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DAVIS CUP RESULTS FROM GHENT, THE MURRAY BROTHERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING TENNIS HISTORY, BRAVO JUDY MURRAY AND GRANDMA SHIRLEY

It was as if Friday had just been a prelude to a big party, when the revised Belgian team of Steve Darcis and David Goffin lined up to take on the Murray Brothers.

DAVIS CUP TENNIS IS TOTALLY THRILLING AS THE BRITS AND THE BELGIANS FINISH DAY ONE TIED

And so it was ever thus, but with a twist as Brit new-boy Kyle Edmund gave the hosts a right fright, taking the first two sets off the Belgian No.1 David Goffin.

DAVIS CUP TENNIS, GREAT BRITAIN IS PLAYING THE BELGIANS IN GHENT FOR THE FINALS OF THE DAVIS CUP….. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE JOURNEY BY GLOBAL CHICK

Of what journey do I speak? Take your pick. The journey through a long and grueling year on the tennis tour, culminating in the World Cup of Tennis...

ROGER FEDERER LOSES IN LONDON TENNIS – QUALITY AMIDST UNCERTAINTY BY GLOBAL CHICK

Consider this. This time 12 months ago, we packed into the rails behind the seats to see Roger Federer be-clad like a red-shirt from Star Trek announce that he sadly was withdrawing from the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals… umm… Final.

ROGER FEDERER BEAT STAN WAWRINKA 7-5, 6-3 AT THE WORLD TOUR FINALS IN LONDON, AND MORE TO FOLLOW SOON ON RF / WAWRINKA

Stan Wawrinka rounded off the last group-stage match with a tight win over GB’s great Davis Cup hope (in case you hadn’t heard) in straight sets.

TENNIS NEWS FROM LONDON AND UPDATES ON THE BARCLAYS ATP CHAMPIONSHIPS

Back and forth was the name of the game as Tomas Berdych put up a decent enough fight but it was not enough to prevent him from going 0/3 this year at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

ROGER FEDERER’S “MASTERY PERFORMANCES” IN LONDON AT THE ATP TENNIS TOUR FINALS AT THE 02 ARENA BY GLOBAL CHICK

What happened, what was happening, what’s going to happen. I am sure there is some great Latin phrase that covers it, but as I am lacking a Starbucks this morning, I will stick to good old fashioned Anglo-Saxon!

TENNIS NEWS FROM LONDON REPORTS ON RAFAEL NADAL, ROGER FEDERER, ANDY MURRAY AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND A PEEK AT WAWRINKA VERSUS FERRER MATCH

It really was as if this green and pleasant isle turned into a wet grey one, and that was just the rain cloud over Djokovic’s head!

TENNIS NEWS UPDATE FROM LONDON @ THE BARCLAYS ATP TOUR FINALS, KEI NISHIKORI BEATS TOMAS BERDYCH AND RECAP OF NADAL OVER WAWRINKA

Ahh, but Global Chick will keep you in suspense for just a little bit longer as we touch base on the happenings of Monday night.

ANDY MURRAY IN (SORT OF) A HURRY – GLOBAL CHICK’S DAY 2 RECAP AND PREVIEW OF THE BARCLAYS ATP YEAR END CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM LONDON, PLUS HER PICKS FOR THE RAFA VERSUS STAN WAWRINKA MATCH

Much has been made hither and thither about whether Murray would be marking up the court with clay on his shoes, and by his own admission he set the scene that we should expect him to take some time to adjust.

FEDERER & DJOKOVIC SHINE, ONE MURRAY ON THE SCOREBOARD (JAMIE) – GLOBAL CHICK CHECKS IN FROM LONDON AT THE ATP BARCLAYS TENNIS YEAR END FINALS

Hands up who remembers last year? We had weather. Plenty of weather. And we had good matches… and quick matches. Yes we had plenty of those too.

LONDON, ATP CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS PRE-TOURNAMENT CHATTER FROM ROGER FEDERER AND ANDY MURRAY BY GLOBAL CHICK

It was a cold and stormy night. Well ok, it was a freezing and blustery day as signs blew around, balloons went skywards and the O2 prepared itself for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

CHAMPAGNE, SHENANIGANS AND THE BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TENNIS TOUR FINALS DRAW, LIVE(ISH) FROM LONDON BY GLOBAL CHICK

Imagine the scene… all around the world, people were glued to a YouTube channel, for…an eternity!

THE WTA CONUNDRUM – DID THE WTA ELITE TROPHY JUST ECLIPSE THE WTA ELITE IN THE WTA FINALS? BY GLOBAL CHICK

It has often been said that we should appreciate our great champions (Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Venus Williams) while we still have them.

RADWANSKA TOPS OFF THE YEAR WITH THE WTA TENNIS FINALS TITLE IN SINGAPORE, SHE BEATS KVITOVA 6-2,4-6,6-3 BY GLOBAL CHICK

It may not have been the line-up that everyone wanted. It may not have even been the final that everyone wanted, and indeed after a veritably tutorial handed down by Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza to Carla Suarez Navarro and Garbine Muguruza earlier in the day, we needed a good final.

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