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Watson Almost Retired After Illness This Year

Britain’s Heather Watson has revealed she contemplated retiring from tennis at the age of 21 after her form disintegrated, her ranking plummeted and she struggled to win a solitary match after suffering a serious bout of glandular fever or mononucleosis earlier this year.
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Fed Cup Update

The ITF has announced the draw for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final between Italy and Russia in Cagliari, Sardinia on November 2-3. / Alisa Kleybanova is the only player on Russia’s Fed Cup team to reach the second week of Grand Slam, but although she once cracked the top 15 she is a long way from that form as she’s only six months into her comeback from Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
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Cilic Puts Aside Any Hard Feelings

Marin Cilic will be considering his participation in this week's Paris Masters as "gift of the year" after suspension of his sanctions for testing positive for a banned substance.
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Tsonga Asks For Clarity In Drug Action

As Marin Cilic made winning comeback to ATP World Tour action after a shortened ban for breaking anti-doping regulations, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made an impassioned plea at the BNP Paribas Paris Masters for added clarity on the most talked about issue in tennis.
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Draws made for 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Europe/Africa Zone Groups I and II

The draws for Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Europe/Africa Zone Groups I and II took place at the ITF headquarters in London on Monday.
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Second annual World Tennis Day to take place on 3 March 2014

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) and StarGames announced today that the second annual World Tennis Day will take place on Monday, 3 March 2014.
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Cilic Calls Return To Tour A Gift / drug testing really pisses me off

Marin Cilic will be considering his participation in this week's Paris Masters as "gift of the year" after suspension of his sanctions for testing positive for a banned substance.
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WTA Chief Sees Opportunities For Expansion And Increased Sponsorships

Stacey Allaster, chairman and chief executive of the WTA will leave the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul before
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British Tennis Biz News

Nike extends its deal with Nike, with a new arrangement, which will begin in January 2014, will see Nike step up from Official Supplier to become an Official Partner of British Tennis...
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Tennis Tour Happenings

With his upset of Janko Tipsarevic In Moscow, Russian Karen Khachanov became the first 17 year old to reach an ATP quarterfinal since Juan Martin Del Potro at 2006 Umag. . .
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ITF To Explore Action of Tunisian Federation

Both the International Tennis Federation and the ATP World Tour intend to find out the full facts of the reportedly ordered withdrawal of world no.169 Malek Jaziri from the quarterfinals of the Tashkent Challenger in Uzbekistan because he was due to face Israeli opposition.
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Djokovic Goes After Doping Control Official In Troicki Case

Novak Djokovic was once a member of the ATP Players Council so he’s up on the pertinent political issues of the day.
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ITF Accused Of Subterfuge

The International Tennis Federation has been criticized for declaring Marin Cilic withdrew from Wimbledon because of a knee injury when the body was fully aware the Croatian was in fact not allowed to compete because he was under investigation following a failed dope test.
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ITF Super-Seniors World Individual Championships – Final Results

Click here to see the 2013 ITF Super-Seniors World Individual Championships results.
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Italian Female Player Found Guilty Of Attempted Match Fixing

The Tennis Integrity Unit has a history of snaring Italian male players who have been guilty of breaking the sport’s anti-corruption code but now a woman has been found guilty on two charges of attempted match-fixing and 18 year-old Claudia Coppola, who this week attained a career high ranking of world no.

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