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Life as a professional tennis player has taken Oxnard’s Daniel Nguyen to Seoul, Korea; Bangkok, Thailand, and earlier this month to Kyoto, Japan. But nothing compares to playing in your local USTA Pro Circuit Futures event, sleeping in your own bed and eating home cookin’ prepared by your mother.
Michael Chang won his second career title on the PowerShares Series Friday night, defeating Mark Philippoussis 6-2 in the one-set final of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America Championships, the 12th and final event this year on the U.S. circuit for champion tennis players over the age of 30.
The Bryan Brothers were back to their usual reliable form in securing the doubles point for Team USA against Great Britain in the Davis Cup first round tie this weekend. Bob and Mike Bryan, taking to the court with the USA trailing 0-2, delivered the first point of their team with a 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over the British Davis Cup duo of Colin Fleming and Dominic Inglot.
The 2014 Mylan World TeamTennis season begins this July the way the 2013 season ended, with the Washington Kastles once again chasing history.
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won Indian Wells for the second straight year and extended their winning streak in the California desert to 10 straight matches as they dismissed #2 seeds, Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares, 6-4, 6-3. They clinched the first set with a break, and needed just one more break early in the second set.
The second set of this was frankly pretty ugly, but Caroline Wozniacki survived. She's still only #17 in safe points, though, and will need a lot more to go any higher. Monica Puig will be around #55.
The score makes this look closer than it was -- Roger Federer lost only three points on serve (he won 94% of first serve points, 92% of second serve points). Ivo Karlovic did pretty well on serve, too, but you knew he was doomed if it came to a tiebreak. For a guy who wasn't sure he would play, Federer certainly looks solid...
Lleyton Hewitt recorded his 600th ATP win in the first round of Miami, highlighting his presence as one of the tour's most accomplished veterans.
One high profile player/coach alliance has come to a close and another looks distinctly rocky with the news that Novak Djokovic received a last minute telephone call from Boris Becker to say he wouldn’t be able to be with his Serbian charge for the Sony Open in Miami because he was about to undergo hip surgery.
As Andy Murray faces up to one of the most important ten days of his year with the ranking points from being champion of the Sony Open in Miami to defend, he has admitted he is emotionally wounded and distinctly down in the dumps after being rocked by Ivan Lendl’s decision to stand down as his coach.
Novak Djokovic will start his campaign to win the Miami Masters without the coaching services of Boris Becker as the 46-year-old German undergoes double hip surgery. Second seed Djokovic revealed the news on the eve of his opening match at Crandon Park.
Andy Murray will soldier on without the benefit of advice from coach Ivan Lendl as the Scot explained the reason behind his split with the mentor who led him to his two grand slam titles and the London Olympic gold medal.
Some significant scheduling conflicts are looming between WTA events and the Fed Cup ties next month. Both Venus Williams and Dominika Cibulkova are expected at Kuala Lumpur the same week as their countries compete in the women's team competition.
An important victory for Kirsten Flipkens, who was defending quarterfinalist points. Even with the win, she is far from clinching her Top 25 spot.
Carlos Berlocq is another guy who may not have been ready to play. The good news is, he wasn't defending anything; the bad news is, the loss will leave him not much above #60.
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