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Fears that Andy Murray, Britain’s first Wimbledon male singles champion for 77 years, might have blown his opportunity of winning the nation’s most prestigious sports award by staying in Miami to continue his rehabilitation after back surgery were dispelled as he was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year with a record proportion of the ballot.
With the takeover of the Melbourne Kooyong exhibition by IMG, a charity element to the four-day event has been expanded, with families dealing with cancer the intended beneficiaries.
Roger Federer is to lead the applause for Rod Laver as a specially arranged charity evening to be staged at Melbourne Park , the home of the Australian Open, five days before the start of 2014’s initial Grand Slam on January 8.
US Davis Cup captain Jim Courier has been all over the world as a player, coach and TV analyst. He also runs the senior PowerShares Series, which will feature a number of legends playing across the US. including John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Michael Chang...
Novak Djokovic and fiancée Jelena Ristic have gone to the dogs on the internet, with postings of the world No. 2 and his partner "pressing paws" with their toy poodle Pierre to generate awareness for the Dogs Trust’s Press Paws Campaign on Twitter.
The Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC), the world-class tennis training center in College Park, Md., announced that they are in the midst of a nationwide search to add the next great wave of American tennis coaches to their award-winning tennis program.
1999 Australian Open finalist Thomas Enqvist finds it hard to go beyond the top players when looking for a title favorite at next month's Australian Open, The Swede who currently coaches his nation's Davis Cup squad, told the BBC that the trophy short-list doesn't extend much farther than Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and possibly Andy Murray.
Former world No. 2 Vera Zvonareva will return to play at the 2014 Australian Open after 18 months off, but No. 19 Maria Kirilenko will miss the tournament due to ankle and knee injuries. . . Andy Murray will open his inn, called Cromlix, near his hometown of Dunblane, Scotland, next spring.
Greg Rusedski has called up his own experience as the British television commentator and former ATP player gave his informal seal of approval to Maria Sharapova's recent choice of Sven Groeneveld as her new coach.
Lleyton Hewitt has no time to ponder an end to his career while still focusing on unfolding upcoming challenges.
India’s Sania Mirza continues to reiterate that she was too injured to continue both a singles and doubles career. Mirza reached a career high No. 27 in 2006 but then began to be plagued by knee and wrist injuries and by mid-2012 had stopped playing singles.
No. 1 Rafael Nadal is not only no slouch on the tennis court, but he’s also not cannon fodder at the poker tables. While in Prague on Thursday, Nadal won a charity poker tournament, besting Romanian-Canadian professional poker player Daniel Negreanu...
Asia seems to be granted increasing new tournaments by the week but the impending added week between the French Opens and Wimbledon that comes into the tennis calendar in 2015 will see the addition of another English grass court event at Nottingham.
Roger Federer may be insistent there are many more matches, extra trophies and perhaps another Grand Slam title or two left in his playing career.
Xavier Malisse cut his famous ponytail. . .
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