, SAME OLD.

If your bent is not for chatty columns, flip the page; this one's going to have the concentration span of a poorly groomed Cocker Spaniel. These days that's the nature of the news in our sport with no orderly progressions to follow from stage to stage.
MEN’S TENNIS TOUR NEWS FROM BEIJING AND TOKYO: NADAL GOES DOWN, DJOKOVIC AND MURRAY STILL WINNING  BY RICKY DIMON thumbnail

MEN’S TENNIS TOUR NEWS FROM BEIJING AND TOKYO: NADAL GOES DOWN, DJOKOVIC AND MURRAY STILL WINNING BY RICKY DIMON

Rafael Nadal's comeback to tennis following a three-month layoff due to wrist problems ended abruptly on Friday, with a quarterfinal loss to Martin Klizan at the China Open. Klizan pulled off a 6-7(7), 6-4 , 6-3 upset after two hours and 37 minutes. The Slovak is joined in the semis by Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Tomas Berdych.
BERDYCH SCORES A WILDCARD IN VALENCIA / RUEDA DE PRENSA VO500 – CONFIRMACION DE TOMAS BERDYCH thumbnail

BERDYCH SCORES A WILDCARD IN VALENCIA / RUEDA DE PRENSA VO500 – CONFIRMACION DE TOMAS BERDYCH

El ‘Valencia Open 500 ATP World Tour’ encara su próxima edición, que se disputará del 18 al 26 octubre en la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, con uno de los mejores cuadros de su historia.
ROGER FEDERER HAS US ALL WONDERING WHATS UP ? thumbnail

ROGER FEDERER HAS US ALL WONDERING WHATS UP ?

Speculation is starting to surface that the move of Roger Federer's physio from the Swiss over to Grigor Dimitrov was merely a sideways swap engineered by Team 8, which is owned by Federer and his agent Tony Godsick and which manages the up-and-coming Dimitrov.
ANDY MURRAY FLIES ON PRIVATE JET TO GET AN EXTRA PRECIOUS 24 HOURS TO ACCLIMATE thumbnail

ANDY MURRAY FLIES ON PRIVATE JET TO GET AN EXTRA PRECIOUS 24 HOURS TO ACCLIMATE

Andy Murray was due to maintain a demanding schedule in the Far East today when he faced current US Open champion Marin Cilic in the China Open in Beijing. And the Scot who was triumphant in New York two years ago before becoming also the Wimbledon champion maintains the current swing through Asia is the most demanding in tennis.
ORANGE COACH ASKS: ARE YOU READY TO ENTER THE WORLD OF TENNIS ANALYTICS? thumbnail

ORANGE COACH ASKS: ARE YOU READY TO ENTER THE WORLD OF TENNIS ANALYTICS?

Are you a professional coach on tour and want to WIN DECISIVE MATCHES? Are you aware that TENNIS ANALYTICS ARE CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF A MATCH/TOURNAMENT PREPARATION?
GIRLS GONE WILD, “BESTIES” Caroline Wozniacki & Serena Williams Footloose & Fancy Free by Disco Dottie thumbnail

GIRLS GONE WILD, “BESTIES” Caroline Wozniacki & Serena Williams Footloose & Fancy Free by Disco Dottie

Serena Williams slept through American morning television appearances this week, leaving several morning chat shows high and dry after partying until the small hours in New York with losing finalist and good friend Caroline Wozniacki.

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