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Prosperous Dubai came up last in the crowd stakes at the IPTL, with fans few and far between for the final ties of the four-city series last week. Local media in the emirate lamented that lack of enthusiasm in a city where expats flock their numbers each February to back-to-back WTA and ATP events at the centrally-located Aviation Club.
The Micromax Indian Aces, whose team included Roger Federer for a two-match stretch in New Delhi, clinched the first-ever IPTL title on Friday night. Combined with the UAE Royals' 23-21 loss to the last-place Singapore Slammers, the Aces' 28-23 win over the Manila Mavericks was enough to guarantee first place.
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Common sense finally seems to have prevailed as world no.8 Juan Martin Del Potro has withdrawn from the Sony Open in Miami with an ongoing problem in his left wrist.
The back injury problems which compromised his 2013 season and were only straightened out by rest and rehab have given Roger Federer a valuable lesson in managing his body. As a result, the 32-year-old Swiss remains one of the few tennis elites not seduced by the new IPTL set...
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi has called for Pakistan to be given permission to host Davis Cup ties once again. The nation has not hosted a tie since 2010 because of security concerns, with the ITF either turning over choice of ground to the opposing team or ruling that the tie be played at a neutral venue.
Ion Tiriac, the Romanian tennis star turned billionaire with the trademark moustache, was the initial guiding force behind Boris Becker’s teenage onslaught onto the tennis world that saw the German become a Wimbledon champion at the age of 17. But nearly three decades on Tiriac is not sure his former prodigy has what it takes to become a top-flight coach...
Sloane Stephens is still struggling with the wrist injury she suffered at Hopman Cup, with doctors yet to figure out the problem.
The inaugural International Premier Tennis League is still more than eight months away but after Sunday’s players draft in Dubai it seems with each passing day, more doubts occur and now Andre Agassi has thrown doubt on his part.
Roger Federer moved ahead of John McEnroe in the all-time list of tournament winners with the 78th singles title of his career, by winning the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the sixth time in his career, and he believes his decision to opt for a bigger racket was crucial.
Although the tennis world’s current star names such Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were hired for undisclosed figures believed to be in excess of $2 million each for their services in the International Tennis Premier League in Sunday’s Dubai-based draft...
Just as in the semifinal against Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer started stronger than the scoreline. He and Tomas Berdych were almost even in the first set, but Berdych won it, and went up by a break in the second -- and then Federer started amping up the pressure.
In the first set of this, Roger Federer kept threatening Novak Djokovic and not quite getting the break. Things didn't look good. But he really does seem to be rediscovering his confidence. Or something...
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