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Japan's Davis Cup quarter-final campaign could be in trouble if the groin injury of team No. 1 Kei Nishikori keeps him away from the weekend tie in Tokyo against the defending champion Czech Republic.
With all of the other questions he is asked on almost a daily basis during tournaments, perhaps the most amusing - or ludicrous - are the ones pertaining to Roger Federer's notable head of lush dark-brown hair.
Novak Djokovic vigorously denies that new coach Boris Becker is a jinx on his game despite having lost this season at the first two events where he was joined by the German. With Becker absent due to hip surgery, Djokovic resumed his winning pace by taking the Indian Wells title this month over Roger Federer.
Television coverage of Miami has been the subject of controversy over the past week, attracting scrutiny of the rights deals covering the tournament.
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One match doesn't really tell us what a player's form is like -- but this really seemed typical of how Andy Murray in 2014. Although the real issue here may have been how wound up he got about a particular point.
The world’s concern about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 intensifies by the day and tennis players, for who international air travel is a weekly occurrence for much of the year, are feeling more apprehensive than most about the bizarre fate of the Boeing 777 that went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8.
Rafael Nadal hammered Fabio Fognini 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour as Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray set up a re-run of the 2013 Wimbledon final. Nadal next plays Canadian 12th seed Milos Raonic, who reached the Miami quarters for the first time by beating German Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-4 on a fourth match point.
Roger Federer is undeniably in resurgent form again after winning the title in Dubai and reaching the final in Indian Wells. After an indifferent time in 2013, he now very much looks like a player who could this year add to his collection of a record 17 Grand Slam singles titles and potential reasons are numerous...
As Andy Murray faces up to one of the most important ten days of his year with the ranking points from being champion of the Sony Open in Miami to defend, he has admitted he is emotionally wounded and distinctly down in the dumps after being rocked by Ivan Lendl’s decision to stand down as his coach.
Roger Federer punctuated his off-season with an #AskRF session over the weekend.
Ilie Nastase had this to say about 22-year-old Simona Halep who won her sixth title of the year in Sofia. "To finish the year with a win like this is great for Simona. It will give her confidence going into the new year, which begins pretty soon in Australia." . . .
Rafael Nadal isn't giving Novak Djokovic much opportunity in the contest for #1 / This still isn't enough points to make any difference to Ana Ivanovic -- but the win moves her to 2-0, which obviously makes it very likely that she will reach the semifinal here.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum in Newport, Rhode Island is planning to expand.
Second seed Victoria Azarenka produced a crushing of German Dinah Pfizenmaier, 6-0, 6-0 while Italian number four Sara Errani did the same to Australian Olivia Rogowska. Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki beat China's Duan Ying-Ying 6-2, 7-5.
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