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IMG is using the system popularized by San Jose’s tournament director Bill Rapp by determining in advance the day a star attraction will play their first match. In this case the tournament announces that Novak Djokovic will play on Friday, March 21.
As he begins play at the new Rio ATP event, Rafael Nadal cannot hide doubts about his tennis longevity. The world No. 1 got back onto court for the first time since losing the Australian Open final with back pains to Stanislas Wawrinka, taking the first step in his comeback after a three-week pause...
Spanish sixth seed Feliciano Lopez rallied past dis-heartened American Sam Querrey 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to hand the Californian his fifth consecutive defeat of the season. One-time US No. 1 Querrey, his ranking sinking like a stone and now down to 57th, has not been able to produce much game after the heartbreak of an engagement gone wrong in 2013 and its subsequent effects on his tennis.
Serena Williams is back in Dubai a year after pulling out at the last possible moment from the hard-court event. And the world No. 1 says that she hopes to make amends for that embarrassment by working to win the title at this edition for the first time.
There are a number of skeptics out there who don’t believe that the forthcoming International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), which will play its first season from November 28 to December 20, will really fly, but Morgan Menahem, the CEO of the IPTL, thinks that the league has bright future.
Gael Monfils really does like playing in France. And indoor hardcourts. This was career final #21. He has won only five of them. Four of the titles (Metz 2009, Montpellier 2010, Stockholm 2011, and now Montpellier 2013) have been on indoor hardcourts, and three (all but Stockholm 2011) have been in France. This marks the first time he has ever won a title twice.
Stanislas Wawrinka’s Australian Open victory might have broken the monopoly the Big Four – Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer – in winning the Grand Slam titles that stretches all the way back to the 2009 US Open...
The aftermath of the back issues Rafael Nadal suffered in the Australian Open final, allied to a stomach upset, have forced the world no.1 to pull out of next week’s Copa Claro tournament in Buenos Aires.
Gambling on tennis has become a huge industry with betting houses propping up all over the place.
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France’s Richard Gasquet has confirmed his participation in the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2014. Gasquet joins Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori at the clay court tournament. . . Novak Djokovic appeared to say on a Serbian TV that he would marry his fiancée Jelena Ristic in the spring. . .
Novak Djokovic and his lovely Jelena Ristic have been a couple for 8 years and it looks like he intends to make it Mr. & Mrs. In the coming year. They really make a beautiful couple.
Michael Mortensen, who is now coaching Caroline Wozniacki, is on a trial basis until the end of the Sony Open in Miami at the end of March. “My aim is that this should be for the year,” he said. “I would like to see we have a full season together.” ... Aga Radwanska appears in the new issue of Polish Glamour magazine...
Swiss Davis Cup coach Severin Luthi is living strictly in the present when it comes to his team's Davis Cup World Group hopes after a sweeping 3-0 weekend win sparked by grand slam champions Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.
One of the big problems with Davis Cup is that, the better you perform, the more weeks you have to set aside to play Davis Cup. You can't just win one week and then take a break. Win a tie, and your reward is to play the next tie.
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