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SHANGHAI UPDATE - FEDERER WAS BETTERER ! HE WAS AMAZEBALLS
This year, amazingly, the women's singles Race was settled at Beijing, and even the doubles Race was pretty well done despite the fact that twice as many teams were eligible as in recent years.
The surgeon who performed wrist surgery on world no.8 Juan Martin Del Potro yesterday in Minnesota discovered far greater damage to the joint than was expected but there are still hopes the Argentine could be back in action before the end of the year.
While still somewhat shell-shocked by his split last week with coach Ivan Lendl, Andy Murray won't be rushed into picking up another mentor, with the Scot saying he will soon have a month to ponder the pros and cons and make a rational decision.
Roger Federer is undeniably in resurgent form again after winning the title in Dubai and reaching the final in Indian Wells. After an indifferent time in 2013, he now very much looks like a player who could this year add to his collection of a record 17 Grand Slam singles titles and potential reasons are numerous...
Andy Murray looks set to play all three days of Britain’s upcoming Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal against Italy in Napoli after captain Leon Smith named three singles players in his four man squad of Murray, James Ward, Dan Evans and doubles specialist Colin Fleming.
Na Li is the highest-paid Chinese athlete for the second year in a row, according to media group Titan Sports. Li was estimated as earning 124.5 million Yuan ($20 million) last year, making her by far the top earner in the rankings published by the group.
Next month's Barcelona ATP 500 event is stepping up its presence on social and mobile media even more as the countdown to the home return of Rafael Nadal increases in intensity.
The reasons for the surprise split between world no.6 Andy Murray and his former coach Ivan Lendl are emerging that the 54 year-old is so enthused by his return to senior competitive tennis on the PowerShares Series and ATP Champions Tour that diary conflicts mean he cannot dedicate sufficient time to the Scot.
Boris Becker planned reunion with world no.2 Novak Djokovic at the Sony Open has been postponed because the 46 year-old German has fallen ill.
Common sense finally seems to have prevailed as world no.8 Juan Martin Del Potro has withdrawn from the Sony Open in Miami with an ongoing problem in his left wrist.
The Andy Murray/Ivan Lendl relationship as player and celebrity coach, that set the trend for Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and several other top flight players to follow, sensationally came to an end today with the news the pair are to part after an exemplary two years that realized Olympic gold, the US Open and Wimbledon titles.
Victoria Azarenka has signed a two-year agreement with online automobile insurance company Esurance, reports Sports Business Journal.
Novak Djokovic is dreaming of the perfect tennis calendar - which he admits will almost surely never be realized. "In an ideal world, Australian Open can start three, four weeks later. Having one of the four grand slams right at the start of the season is a little bit too early...
Despite having first-class facilities to hand, staging an American Davis Cup tie would be an almost impossible task for the newly expanded Indian Wells Tennis Garden, with tournament CEO Raymond Moore blaming inconvenient scheduling vis-a-vis his annual Masters 1000 with making a Davis tie all but logistically impossible.
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