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We needed "SpiffyShades" at the matches today and it was not due to the blazing desert sun..Sunglasses were needed to shield our eyes from the dazzling array of hot- colored clothing. (neon everywhere) Fila, Adidas, Nike, Asics....
For Federer, this represents another small step toward a likely return to #7 -- or perhaps higher.
The Australian Open may be called “the Happy Slam,” but perhaps at no event are the players in a more jovial mood than they are at the BNP Paribas Open.
Click here to view the latest ATP draws from the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells.
Roger Federer is ready to play doubles more often as his back continues to remain healthy. He has teamed up with Stanislas Wawrinka at Indian Wells.
Many are the calls for women to play the best of five sets matches in Grand Slam events to justify equal prize money with their male counterparts. Now Maria Sharapova has insisted that a far better plan would be to play men’s matches at the four majors over a shorter distance of best of three sets.
Edouard Roger-Vasselin has seen his ranking slide significantly lately, but he wasn't defending anything this week; this will probably let him gain at least a little.
Rafael Nadal is set to add another client to his endorsement portfolio with the April 2 signing of a brand ambassador contract with Spain's Banco Sabadell. The institution already has in informal link with the world No. 1, as title sponsor of the Barcelona ATP clay event where the 13-time grand slam winner has claimed trophies at eight of the last nine editions.
The back injury problems which compromised his 2013 season and were only straightened out by rest and rehab have given Roger Federer a valuable lesson in managing his body. As a result, the 32-year-old Swiss remains one of the few tennis elites not seduced by the new IPTL set...
Ion Tiriac, the Romanian tennis star turned billionaire with the trademark moustache, was the initial guiding force behind Boris Becker’s teenage onslaught onto the tennis world that saw the German become a Wimbledon champion at the age of 17. But nearly three decades on Tiriac is not sure his former prodigy has what it takes to become a top-flight coach...
Is there some rule that says Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer can never be sound at the same time? Nadal, after a long bout of back problems, is back to defend his title at Indian Wells, but Ferrer -- who lost his opener last year -- will be unable to play; he is the top player missing.
Ever since Andy Murray emerged on the scene, he has made it clear the French Open and clay present the greatest difficulties for him to play his best tennis, even though he was schooled in the finer points of the game at the Academy Sanchez-Casal in Barcelona.
Roger Federer moved ahead of John McEnroe in the all-time list of tournament winners with the 78th singles title of his career, by winning the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the sixth time in his career, and he believes his decision to opt for a bigger racket was crucial.
Rafael Nadal is joining esteemed tennis colleagues including Roger Federer and Andy Murray in setting up his own management company to better direct the cash flow from a mega-lucrative tennis career more direct into his own pocket rather than paying big management fees to others.
Just as in the semifinal against Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer started stronger than the scoreline. He and Tomas Berdych were almost even in the first set, but Berdych won it, and went up by a break in the second -- and then Federer started amping up the pressure.
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