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Andy Murray and Roger Federer will get Arthur Ashe Stadium treatment on Tuesday at the U.S. Open.
The top half of the men's singles draw will take center stage at Wimbledon on Monday, while No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic will have the traditional 1:00 start on Centre Court as the defending champion.
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Down 4-6, 1-5, Martin Klizan was staring down the barrel. It was the first round of qualifying for the China Open; his opponent, World No. 927 Xin Gao. Somehow, the Slovakian cheated death — saving four match points — to ride his way into the main draw. On 3 October, after victories over Leonardo Mayer and Ernests Gulbis, the World No. 56 was still alive.
Rafael Nadal's comeback tournament continued on Thursday as the world No. 2 defeated Peter Gojowyczk 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the China Open. Nadal saved all three of the break points he faced to book a spot in the quarterfinals after one hour and 45 minutes of play.
Two tournaments wrapped up on Sunday and not one featured a seeded champion. Both finals required a third-set tiebreaker to be decided. In Hamburg, Leonardo Mayer upset No. 1 seed David Ferrer 6-7(3), 6-1, 7-6(4). In Bogota, Bernard Tomic toppled Ivo Karlovic 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(4).
The most important and immediate benefit of Novak Djokovic's performance at Wimbledon on Sunday was his seventh Grand Slam title and second at the All-England Club. With the win, though, comes another accomplishment: Djokovic will be back in the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings on Monday.
Third-round action begins on Friday at Wimbledon with the side of the draw featuring Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray but suddenly lacking David Ferrer. Among those also in action are Grigor Dimitrov, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Tomas Berdych, and Marin Cilic.
No matter that Warren Buffett does not offer $1 billion for a perfect French Open bracket like he does for the NCAA basketball tournament. Nobody would come close. Among those in the third round are Jack Sock, Dusan Lajovic, and Donald Young.
After Argentina fell to Italy 3-1 at home at the start of February and was forced into a World Group playoff, Argentine Tennis Federation chief Arturo Grimaldi said he was willing to sit down with his top player, Juan Martin Del Potro and try and work something out for the next tie...
Believe it or not, this is officially an upset -- Lleyton Hewitt is (or was) the lower-ranked of these two, by five places.
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