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One-time rival Mark Philippoussis, who faded from the tennis scene quietly only a few years after facing Roger Federer in the Swiss player's first grand slam final in 2003, says that the 17-time grand slam champion remains a tennis threat with chances at least one more major.
Critics of the Davis Cup maintain the 113 year-old competition has long been in dire need of an overhaul.
After a feverish period of activity ensuring the smooth running of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, Englishman Chris Kermode can now settle down to await the call of the ATP’s six man board of directors who appear to have ended their deliberations on who should finally succeed the late Brad Drewett as chief executive and president.
Andy Murray says that having his mother Judy sit courtside can be distracting. “I watched the last game of Wimbledon a couple days after Wimbledon and my mum’s reactions after the points aren’t particularly helpful.
Michael Downey’s arrival from Tennis Canada as chief executive of Britain’s previously high spending Lawn Tennis Association is now less than two months away but far more judicious financial measures are already in place in terms of player funding support.
More than 26 years have passed since Boris Becker hurled himself into the sporting world’s perception as a 17 year-old to win Wimbledon. 14 years have passed since he retired from tennis but the German remains one of the most recognized and iconic sportsmen on the planet and he has chosen a new company to market his image.
Stanislas Wawrinka took longer than many expected him to crack the top 10 and be able to stand toe to toe with the elite players.
When he’s been healthy, 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro has been a force on tour.
Roger Federer may have ended his season with only one title, his lowest mark since 2001, but he was encouraged how he finished off his 2013 campaign. The Swiss experienced back trouble for much of the spring and summer but over the past three weeks was able to contest Basel, Paris/Bercy and London.
Stanislas Wawrinka admitted after the match that he'd been nervous. It certainly showed in the first set and beginning of the second. "I had to fight to keep the ball in," he said of his many mistakes.
Former top 5 player Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan on Li Na becoming the first Asian woman to reach the world No.3 ranking. “For Asian players it's really good. When I was young there weren't so many Asian players in the world, ...
Roger Federer isn’t about to hop on the ‘Viktor Troicki is unfortunate’ bandwagon and instead of sympathizing with the Serb for being banned from tennis for a year after a misunderstanding over the taking of a drugs test, maintains rules are there for a reason and tennis needs to be even more vigilant on anti-doping matters.
The debate over whether Victor Troicki received a raw deal from the ITF and Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) when he was suspended for 12 months for failing to take a blood test took a new turn on Thursday when ATP Players’ Council chief Roger Federer weighed in more on the side of anti-doping authorities.
Samantha Stosur, determined to recapture a place in the world’s top ten after slipping down to 18th position on the WTA computer has appointed the Zambian-born former British Davis Cup player Miles Maclagan, as her new coach.
United States Davis Cup captain Jim Courier is expected to order a slow red-clay court on the San Diego Chargers’ Petco Park for next year’s Davis Cup World Group opener against Great Britain because the surface is believed to be the most alien to Andy Murray and the rest of the visiting team.
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