Tennis Tour Tidbits

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 18th October 2013

Tennis Tour Tidbits

epa00794776 Rafael Nadal of Spain bounces a ball off his racquet before his serve during a first round doubles match with fellow countryman Feliciano Lopez against Leos Friedl and Cyril Suk of the Czech Republic at the ATP Masters in Mason, Ohio Monday, 14 August 2006. Lopez and Nadal won the match 6-4, 5-7, (10-4). EPA/MARK LYONS EPA |

Murray To Play Acapulco

Andy Murray will make his first appearance in Mexico at the 2014 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, 2014, tournament director Raul Zurutuza announced.

The ATP 500 event will be played on hard courts for the first time next year after 20 years of being played on clay. David Ferrer, John Isner and Daniela Hantuchova have also confirmed their participation.

“I’m looking forward to playing in Acapulco for the first time next February. I have heard so many great things about the tournament and the city and I am excited to play in front of a Mexican crowd, who love and know their sport”, Murray said.

The 21st edition of the tournament will be held from February 28th to March 1st 2014 at The Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco.

ADDITIONAL NEWS

Former player Arnaud Di Pasquale will replace Patrice Hagelauer as technical director of the French Tennis Federation and will emphasize pros playing outdoors on clay more. . . Russia’s Nadia Petrova told Eurosport she’s “not planning or expecting’ to play the Fed Cup final against and that the WTA Championships will be her last 2013 event. . . Petra Kvitova tells Tennis Journal that she doesn’t blame her team for losses: “All the mistakes I find in myself,”. “I think it’s important to have it like that. I am not the person who going to my coach David [Koyla] and saying, my forehand went into the net 50 times so it’s your fault. It always about me.” . . Rafael Nadal told the magazine Cosas Peru that he is not ready to start a family yet as “it’s much easier to start a family when you have a stable life. When you have an unstable life, as we do as players –we travel anywhere in the world every week, it’s not as easy.” . . . Roger Federer’s agent Tony Godsick confirmed to the New York Times that unlike in 2012, Federer would not be playing exhibitions in the off season. . . Ana Ivanovic says that one of the things she likes best about playing in Moscow is hanging out such as Svetlana Kuznetsova (“a very sweet girl”), Maria Kirilenko, Elena Vesnina, Elena Dementieva, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Anastasia Myskina ”Somehow we manage to find common ground.” . . . Aussie Jelena Dokic, 30, says that she had wrist surgery last year that took her eight to nine months to recover from but that she healed now and is ready to give her sport a go again: “It will be hard but I’m aware of that and I still want to do it and get up and compete. I’m going to do it until I’ve had enough and I’m not close to that yet.” . . . Now coach Ivan Ljubicic tells Tennis Journal that his student Milos Raonic will soon to begin to make a run at the elite players. “That’s the goal, not tomorrow but sometime next season. If things progress the way we hope, he’s going to get closer. It’s no secret he’s not there yet and there’s a lot of work to be done, but he’s 22 and I have no doubt he will be up there.”

We Hear—

–That Roger Federer’s agent Tony Godsick confirmed to the New York Times that unlike in 2012, Federer would not be playing exhibitions in the off season this year.

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