Archive: 10sballs
Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova fulfilled her top seeding after a few rough showings since Melbourne, with the Slovak beating Poland Urszula Radwanska 6-3, 6-4 in the first round.
Former grand slam finalist Marcos Baghdatis beat Miguel Angel Reyes of 6-2 6-4, American Donald Young put out Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-3 and Rio finalist Alexandr Dolgopolov started with a defeat of eighth seed Vasek Pospisil 6-2, 6-2.
Gael Monfils, who is committed to play in the BB&T Atlanta Open for the first time in 2014 and is excited about it: “I like to play in front of anybody. I like to play for a full crowd and I like to play on the American hard courts. If the crowd gets into the action, that makes it even better. I'm looking forward to playing in front of the fans in Atlanta for the first time.”
Roger Federer might appear to be in very familiar territory this week at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. He has won the title five times in an 11 year span dating back to 2003 and has a home in the Emirate but he’s going about things a little differently at this year’s event.
The International Premier Tennis League is close to its start by holding a player draft. The IPTL Player draft is set to be held March 2 at the Uberoi hotel in Dubai...
The Aegon Championships has been voted ATP 250 Tournament of the Year by the players of the ATP World Tour in the 2013 awards.
Roger Federer began with a 6-1, 6-4 first-round rout of Benjamin Becker which took just 62 minutes. The fourth seed won his 38th match at the emirate where he maintains a training base...
The modern trend in top-flight tennis is most certainly to employ big name Swedish coaches. Stanislas Wawrinka did it with Magnus Norman and ended up winning the Australian Open. Roger Federer has done it with Stefan Edberg, admittedly more on a part time basis. And now Fernando Verdasco...
Check out our site, 10sballs.com, daily for the latest news and updates and forward our newsletter to your tennis friends. And make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
The 2014 BNP Paribas Challenge, the pre-qualifying event for the Tournament, begins today and will run through Saturday, March 1, boasting the largest draw in the event’s history with more than 200 participants seeking wildcard berths into the BNP Paribas Open Qualifying tournament...
Andy Murray cannot help but look ahead after Davis Cup quarter-final opponent Italy confirmed it will host the visiting Brits in Naples. The chaotic southern metropolis will be like nothing the team has likely ever experienced...
Five-time champion Roger Federer begins his campaign in Dubai fully fit and confident as he opens against German Benjamin Becker.
Venus Williams did not linger after winning the Dubai Duty Free Championships for a third time, so becoming only the second player in history after Justine Henin to rack up so many wins in the big Middle Eastern event.
Novak Djokovic admitted he needed to take a break after the disappointment of losing in the Australian Open quarterfinals but after a month away from tennis he is ready to return rejuvenated and ready to stage a bid to win the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the fifth time in six years.
Juan Del Potro remains plagued by doubts about his game as he enters the Dubai event with lingering wrist pain and a fragile state of mind.
« Previous Page — Next Page »