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Plans to strengthen the grass court season between the French Open and The Championships, Wimbledon took another significant step forward today with the news that Nottingham is to host an ATP250 men’s event during the week before Wimbledon from 2015.
There are a number of skeptics out there who don’t believe that the forthcoming International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), which will play its first season from November 28 to December 20, will really fly, but Morgan Menahem, the CEO of the IPTL, thinks that the league has bright future.
Gael Monfils really does like playing in France. And indoor hardcourts. This was career final #21. He has won only five of them. Four of the titles (Metz 2009, Montpellier 2010, Stockholm 2011, and now Montpellier 2013) have been on indoor hardcourts, and three (all but Stockholm 2011) have been in France. This marks the first time he has ever won a title twice.
Switzerland is playing it safe for April's Davis Cup quarter-final at home against Kazakhstan by picking Geneva's spacious Palaexpo to host the tie.
The difference here was probably the second serves. Jerzy Janowicz won only 56% of his second serve points; Richard Gasquet won 70%. And so Gasquet is back in the final. He will stay at #9; Janowicz will stay at #21. It's almost as if this match didn't happen....
Stanislas Wawrinka’s Australian Open victory might have broken the monopoly the Big Four – Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer – in winning the Grand Slam titles that stretches all the way back to the 2009 US Open...
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive live coverage of the U.S. Fed Cup team's first-round competition against Italy in Cleveland this weekend, with comprehensive telecasts Saturday, Feb. 8, and Sunday, Feb. 9.
Gambling on tennis has become a huge industry with betting houses propping up all over the place.
France’s Richard Gasquet has confirmed his participation in the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2014. Gasquet joins Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori at the clay court tournament. . . Novak Djokovic appeared to say on a Serbian TV that he would marry his fiancée Jelena Ristic in the spring. . .
It's now up to Rafael Nadal whether to fly off to South America to resume ATP play after being handed a positive progress report on the state of his back injury suffered during the Australian Open.
French players won four of five matches on the day as the home indoor event began to gain pace. Unknown Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Andres Artunedo of Spain 6-4, 6-3 while No. 249 qualifier Albano Olivetti put out compatriot Kenny De Schepper 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 with a 14-ace performance.
Somdev Devvarman says that with India's recent Davis Cup win over Chinese Taipei without veterans Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi that it is time to shift focus toward the younger players.
With players straggling in from Davis Cup, action was slow on the ATP on Monday. Only one main draw match was scheduled, with Paul-Henri Mathieu beating Nicolas Mahut 6-1, 3-0 when Mahut retired with influenza in a poor day of play for any ticketholders.
An ankle injury which occurred at the Australian Open but which barely came to light is starting to impact the ATP schedule of Milos Raonic, with the Canadian joining a parade of pull-outs from the Zagreb event this week.
Andy Murray has never been a fan of anybody who makes ludicrous remarks simply for effect. In fact he downright treats them with total derision and so when he insists Britain’s Davis Cup team have now set their sights on winning the trophy for the first time since 1936, it’s time to take notice.
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