Archive: November 2014
Here are some more photos from the IPTL tennis held in Philippines.
Check out some of the photos from the International Tennis Premier League (IPTL).
This being the week after Davis Cup, there have been the usual tennis articles bemoaning the lack of participation in tennis's oldest international competition. While we were reading (or, mostly, not reading) those, we were also working on problems in game theory, the mathematical discipline devoted to finding best strategies for solving particular problems.
Past complaints about the length of the tennis season will be conveniently shoved aside as the International Professional Tennis leagues begins a 15-day inaugural season featuring teams in four Asian cities at the weekend.
Check out these Instagram photos from the International Tennis Premier League (IPTL).
WTA world no.7 Eugenie Bouchard delivered a massive blow to the International Premier Tennis League on the eve of the inaugural competition when the 20 year-old Canadian announced she was pulling out because of an unspecified injury she suffered in training on Monday.
With a week to go until the Statoil Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall, Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King have selected their teams for finals day on Sunday 7th December, when a special Mylan World TeamTennis charity match will be held.
The News Has been broken by Bob Larson news service that Jo - Willie Tsonga is being paid 500 thousand dollars to play in the inaugural IPTL. If Jo is making $$$$$. What's Roger Federer getting ? $$$$$$$$$$$ ? Or Maria Sharapova ? Or Andy Murray ? We will know in time.
A total of 566 players from 122 nations contested the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas in another memorable year for the competition. Switzerland, led by Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, became only the 14th nation to win the 115-year-old event after defeating France 3-1 in the Final in Lille on 21-23 November.
Following hot on the heels of his announcement that the stalwarts of his training team Dani Valldervu and Jez Green parting ways with the two-time Grand Slam champion, Murray confirmed that he had popped the question to his long-time girlfriend Kim Sears on Wednesday.
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Please find below the latest results from the 2014 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London on 26-30 November. The ITF’s year-end wheelchair tennis event features eight men, eight women and four quad players.
The 42nd annual United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Hard Court Championships will get underway on Monday, December 1 at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, 2000 Spindrift Dr, La Jolla, Calif., 92037. The national tennis event will continue through Sunday, Dec. 7.
“Dodo Cheney was one of the most prolific champions in the history of tennis and the personification of tennis truly being a lifetime sport. She played competitively into her 90s, and her remarkable grace, singular class and competitive spirit made her one of our sport’s greatest ambassadors. She will be sorely missed by the sport that she loved.”
Nick Kyrgios was awarded Australia’s top tennis honor, the prestigious Newcombe Medal, at a gala celebration at Crown Palladium in Melbourne. In receiving the award the Canberra tennis ace was formally recognized as Australia’s most outstanding tennis player in 2014.
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