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When in Rome, eat Pizza, and when in California, this global chick learned that a Californian Burger has avocado and Swiss cheese. Useful stuff!
Another long, hot day in the desert awaits Rafael Nadal. As usual, sun with temperatures in the high-80s is expected.
Click here to see the latest photos from the 2015 BNP Paribas tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California.
The early stages of the BNP Paribas Open have not been lacking drama in men's singles. A combined six matches in the first and second rounds ended in third-set tiebreakers.
With byes to the second round an the bottom half of the draw playing second, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal do not kick off their BNP Paribas Open campaigns until Sunday. That doesn't mean they have not been hard to find throughout the first week in Indian Wells.
Spain will not be in Davis Cup World Group action next week after being unceremoniously bounced out of last year's playoffs. But the nation's two best players did it proud this weekend on the ATP Tour. One day after David Ferrer captured the Abierto Mexicano Telcel title, Rafael Nadal lifted the Argentina Open trophy.
Click here to get the printable draws & order of play from the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi.
A Mubadala World Tennis Championship final between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray was by no means a foregone conclusion heading into Friday in Abu Dhabi. But it sure felt that was as the two semifinals progressed. Prior to Djokovic's 6-1, 6-2 thrashing of Stan Wawrinka, Murray rolled over Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-0.
It did not take long for Roberto Bautista Agut to begin his Most Improved Player of the Year campaign in 2014. The Spaniard, who crashed onto the ATP World Tour scene with a surprise run to the season-opening Aircel Chennai Open final a year prior, did not waste time in making his presence felt once again.
I had the opportunity to attend six ATP tournaments in 2014—five in the United States and also the World Tour Finals in London. With the offseason finally upon us, it’s time to take a look back at the most memorable match I witnessed at each of those six events. From the high-quality, to the bizarre, to the controversial, I saw it all this year.
Now that Roger Federer has won a Davis Cup winners’ medal and pretty much won everything there is to win in tennis life, he can afford to kick back and relax, yes? No it would appear not as he gears up to make his debut for the International Premier Tennis League.
Another exceptional list of players has been confirmed for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, 5-10 January 2015, the first tournament on the ATP World Tour calendar for the New Year. The 2015 tournament heralds the return of the defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain and for the first time the appearance of seven-time Grand Slam winner and current world No1 Novak Djokovic.
Ilie Nastase had this to say about 22-year-old Simona Halep who won her sixth title of the year in Sofia. "To finish the year with a win like this is great for Simona. It will give her confidence going into the new year, which begins pretty soon in Australia." . . .
The Spanish Tennis Federation has published a book called “541 Smiles” which tracks the golden age of Spanish tennis.
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