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Check out the latest photos by 10sBalls at the Aegon Championships tennis 2016 in London.
Well the hits just keep on coming don’t they? Hot on the heels of Rafael Nadal’s taxi back to the players’ hotel was World No. 2, second seed and big banana-in-waiting Simona Halep.
This is it for Lleyton Hewitt. The former world No. 1 will call it a career at this Australian Open. And what a career it has been. Hewitt is a two-time major champion, having triumphed at the U.S. Open in 2001 and at Wimbledon in 2002.
Fifth seed Stan Wawrinka has shaken off a third-set wobble to claim a second-round berth at the US Open on Tuesday, with a 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(6) victory over Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
Kei Nishikori recovered after dropping the opening set tie-break to see off Aussie James Duckworth 6-7(8), 6-1, 6-4 at the Citi Open Tuesday night.
Before Lleyton Hewitt and Marin Cilic stole the show on Tuesday night (and Wednesday morning) at the Citi Open, Americans took center stage in the nation's capital.
Roger Federer cruised through his opening match at Wimbledon on Tuesday, destroying Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 in a mere one hour and seven minutes.
Flying around the world for tournaments, tennis players often deal with issues related to travel...
Lleyton Hewitt does not plan on retiring until 2016, but a scaled-down schedule this season means it's up to the young guns to carry the proverbial Australian flag for a while
It was a day that will not soon be forgotten Down Under. Six Aussie men advanced to the second round on day one at the Australian Open, and four did it in five sets. One way or another, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Nick Kyrgios, James Duckworth, Marinko Matosevic, Bernard Tomic, and Sam Groth found the winners' circle on Monday at Melbourne Park.
A new era in Australian men's tennis is soon to be upon us--if it's not already here. At 33 years old, Lleyton Hewitt's career appears to be coming to a close. Meanwhile, the other end of the career spectrum is ushering in teenagers Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis.
Roger Federer will take on Grigor Dimitrov in the semi-finals of the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp on Saturday, as he edges closer to becoming the third player in the Open Era (since 1968) to record 1,000 career match wins.
Roger Federer has been known to heat up as he progresses further and further into a tournament, and that has certainly been the case so far this week at the Brisbane International. After getting a first-round bye as the top seed, Federer trailed his opening match 6-4, 3-1 against John Millman before scrambling to a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours and one minute.
Finn Jarkko Niemimen set up his 14th match against Roger Federer with a win over Australian James Duckworth 6-2, 6-3. Federer, playing Brisbane for the first time, is not tipping himself as an Australian open favorite even after winning it four times.
Florian Mayer struck a blow for home hopes with his upset of seventh seed Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3, 6-4
