Tennis Tour Tidbits

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 27th November 2013

Tennis Tour Tidbits

epa03845474 Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia hits a return to Jack Sock of the US during their match on the sixth day of the 2013 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 31 August 2013. The US Open runs through Monday 09 September, a 15-day schedule for the first time. EPA/JASON DECROW |

Sania Mirza will continue to partner Romanian Horia Tecau in the mixed doubles at the Australian Open. . . Andrea Petkovic, who has been frequently injured, is pleased with her comeback. She ended the year ranked No. 43 after starting it ranked No. 143. “If someone had told me before the season that I would end of the year in the top 50, I would have signed on immediately,” she said. “I’m fit and I’m having so much fun in training. I have rarely been so relaxed in my life. I have found my balance. I want to get the best out of me.” . . . Marion Bartoli visited with some young US players at the USTA training facility in Flushing Meadows. . . . Top trainer Allistair McCaw says that many players are starting their pre season training too early and risk being exhausted by the Australian summer. . . . Daniel Nestor to Tennis Canada on Roger Federer: “The other [top] guys are just in a little bit better shape than him because it seems like they’re willing to run all day and stay out in the rallies. Sometimes it looks like he wants to get the point over with.”

We Hear—

—That Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic has admitted he may require surgery on the chronic heel injury that ruled him out of the recent Davis Cup final and he could therefore miss the Australian Open which begins in Melbourne on January 13. The 29 year-old has been struggling with the injury for much of 2013 and his ranking has slipped from a place in the top ten prior to the French Open to a current 36th position.

Topics: 10sballs, Andrea Petkovic, Atp, Australian Open, Daniel Nestor, Davis Cup, Janko Tipsarevic, Marion Bartoli, Roger Federer, Sports, Tennis, Tennis News, Wta

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USTA_TimCurry says:

November 27, 2013 at 5:28 pm

@Wimbledon champ @bartoli_marion met with kids at USTA Player Development East @USTAPD_TCE @USTANTC
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