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Stanislas Wawrinka has been quoted as saying that Roger Federer is still Switzerland's real #1, and for this week at least, he is. He is also moving -- this takes Federer past Tomas Berdych, putting him back at #6.
Andy Murray insists he is struggling to reclaim his Wimbledon winning touch after returning to the ATP World Tour from back surgery but insists the absence of coach Ivan Lendl from all but one of his tournaments this year has nothing to do with his travails.
A day after Ross Hutchins was officially named the new tournament director of the Aegon Championships and he is already splitting his time between trying to re-establish himself as one of the ATP World Tour’s successful doubles players and trying to improve the London tournament...
The inaugural International Premier Tennis League is still more than eight months away but after Sunday’s players draft in Dubai it seems with each passing day, more doubts occur and now Andre Agassi has thrown doubt on his part.
Roger Federer moved ahead of John McEnroe in the all-time list of tournament winners with the 78th singles title of his career, by winning the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the sixth time in his career, and he believes his decision to opt for a bigger racket was crucial.
Chris Kermode’s appointment as the ATP World Tour’s Executive Chairman and President has left a vacancy as Tournament Director of the Aegon Championships, the London grass court event that is long established in the Wimbledon build up and next year elevates to a 500 series.
With a successful run of February events in South America concluded, the ATP has its eyes on possible expansion in the region, where the bottom line is looking more than positive after decades of tennis famine.
Andre Agassi isn't about to add his name to the growing list of big name coaches on the ATP World Tour anytime soon. But the 43 year-old former world no.1 admits the challenge of hooking up with a top flight player and pitching his expertise against the likes of Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Goran Ivanisevic, Michael Chang, Sergi Bruguera and Thomas Enqvist might appeal one day.
Roger Federer spends almost as much time living with his family in the plush apartment he owns as Dubai’s exclusive marina as he does in his native Switzerland.
Snowmageddon. Snowpocalypse. Ice storm. Wintry mix. These are a few of the relatively unprecedented terms that have defined this winter in Atlanta. The city tried to brave the first wave of weather in late January and to say it failed miserably would be an understatement.
Former top five players Nadia Petrova and Vera Zvonareva; Americans Donald Young, Jack Sock, Ryan Harrison, Steve Johnson, Rhyne Williams, Coco Vandeweghe, Shelby Rogers, Vicky Duval and Taylor Townsend; and Donna Vekic and Belinda Bencic were granted wildcards into the main draws of the BNP Paribas Open...
There were celebrations again in Dubai last night after the announcement of the 2013 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon. Alison Lee, Executive Vice President of the ATP’s International Group was in town to present the Dubai Duty Free Championships with the Best 500 series tournament for the tenth time in 11 years.
The ATP has announced the Tournaments of the Year in the 2013 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon, with repeat winners the Shanghai and Dubai joined by newcomer Queen’s as the most favored ATP World Tour events in their respective tournament categories.
The Aegon Championships has been voted ATP 250 Tournament of the Year by the players of the ATP World Tour in the 2013 awards.
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...
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