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Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, a former Top 10 player and Australian Open finalist, has received the first wild card for the Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship that will be held at River Oaks Country Club April 7-13.
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) named Cooper Anderson of Western Washington University, the USTA Tennis On Campus National Leader of the Year for the 2013-2014 season. The award is presented annually to the college student who has made significant contributions to the USTA’s Tennis On Campus program in a manner that benefits the well-being of their fellow students and the surrounding community.
Although it was close, the Bryans never really felt like they were under threat here; they faced only one break point, which they saved, while earning five break points of their own. All through the match, it felt as if they would win it in tiebreaks if not before. As it turned out, in the second set, it was before.
Twice in this match, Li Na seemed to just vanish for a few points. One was in the last game of the first set. Having blown a 5-2 lead, she served for the tiebreak, had game points, and couldn't make it through. In the fourth game of the second set, same story: game points, but no game. Those two failed game points cost her the match.
This is almost unheard of ! How is it possible that both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal got what we call in tennis a "WALKOVER" ....ok , we get it a groin injury and a stomach bug. But really. There's no plan B ? You couldn't dig thru your mighty Rolodexes and make magic happen ?
For the first time in four years, seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams is returning to Philadelphia when she visits the Villanova University Pavilion with the three-time defending Mylan World TeamTennis (WTT) Champion Washington Kastles to challenge the Philadelphia Freedoms on Thursday, July 17.
The Asics Easter Bowl 47th annual tournament will move to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden this year where the nation’s top boys’ and girls’ junior tennis players will have a chance to play on the same courts as their favorite players did three weeks ago at the BNP Paribas Open. Admission is FREE DAILY to attend the event.
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Not much to say about this except that Kei Nishikori waited until about two hours before his match to pull it. We'll have to see if he can play Davis Cup. The loss means that he will leave here at #18. Djokovic has now had two walkovers and has played only three matches here!
Every time Serena Williams wins a match in the Sony Open, and she made quite a habit of doing so over the years after reaching the final nine times and winning the title on six of those occasions, the world no.1 gets asked the question: You really do love Miami.
Television coverage of Miami has been the subject of controversy over the past week, attracting scrutiny of the rights deals covering the tournament.
Echoes of Andy Murray's historic Wimbledon title are now fading after ten months but the London borough of Merton, actual legal home of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club, is set to revise them by bestowing a local honor on the Scot by making him Freeman of the Borough.
Concern has been mounting for the past few days about Bernard Tomic after the 21 year-old Australian, whose notoriety is already expansive in tennis circles, added another unwanted record by playing the shortest match in ATP World Tour history; a 28 minutes long embarrassment against Jarkko Nieminen at the Sony Open in Miami.
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