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Rafael Nadal headed back home from Shanghai to Majorca on a circuitous route via Moscow and Barcelona but before leaving China he insisted his world traveling wasn’t over for 2014. After suffering the onset of appendicitis at the Shanghai Rolex Masters but opting against immediate surgery, he was able to play against fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.
Rafael Nadal and a whole host of other seeds are out, but the third-round schedule at the Shanghai Rolex Masters is still an intriguing one. A showdown between Andy Murray and David Ferrer is among the eight matches on Thursday, while Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are also aiming for spots in the quarterfinals.
Unsurprisingly, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer experienced very different fates at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Wednesday. Struggling with appendicitis upon his return from three months away due to a wrist injury, Nadal lost his opening match in straight sets to fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez. Federer almost bowed out as well despite being a heavy favorite against Leonardo Mayer, but the Swiss saved five match points and survived in a third-set tiebreaker.
The new International Premier Tennis League moves closer by the day and its’ critics grow ever more agitated that the already too short off season will effectively be made even shorter. However Chris Kermode, the ATP World Tour’s executive chairman and president, doesn’t put it top of his current concerns, and said: “It's just very light entertainment.”
Kei Nishikori is being billed as the King of Asia after being the first man from the continent to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open and he’s underling the fact after winning back to back titles in first the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur and now taking the Tokyo trophy for the second time at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships.
Rafael Nadal is set to go against doctor’s orders and play tomorrow in the Shanghai Rolex Masters after spending three days undergoing hospital treatment for appendicitis.
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer will kick off their Shanghai Rolex Masters campaigns on Monday. Well, Nadal is still expected to--but his participation is in doubt. The Spaniard is slowly making his way back from a wrist problem and now he is dealing with appendicitis. Djokovic, meanwhile, is bidding for a third straight Shanghai title.
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) today announced the 48 coed intramural and club tennis teams, representing colleges and universities throughout the country, selected to compete at the fifth annual USTA Tennis On Campus (TOC) Fall Invitational at Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Andy Murray secured an efficient 6-1, 7-5 start as Scot tries to improve his status in the race for a spot in next month's ATP season-ending finals in London. Murray stands outside the sweet spot in the chase for the eight-man competition from November 9, currently ninth.
Plenty of intrigue will accompany Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Federer was one of the few top players who skipped last week's proceedings in Beijing and Tokyo, while Nadal lost to Martin Klizan in the Beijing second round. So both legends are looking to pick up some momentum this week in Shanghai as they ultimately look toward next month's World tour Finals in London.
Roger Federer covers the October issue of Town & Country. In the magazine, he opens up about how he deals with failure, his wife and children, and why he still has the urge to keep playing tennis.
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"I met somebody in the final who I've never seen before."
That was Tomas Berdych's analysis of Novak Djokovic following the Serb's ruthless performance in a 6-0, 6-2 beatdown in Sunday's China Open final.
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