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Australian Open winner Li Na had only minimal time for Chinese New Year celebrations at home five days after lifting her second grand slam event title, The top seed at this week's Doha event said that she had some abbreviated time with her family at home in Wuhan before returning to the training grind.
Laura Robson is finally back hitting a tennis ball after being told to take a concerted rest after wrist problems hampered her early year progress, forcing her to retire in Hobart, not play at all in Auckland and look far from her best at the Australian Open.
Swiss star Stan Wawrinka is starting to reap the benefits of his Australian Open title, with the newest Grand Slam champion now an official ambassador for Subaru automobiles.
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.
Andy Murray has taken a late wild card entry into the Rotterdam Open next week, with the Scot joining Juan Del Potro in the field after the injury withdrawal of Australian Open winner Stanislas Wawrinka.
The aftermath of the back issues Rafael Nadal suffered in the Australian Open final, allied to a stomach upset, have forced the world no.1 to pull out of next week’s Copa Claro tournament in Buenos Aires.
Rotterdam tournament director Richard Krajicek has a right to feel jittery about his indoor line up for next week after the injury pullout of Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka. In addition, Canadian drawcard Milos Raonic, the world No. 11 could be in doubt due to an ankle injury...
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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.
Albert Costa, has been appointed today as new sporting director of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899. . . Rafael Nadal is questionable for next week’s tournament in Argentina due to back trouble. . . Former ITF junior No. 1 and teenager Belinda Bencic of Switzerland will likely start her nation’s Fed Cup tie against France's Alize Cornet. . .
Enigmatic Ivan Lendl appears to be quietly satisfied with the work he's done over the past few seasons with Andy Murray, taking the Scot to his first two grand slam titles. The 53-year-old Czech who never, ever lets his emotions get out of hand and is known for sitting stone-faced through the most dramatic of matches.
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.
Big Milos is still suffering from the 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 pullouts from the Zagreb event this week.
Michael Mortensen, the Dane who guided Li Na to her first Grand Slam event title at the French Open in 2011, is the latest coach named to try and revive the game of former world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki.
Canada was dealt a major setback at the Davis Cup World Group first-round draw when top player Milos Raonic was ruled out for the weekend with a previously undisclosed ankle injury.
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