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(UPDATED) Click here for the latest tennis update from the ASB Classic & Shenzhen Open.
Click here to catch up on the latest updates from the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Australia.
The Southern California USTA Pro Futures rolled into the semifinal round today as they ousted the final 16 year-old from the tournament, … but not without a fight. And youth may yet be served…
Nine charitable causes, nominated by ATP World Tour tournaments, players and alumni, will receive $/€15,000 grants through the ATP ACES For Charity programme in 2015. This year’s recipients include the YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta, the Special Olympics and Fight Aids organisations in Monte-Carlo, the Swedish Cancer Society, Officine Terenzio, and the Tomas Berdych Foundation...
Kei Nishikori is hoping to get off to a strong start in 2015. “I had great preparation in Florida this off-season,” he said at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp on Tuesday. “I think the first couple of tournaments of the year are very important [in order] for me to gain a little more confidence.
Novak Djokovic has been named in Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30 list of the Sports World’s Brightest Stars. Forbes writes, "Twice voted ATP player of the year (2011 and 2012), Djokovic reclaimed his title as the world’s No. 1 tennis player in July 2014, surpassing rival Rafael Nadal.
David Ferrer survived an ace onslaught from Ivo Karlovic to clinch a berth in his 47th tour-level final at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Friday. The fourth-seeded Spaniard overcame 30 aces and 67 winners for the victory in three tie-break sets, 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 7-6(4).
Roger Federer will take on Grigor Dimitrov in the semi-finals of the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp on Saturday, as he edges closer to becoming the third player in the Open Era (since 1968) to record 1,000 career match wins.
(UPDATED) Check out the latest update from the Shenzhen Open in China.
Roger Federer has been known to heat up as he progresses further and further into a tournament, and that has certainly been the case so far this week at the Brisbane International. After getting a first-round bye as the top seed, Federer trailed his opening match 6-4, 3-1 against John Millman before scrambling to a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours and one minute.
Novak Djokovic has had better days at the office, and will undoubtedly have more in the very near future. Thursday at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open was not one of them. Djokovic was stunned in the singles quarterfinals by Ivo Karlovic 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-4 then lost his doubles semifinal with Filip Krajinovic to Rafael Nadal and Juan Monaco 7-6(3), 6-1.
Click here for the latest draws & results from Doha & Chennai.
For a fleeting moment it felt like Roger Federer would suffer the same fate that had befallen Rafael Nadal in Doha: a first-match ouster. Instead, Federer fought back to beat John Millman 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in round two of the Brisbane International on Thursday.
In the first match of his 25th season on the ATP World Tour, Kastles captain Leander Paes picked up a 6-4, 6-4 win at the Chennai Open (Highlights). Paes is playing with the 99th men's doubles partner of his career, Raven Klaasen of the San Diego Aviators.
Pro tennis is back in the Southland this month. Thanks to the efforts of USC Trojans tennis coach, Peter Smith, we have two $15,000 USTA men's Futures events this week and next week. Today at the Marks Tennis Stadium on the USC campus you could actually see, side by side, two of the current "hopes" for the future of US Tennis.
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