Archive: australian-open
The confirmation of Fernando Verdasco as seventh player in the field for the AAMI Classic event in Melbourne leaves just one space remaining in the January 8-11 pre-Australian Open hit-out at Melbourne's historic Kooyong club.
John Isner has managed to avoid surgery on a troubled knee, with the No. 14 American counting only on fitness training and rehab to try and get his joint into shape.
World no.9 Richard Gasquet has moved quickly to replace coach Riccardo Piatti who walked out on the Frenchman midway through the recent Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and will be working with former French Open champion Sergi Bruguera from next February.
Sania Mirza will continue to partner Romanian Horia Tecau in the mixed doubles at the Australian Open. . . Andrea Petkovic, who has been frequently injured, is pleased with her comeback. She ended the year ranked No. 43 after starting it ranked No. 143.
Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley says he’s taking further aim at the Asian market in order to overcome this year’s dip in profits. The new CEO also says Tennis Australia will be better placed to handle a $3 million increase in prize money for the 2014 Australian Open, which will be a record $33 million.
Melanie Oudin was pretty pleased how her fall season had gone, as she won the Las Vegas USTA Challenger and reached the semifinals of four more circuit events.
Rafael Nadal habitually adopts the humble approach when asked what are his aims for the upcoming tennis year; merely stating he will be content with continued fitness and the ability to play top matches.
Nearly a year after being diagnosed with cancer, British doubles player Ross Hutchins is almost ready to return to the ATP World Tour. And he will be fit enough to take his place at the Australian Open alongside long-time partner Colin Fleming.
The Roger Federer Foundation will mark the start of its second decade of service as its sixth-ranked patron plays Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in an exhibition at the Rod Laver arena a week before the start of the Australian Open.
Sloane Stephens had her best season ever working under USTA Player Development coach David Nainkin, finishing the year at No. 12 and reaching the second week of every Grand Slam event.
The Max Eisenbud influence is hugely apparent in Laura Robson’s appointment of veteran American coach Nick Saviano and his Floridian assistant Jesse Witten in a bid to direct the British teenager back towards the WTA top 20.
Aussie teenager Nick Kyrgios says that for his initiation as an Australian Davis Cup player that he wrote and read a poem to the group. That's unusual in Davis Cup circles, but the former junior No.1 impressed his team mates.
Maria Sharapova has a busy start of 2014 ahead: she’s scheduled to play Brisbane, the Australian Open, the Paris Indoors and then will head to Sochi, Russia with NBC Olympics as a correspondent for its Winter Games coverage.
Venus Williams is not quite ready to hang up her racquet, with the 33-year-old opting for a fast start to the 2014 campaign starting in less than two months.
Roger Federer is set to commandeer Rod Laver Arena for a gala charity exhibition match on Wednesday January 8.
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