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The race may not always be to the swift, but right now, the swift are doing just fine, thank you. Rafael Nadal is #1, and he will stay #1, and he will be #1 by a very wide margin. We still don't know how wide, but he will lead Novak Djokovic by a lot more than a thousand points.
Canada's Genie Bouchard won the junior Wimbledon title in 2012, but is not surprised that she is already in an adult Grand Slam semifinal.
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Thai qualifier Luksika Kumkhum produced the first major upset of the fortnight with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 first-round knockout of of former Wimbledon winner and sixth seed Petra Kvitova. The 21-year-old Asian pulled off the opening-day surprise of the tournament in nervy style.
Li Na and the Bryan brothers have two more trophies to add to their collection after winning the International Tennis Writers Association¹s top awards. The women¹s world No 4 and the men¹s top doubles team have been voted ITWA¹s Ambassadors of the Year.
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World class tennis stars will come to Hong Kong for the second annual BNP Paribas Showdown which will be held as part of World Tennis Day on March 3 at the new Hong Kong Velodrome.
Angelique Kerber has been a very good, but not great player since 2011, when she came out of nowhere and reached the US Open semifinals. After that, and a very solid 2012, it appeared that lefthander really did have Grand Slam winning potential.
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Ana Ivanovic earns her first title since Bali 2011. Because it's an International event, it doesn't help her much -- but she does overtake Sabine Lisicki to earn the #15 ranking. And she will go into the Australian Open on a high note.
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The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) launched today the "Road To Singapore", a season-long campaign which will see the WTA stars through their journey from the beginning of the year to its culmination during the season-ending WTA Championships in Singapore.
This was a sort of an anti-serving contest; Serena was struggling, and we know about Maria Sharapova's shoulder problems. Still, Sharapova lasted long enough to earn the #3 ranking.
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Maria Sharapova made a winning comeback from a shoulder injury as she claimed her first victory since June to advance over Caroline Garcia of France 6-3, 6-0. The Russian third seed in a field headed by Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka was working for the first time with new coach Sven Groenveld.
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