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For the first time in the history of the Hyundai Hopman Cup every session will be broadcast live and free-to-air nationally (including in Perth) in high definition on the event’s new home at 7mate, with the option of marquee matches to be televised live on the main channel.
Stanislas Wawrinka has confirmed his participation in the Aircel Chennai Open, India's only ATP World Tour tennis event, starting December 30. . .
Longtime Serbian Davis Cup team member Nenad Zimonjic has been honored with the 2013 Davis Cup Award of Excellence. The award was presented during a special on-court ceremony at the 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final between Serbia and the Czech Republic in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday, November 16.
Let me apologize up front. What I am laying out here is not new. It is the basis of a format for the Davis Cup that I forwarded to the Davis Cup committee, at the specific suggestion of Mr Davis Cup himself, Neale Fraser, four years ago.
Serbia and Czech Republic are level at 1-1 at the end of the first day of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final in Belgrade, Serbia on 15-17 November.
Critics of the Davis Cup maintain the 113 year-old competition has long been in dire need of an overhaul.
Despite the annual chorus of complaints about a Davis Cup format fixed in stone, the worldwide team competition looks set to trudge on as it has for decades with the 2013 final set for this weekend in Belgrade.
Serbia’s bid to win the Davis Cup for the second time in the space of four years was dramatically hit this morning with the news Janko Tipsarevic has lost his battle to be fit for the three days of the final, starting tomorrow against the Czech Republic in Belgrade.
Although Marin Cilic had his recent drug ban shortened to four months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport when the Croatian convinced them he took the banned supplement nikethamide by mistake, the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has now made it clear new global anti-doping rules to be agreed this week will leave no room for such excuses.
Roger Federer's suggestion that anti-doping tests are on the decline was heartily disputed to German agency dpa by the ITF's drug-testing boss Stuart Miller, who said the Swiss has been the subject of numerous controls.
The debate over whether Victor Troicki received a raw deal from the ITF and Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) when he was suspended for 12 months for failing to take a blood test took a new turn on Thursday when ATP Players’ Council chief Roger Federer weighed in more on the side of anti-doping authorities.
Stanislas Wawrinka was less than thrilled with Rafael Nadal’s uncle Toni allegedly coaching his nephew during his loss to the Spaniard in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cut Viktor Troicki's suspension for doping violations from 18 months to 12 months. Troicki was suspended by the ITF on July 15 for not providing a blood sample at the Monte Carlo.
Fresh off the tennis courts after clinching his opening match, Shingo Kunieda is excited about defending his title at the Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Mission Viejo this week.
At the Fed Cup World Group Final, the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) honored longtime Italian Fed Cup Captain Corrado Barazzutti with the 2013 Fed Cup Award of Excellence.
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