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Chess aficiandos may know that Anand, the five time world chess champion, grew up on Sterling Road in what was then known as Madras.
Roger Federer faces Denis Istomin after the Uzbek booked his place in the second round with a 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) defeat of Argentine Horacio Zeballos.
Third seed Nicolas Almagro began the week by winning an all-Spanish final over Pablo Andujar 6-2, 6-3 while fifth seeded Pole Jerzy Janowicz followed suit as he put out Spain's Pablo Carreno 7-5, 7-6(7).
The two-time Wimbledon champion doubles team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic will re-form for 2014 in hopes of recreating the past less-than-optimal results with other partners in 2013.
UPDATE: Click here to see the draws and order of play.
Roger Federer began his home event with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over France's Adrian Mannarino as the Swiss fights for a place in the year-end final in London next month, Federer did not disappoint in the first round, winning in 71 minutes.
Two Spaniards swept to home wins on opening day, with Marcel Granollers beating slumping Serb and former top 10 player Janko Tipsarevic 1-2 when Tipsarevic retired injured after just a few minutes on court.
Former Acapulco champion Sara Errani has decided to play the International Series tournament in Shenzhen, during the first half of 2014 instead of defending her title in Acapulco.
Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka’s new rivalry to become Switzerland’s top ranked players take centre stage at this week’s Swiss Indoors event in Basel, with the battle to qualify for the remaining places at the upcoming Barclays ATP World Tour Finals adding extra spice.
Maria Sharapova's months-long shoulder injury absence from the WTA is starting to take on a life of its own - at least in Bulgaria, the home country of boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov.
Richard Gasquet, we have good news and bad news for you.
The good news is, of course, that he won the title here. It's the tenth title of his career, and his third of 2013. That matches the best previous year of his career, in 2006.
Click here to see the draws and qualifying singles.
Let's hope this was David Ferrer finally discovering his indoor form and not Ernests Gulbis melting down again. At least Gulbis lasted long enough to put himself in the Top 25; he is likely to end up at #24.
And so Roberta Vinci loses yet another chance to reach the Top Ten; indeed, it appears she will fall a couple of spots. That means the final Top Ten spot would go to either Caroline Wozniacki or Sloane Stephens, who were contesting it at Luxembourg.
Rafael Nadal told the magazine Cosas Peru that he is not ready to start a family yet as “it's much easier to start a family when you have a stable life. When you have an unstable life, as we do as players --we travel anywhere in the world every week, it’s not as easy.”
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