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TENNIS NEWS – IT’S RICKY’S BIRTHDAY PREVIEW AND PICKS FOR THE CLAY-COURT SWING IN KITZBUHEL, GSTAAD & UMAG

As the American summer hard-court season begins in Washington, D.C., the clay-court swing continues this week with a trio of 250-point tournaments in Europe.

WASHINGTON, D.C. TENNIS – “CITI OPEN”, RICKY DIMON GOES “ALL IN” OR “ALL OUT” ON HIS PICKS FOR 10SBALLS, D.C. DRAW HERE TOO

The Citi Open in Washington, D.C. may not be a part of the official U.S. Open Series, but it does begin the American hard-court building up to the year’s final Grand Slam.

RICKY DIMON GATHERS MEMORABLE QUOTES FROM WIMBLEDON, MEN’S VERSION, INCLUDING ANDY MURRAY, ROGER FEDERER, NICK KYRGIOS, AND BERNIE TOMIC

Nick Kyrgios, on if he has an unfair reputation with chair umpires: "I'm not going to answer that question. Next question."

TENNIS NEWS – CILIC, ISNER HEADLINE CROATIA VS. USA AS DAVIS CUP QUARTERFINALS GET UNDERWAY

The Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals will take place at four spots around the globe this weekend.

WIMBLEDON 2016 WRAP BY THE NUMBERS & MISC. INFORMATION – PASSING SHOTS AND HEAPS OF TIDBITS

The Gentlemen’s Singles Final peaked at 13.3 million with a 69% peak share. The Ladies’ Singles Final audience peak was 4.8m. On the website there were 10.2 million unique browsers and 1.9 million requests for the Wimbledon live stream.

CONNECTICUT OPEN TENNIS PRESENTED BY UNITED TECHNOLOGIES – THE PLAYER FIELD IS COMPRISED ENTIRELY OF RIO 2016 OLYMPIANS

The player field for the 2016 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies Corp., is comprised entirely of players who will compete in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, it was announced today by Tournament Director Anne Worcester.

THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS TOURNEY SURPASSES $46 MILLION TOTAL – THE RICHEST PURSE IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME

The USTA today announced that the prize money for the 2016 US Open will increase by $4 million, bringing the total purse for the tournament to a record $46.3 million, a 10-percent increase over the 2015 US Open prize money totals.

10SBALLS NEXT GENERATION WRITER RICKY DIMON LOOKS AT CLAY-COURT TENNIS FROM HAMBURG & BASTAD & STEVIE JOHNSON IS THE TOP SEED IN NEWPORT @ THE HALL OF FAME

There's no rest for the weary, and that goes for both players and fans. Not only are three ATP tournaments on the schedule this week, but the Davis Cup quarterfinals will also be taking center stage starting on Friday.

ANDY MURRAY TRIUMPHS AT WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIP TWICE! SORRY MILOS RAONIC, BUT FRED PERRY IS SMILING DOWN FROM THE BIG GRASS COURT IN THE SKY

First it was Serena Williams who finished runner-up at the Australian Open and French Open before getting over the final hurdle and triumphing at Wimbledon.

TOO GOOD: SERENA BEATS KERBER FOR WIMBLEDON SINGLES TITLE, & WINS DOUBLES WITH VENUS

Just like that, the heartbreak endured at the three most recent Grand Slam tournaments, including losses of two finals, was erased by Serena Williams on Saturday afternoon at the All-England Club.

10SBALLS SHARES RICKY’S PICK AND PREVIEWS FOR THE WIMBLEDON MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: ANDY MURRAY VS. MILOS RAONIC

For the first time in his career, Andy Murray will go up against someone other than Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer in a Grand Slam final when he takes the court at Wimbledon on Sunday afternoon.

TENNIS NEWS – THE WILLIAMS SISTERS ADVANCE TO WIMBLEDON DOUBLES FINAL, & SERENA TO MEET KERBER IN SINGLES

There will be two Williams sisters playing on Centre Court during championship Saturday. But it will not be Serena Williams vs. Venus Williams for the singles title.

10SBALLS SHARES RICKY’S TENNIS PREVIEW AND PICKS FOR THE WIMBLEDON MEN’S SEMIFINALS: THE GREATEST ROGER FEDERER VS. YOUNG GUN MILOS RAONIC, WHILE ANDY MURRAY VS. TOMAS BERDYCH “THE WATCHMAN”

After an epic quarterfinal Wednesday on Centre Court, what will semifinal Friday do for an encore? It features fan favorites Roger Federer and Andy Murray, who survived respective five-setters in the previous round.

ROGER FEDERER’S WIMBLEDON TITLE BID STILL ALIVE AFTER MEMORABLE COMEBACK AGAINST MARIN CILIC WITH SAVED MATCH POINTS AND ACES AND DROP SHOTS TOO

The 2016 Wimbledon gentlemen's singles title has been relatively up for grabs ever since Novak Djokovic lost to Sam Querrey in the third round.

ANDY MURRAY HOLDS OFF JO TSONGA, JOINS ROGER FEDERER, MILOS RAONIC, AND TOMAS BERDYCH IN WIMBLEDON TENNIS SEMIFINALS

Semifinal Friday at Wimbledon will feature two of the proverbial "Big 4" in the men's game. It almost had zero.

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