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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.
Daniela Hantuchova beat Maria Sharapova in their first meeting. Never since. She might still make the Top Thirty, but just barely.
Czech Karolina Pliskova produced the first minor upset of the week as she put out American seventh seed Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-2, 6-4 in a re-run of the Kuala Lumpur final from 2013. Svetlana Kuznetsova passed a personal milestone as she claimed her 500th career victory.
With her tall and slender frame, Daniela Hantuchova may not look like a paragon of fitness, but given that she has unofficially played more three setters in singles than anyone else on tour -- a whopping 263 – and won 181 of them, that indicates a lot of physical and mental staying power.
Exactly a year ago the British were getting very excited about how rejuvenated their female tennis scene was under youngsters Laura Robson and Heather Watson.
Sydney wasn't the only place hit with withdrawals on Sunday. Hobart didn't lose any seeds -- but, in an outcome that probably won't surprise anyone, it did lose Venus Williams. Venus pulled out after losing her final on Saturday, replaced by Lucky Loser Silvia Soler-Espinosa.
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Maria Sharapova made a winning comeback from a shoulder injury as she claimed her first victory since June to advance over Caroline Garcia of France 6-3, 6-0. The Russian third seed in a field headed by Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka was working for the first time with new coach Sven Groenveld.
Rafael Nadal will not only play Miami in 2014, but also the new event in Rio De Janiero. He won't play Vina Del Mar and has not decided yet whether he will compete in Buenos Aires and Acapulco.
Martina Hingis’ 2013 comeback, which lasted all of six weeks, may be the last the tennis world sees her on the WTA. Sources say that Hingis has no plans to compete next year...
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.
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.
Martina Hingis’s second comeback on the doubles court this summer has been high profile in terms of coverage but disappointing in terms of results. So at the age of 32, the one-time Swiss Miss is unsure whether she will compete again next year.
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won four consecutive 6-0 sets between them on Ashe stadium on Tuesday... Djokovic said "definitely today, second and third set have been some of the best tennis that I've played...
Yesterday was my last day at The Open and the Last day of a 4 week trip to the 2013 US Hard court season.
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