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Rafael Nadal's first-round singles match against Richard Gasquet is not on Monday's China Open schedule, but the world No. 2 will be back in action in a different capacity. After being sidelined for three months with a wrist injury, Nadal is teaming up with Pablo Andujar in the doubles draw and they will kick off their campaign against Tomas Berdych and John Isner.
The U.S. Open gets underway on Monday and what should be hot start will feature Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Stan Wawrinka. Among those also kicking off their fortnights are Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil plus Toronto champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Robin Haase avenged his 2013 final loss toMikhail Youzhny on Friday at the Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad. It denied Youzhny the 450th match win of his career (449-328).
The U.S. Open Series is still a week away, but the ATP Would Tour is heading back to hard courts for the first time since March for the Claro Open Colombia. Meanwhile, the clay-court season resumes in Hamburg with the bet-at-home Open.
One day after Wimbledon, the ATP World Tour will not only return to 250-point action but it will also make its way back to clay. Joining Bastad and Stuttgart--both of which are being played on the red stuff--on the schedule is the season's final grass-court event in Newport, Rhode Island.
Wimbledon gets off to its traditional Monday afternoon start with the defending champion taking Centre Court. This time around, it is none other than Great Britain's own Andy Murray.
As an indication of progress for Bernard Tomic, this is relatively promising. It's no help to his ranking, though. Richard Gasquet will get to add points if he can win any more matches, but he can't rise above #14 this week.
Finland's Jarkko Nieminen earned an upset of Colombian seventh seed Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 as the smaller men's event took a definite second billing to the women also on at Devonshire Park.
For the first time since 2004, Roger Federer is out of the French Open prior to the quarterfinals. His exit did not, however, come before an entertaining five-set battle against Ernests Gulbis that saw the underdog prevail 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
Gael Monfils and Fabio Fognini delivered again at the French Open, producing a match that was short on quality at times but off the charts in drama. When it was all said and done, Monfils survived a back-and-forth third-round tussle with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 victory.
No matter that Warren Buffett does not offer $1 billion for a perfect French Open bracket like he does for the NCAA basketball tournament. Nobody would come close. Among those in the third round are Jack Sock, Dusan Lajovic, and Donald Young.
Bob and Mike Bryan edged closer to their 100th team title on Saturday, rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 11-9 victory over David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco of Spain in the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship final at the picturesque and historic River Oaks Country Club.
Death, taxes, and Spanish tennis players dominating on clay. Those may be the three certainties of life, and so far 2014 has done nothing to suggest otherwise.
Fernando Verdasco won an all-Spanish final 6-3, 7-6(4) over Nicolas Almagro at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship on Sunday afternoon. Verdasco needed one hour and 52 minutes to capture his first singles title since the clay-court event in Barcelona back in 2010.
Fernando Verdasco won his sixth career title while contesting his 19th career final. This is Verdasco's first title since he won Barcelona on April 25, 2010.
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