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Bouchard loses in Strong Qualies and Ladies Updates from Rio and Dubai

Third Paula Ormaechea of Argentina made a winning start at the new event as she defeated American Nicole Gibbs 6-2, 6-1. But Italy's Nastassja Burnett upset sixth seed Maria Teresa Torro of Spain 7-5, 6-4 at the relatively weak event on a week in which many top women prefer playing in Dubai halfway around the world.

Dubai and Rio – Venus Williams Wins, Serena Had A Bye

Lucie Safarova produced 31 winners and broke serve five times in a defeat of former Australian open semi-finalist Sloane Stephens 6-3, 7-5, the second first-round loss in as many week for the American.

Stosur, Ivanovic, Mattek-Sands All Win

Ana Ivanovic emerged as the only winning seed on the day as the No. 9 advanced into the second round when Daniela Hantuchova retired injured trailing 7-5, 1-0. A similar fate befell Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova as the tenth seed was unable to continue at 5-5 against Russian cancer survivor Alisa Kleybanova.

Mattek-Sands Beats Bouchard, Ivanovic & Stosur Advance

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Friendship Was Key To Italian Success

Italy’s fourth Fed Cup title was achieved a number of ways in a sometimes-trying year for the southern European nation, but the team hung together, which keyed their wins in all three ties they contested.

Fed Cup Update

The ITF has announced the draw for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final between Italy and Russia in Cagliari, Sardinia on November 2-3. / Alisa Kleybanova is the only player on Russia’s Fed Cup team to reach the second week of Grand Slam, but although she once cracked the top 15 she is a long way from that form as she’s only six months into her comeback from Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Russia Now Has A Fed Cup Team

Russia has announced it will field a Fed Cup team.

Kleybanova To Open Academy With Her Coach

Alisa Kleybanova says that her main focus these days is getting enough matches in so she can possibly return to the top 20 someday, but the Russian, who had to battle cancer before launching a full scale comeback last spring, is also enterprising.

Russian Fed Cup Team Scrambling

Russian Fed Cup Captain Shamil Tarpischev has been at his post for eons and has had great success overall, leading his team to four titles since 2004.

Tennis Tour Tidbits – Stan Wawrinka, Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer and more…

Maria Sharapova says that she won’t be playing mixed doubles with her boyfriend, Grigor Dimitrov. . .

World TeamTennis Holds Roster Draft

Cancer survivor Alisa Kleybanova was selected by the Springfield Lasers with the first overall pick in the 2013 Mylan World TeamTennis Roster Draft

Bank Of The West Classic Features 11 Wimbledon Seeds

STANFORD, CA (www.BankOfTheWestClassic.com) – The official seeding list for Wimbledon was announced Thursday and 11 of the top 27 seeds

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EUGENIE BOUCHARD NAMED 2018 TENNIS CANADA FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR / EUGENIE BOUCHARD NOMMÉE JOUEUSE DE L’ANNÉE 2018 DE TENNIS CANADA

Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday that Eugenie Bouchard is the winner of the 2018 Excellence Awards in the Female Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year categories.

TENNIS NEWS • CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS • TOMMY HAAS, TAYLOR FRITZ, STEVE JOHNSON, MARDY FISH AND MORE

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TENNIS NEWS • RAFA NADAL CONFIRMS RETURN TO PRACTICE, EYES ABU DHABI EXHIBITION AND AUSTRALIAN SUMMER

According to Uncle Toni, Rafael Nadal was supposed to be back at practice on either Dec. 4 or 5. Well, better late than never!

Conchita Martínez prepara la temporada 2019 de Karolina Pliskova en Tenerife

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Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia hits a forehand to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia during her second round match at the Nature Valley International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, Great Britain, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.