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The Fed Cup is supposedly the foremost team competition in the female tennis world but while the currently fit top eight players are battling it out in this week’s TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul, next week’s Italy v Russia final in Cagliari, Sardinia is descending into farce.
The two-time Wimbledon champion doubles team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic will re-form for 2014 in hopes of recreating the past less-than-optimal results with other partners in 2013.
Things just keep getting better for Simona Halep, who will end this week at #14, with every reason to think she can go higher next year.
Rafael Nadal told the magazine Cosas Peru that he is not ready to start a family yet as “it's much easier to start a family when you have a stable life. When you have an unstable life, as we do as players --we travel anywhere in the world every week, it’s not as easy.”
Surprisingly easy for Samantha Stosur, particularly given that she just flew in from Osaka. Kaia Kanepi is usually stronger than that, when she is able to play.
Russian Fed Cup Captain Shamil Tarpischev has been at his post for eons and has had great success overall, leading his team to four titles since 2004.
The Chinese city of Shenzhen is seeking either an ATP 500 or 250 level event. . . Maria Sharapova has scheduled December exhibitions in Bogota, Mexico City and Thailand. . .
We had a 13 hour power failure at our offices last night. This made it impossible to do as full a Wimbledon preview as we would usually do
The author first saw Elena Vesnina playing in Challenger qualifying, most of a decade ago. She was clearly the hardest worker there
This was every bit as tough as it looked -- and extremely disappointing for Elena Vesnina, who led 2-0 to start the third set.
More Than 380,000 Fans Attend The Tournament
It would seem that no one, but no one, wanted to miss Dubai. At least among players already in the area for Doha.
Svetlana Kuznetsova started so strong that we were getting ready to rewrite today's rankings feature; she was on the brink of winning the first set.
The author well remembers first seeing Elena Vesnina at a Challenger or so eight so years ago.
Auckland (Mon): Hampton Knocks Out Defending Champion In First Round
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