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Boris Becker knows all about being left behind on tour. The former No. 1 was at the top of his class from 1985-1991 when he won five of his six Grand Slam titles, but then he was eventually surpassed by the likes of Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Andre Agassi.
Tennis great Rod Laver believes that Australian young gun Bernard Tomic needs to make a New Year’s resolution to work a lot harder if he's to advance his stalled career.
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.
Tennis great Rod Laver believes that Australian young gun Bernard Tomic needs to make a New Year resolution to work a lot harder if he's to advance his stalled career...
The French national sporting newspaper l’Equipe, in the view of many a publication that provides the best and most comprehensive coverage of tennis around the globe, has awarded its’ Champions de Champions awards to Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams.
Boris Becker revealed he was approached by a representative of Novak Djokovic to be head coach as long ago as October and the actual day at the China Open in Beijing that the Serb lost his world no.1 ranking to Rafael Nadal.
The recently retired Xavier Malisse has been named as the new coach of fellow Belgian Ruben Bemelmans. Or that if The X Man gets a bit fitter like the other 30 plus year old players that he will still play singles and doubles as well. After all he and Ruben make a great doubles team.
Former great Stefan Edberg has left the door wide open for a possible coaching collaboration with Roger Federer, with the Swede telling local media that he is ready to work with the 17-time grand slam event champion if asked.
Jerzy Janowicz withdrew from the Hopman Cup with a foot injury and will be replaced by No. 287 Grzegorz Panfil. . . Adidas will outfit Andy Murray in the semi-fitted Barricade top for the Australian Open. . .
The ITF announced today that Serena Williams of the United States and Novak Djokovic of Serbia are the 2013 ITF World Champions. Williams is named Women’s World Champion for the fourth time, while this is the third successive year that Djokovic has received the honor.
World no.2 Novak Djokovic, determined to once again unseat Rafael Nadal from the top spot in world tennis, issued unexpected news this morning by declaring Boris Becker would become his head coach in the build up to the Serb’s Australian Open title defence next month.
Serena Williams topped ESPN’s “Impact List” as the female athlete who has the most influence in 2013...
Amidst collecting just about every award has to offer, albeit from a considerable distance while still ensconced in his Miami training base, Andy Murray has finally given the thumbs up to his return to action after back surgery and officially announced he will be playing next week’s Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi.
Swiss Marc Rosset has delved into nostalgia, telling the Swiss Tennis magazine Smash that he longs for the game of the past when the fields at the grand slams were more wide open than they are today.
Former ATP Players Council president Ivan Ljubicic put a tremendous amount of time into politicking for the betterment of his sport during his long playing career, but he retired in April of 2013 and is now coaching world No. 11 Milos Raonic.
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