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Day 8 in Sunny Paris – Sven’s Postcard

Beautiful day in Paris on the mid Sunday when things are starting the get hot on court because the finish line is getting in our sight!

The Always Debatable Fifth Set Tiebreak

It's an issue that comes up at every single slam. Should the four major have a tiebreak in the fifth set or not? It becomes even more prominent when a match like the Isner/Haas one at the French open today occurs

Life on the Pro Circuit: Tennis and Other Things – By Cignarelli

New word of the day: Bairdry (def) standing naked and wet, in your hotel room, waiting to dry

France wins fifth BNP Paribas World Team Cup title

Top seed France retained the BNP Paribas World Team Cup men’s World Group title on Sunday’s seventh and last day of play at Club Ali Bey Manavgat in Antalya, Turkey

ITF Bans Tomic From Roland Garros

Even though the International Tennis Federation has decided not to allow Tomic Sr. routine coaching accreditation, he was intent on breaking the ban

A Postcard From Sven

In the past it took me a long time to go through all the results of players that I want to follow.

Fernando Romboli Will Return To Tour After Serving Drug Violation Ban

Brazil’s Fernando Romboli, currently ranked a lowly 452 on the ATP Word Tour rankings, has served an eight and a half months ban after being found guilty of committing doping offenses

Brad Drewitt Dies

The ITF family is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Brad Drewett.

World Tennis With Harry Cicma To Return

"World Tennis with Harry Cicma" will return for a fifth season nationally on New England Sports Network with 18 shows beginning May 31.

Tennis Tour Tidbits – Ferrer, Davis Cup, Kateryna Bondarenko and more…

World No. 4 David Ferrer said that his three set loss to Dmitry Tursunov in Barcelona “was the worst match that I've played in the last couple of years.”

ITF Confirms Dates For 2014 Davis Cup Calendar

The draw for the 2014 Davis Cup competition will take place in London on Wednesday, September 18.

Security Concerns Continue For Davis Cup Play

Lay Naing, the Myanmar Tennis Federation’s secretary confirmed the International Tennis Federation had voiced security concerns

Team nominations – 2013 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas

The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, World Group play-offs and World Group II play-offs, taking place on 20-21 April

Czech Republic To Take Over No. 1 Position On ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking

Czech Republic becomes only the sixth nation to hold the No. 1 position on the ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking after completing a 3-1 victory over Kazakhstan