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Rafael Nadal seems to have forgotten how to win easily. But he certainly hasn't forgotten how to win...
All this, and still no points that count for Rafael Nadal! At least a title would count. And we may have a new player to keep our eyes on in the form of Peter Gojowczyk.
While every day seems to bring a new high profile coach to the upper echelon of the ATP World Tour, Toni Nadal remains a constant. And while his world no.1 nephew Rafael continues to look supreme at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, the senior Nadal is in Brisbane...
Kevin Anderson withdrew from Brisbane due to an acute stomach virus, the sixth player to do so in the men’s and women’s draw. Sabine Lisicki was struck with a similar illness. . .
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.
For more years than he cares to remember, playing tennis has equated to pain for world no.1 Rafael Nadal.
After her scrappy and somewhat scratchy 6-4, 6-4 victory over Andrea Petkovic in her opening match of her 2014 campaign at the Brisbane International on Tuesday, Serena Williams has won 91 of her last 95 matches dating back to loss to Angelique Kerber at 2012 Cincinnati.
While Roger Federer may be the latest elite player to take on a "celebrity" coach in the form of Swede Stefan Edberg, Rafael Nadal has insisted he won't be joining the new trend.
Novak Djokovic is intent on winning the upcoming Australian Open for the fourth year in succession and the fifth time since 2008. And with new coach Boris Becker integrated into his team, he is more than content than another unbeaten run at Abu Dhabi’s.
Despite its opulent budget which ensures the presence of most of the male tennis world’s megastar players, much to its frustration, the Mubadala World Tennis Championship remains nothing more than an exhibition tournament.
Sometimes a live body is enough.
That was what Poland found when it took on Italy. Italy should have been in great shape, because they had two players and Poland, with Grzegorz Panfil playing alongside Agnieszka Radwanska, really had only one.
Canada’s Milos Raonic is the youngest member of the top 15 at the age of 22.
Andy Murray, currently in Abu Dhabi and warming up for the start of the tennis season where he will be attempting to reacclimatize himself to the men’s circuit after back surgery in September, is so motivated by unprecedented support from the British public he wants to repay them after admitting a sometimes ungrateful youth.
Andy Murray is playing down any expectations on his form as he flies to Abu Dhabi for the post-Christmas exhibition which will mark his return to tennis this week. The Scot is in a field with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic for the three-day event in the Gulf.
David Ferrer has been added to the fast-expanding the coach-change list, with the Spanish veteran announcing a split after a decade and a half with longtime mentor Javier Piles.
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