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Li Na is set to become the world’s no.2 ranked female tennis player in just seven days’ time as the Australian Open champion bids to capitalize on the enforced withdrawals of Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka from this week’s Qatar Total Open in Doha.
Eugenie Bouchard has been getting better almost daily in recent months. It showed in the first set of her match with Serbia's Vesna Dolonc; Bouchard blasted through it in twenty minutes. Then -- perhaps she realized that she was a set away from winning the tie.
At least it looks as if the Russians will soon be out of their misery. As soon as the teams were announced, it was obvious that the Russians would be overmatched by Australia, but the actual contest was more sad than anything else.
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.
The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the 2014 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties taking place on February 8-9.
While four days of searing heat affected the 2014 Australian Open attendance a bit, a more than respectable total of 643,280 fans attended this years’ event. The all-time Australian Open attendance record of 686,006 was set in 2012
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When Li Na won the French Open, approaching four years ago, she admitted she wasn’t expecting her victory and things went too fast so she couldn't savor her celebrations. After finally adding the Australian Open after two disappointments in finals, she does not intend to be so wasteful.
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So is it Li Na, or Na Li, Na Li or Li Na, I can never get it right! Well after Saturday night in Melbourne you can just call her, The 2014 Australian Open Champion how about that? After reaching the final twice before losing tough matches to Victoria Azarenka and Kim Clijsters, she wasn't going to let another opportunity get away...
Head has announced it will continue to sponsor Tennis Europe, the official ITF tennis federation, for another two years to expire at the end of 2015.This new sponsorship will give particular attention to junior tennis and will include sponsorship of 340 international junior events in 46 countries.
Dominika Cibulkova has reached her first Grand Slam event final at the Australian Open and while there were technical and physical issues she had to address during the off-season, the Slovak needed a mental boost too.
Perhaps Li Na appeared capable of winning her first Grand Slam title in 2011 when she reached the Australian Open final for the first time but she was not, as Kim Clijsters was a better player than she was then and Li was way too inconsistent.
Rafael Nadal was upset that he was called for multiple time violations in his 7-6 (3) 7-5 7-6 (3) fourth round win over Kei Nishikori but he’s been a serial offender of the rule, even if he is one of the tour’s greatest and most exciting competitors.
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