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The Andy Murray/Ivan Lendl relationship as player and celebrity coach, that set the trend for Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and several other top flight players to follow, sensationally came to an end today with the news the pair are to part after an exemplary two years that realized Olympic gold, the US Open and Wimbledon titles.
Alexandr Dolgopolov's run at the BNP Paribas Open, which included a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) third-round upset of Rafael Nadal, came to an end on Saturday with a 6-3, 6-1 semifinal loss to Roger Federer.
If Serena Williams is going to turn her slightly disappointing 2014 around, now would be a perfect time to start. After Miami, the Tour turns to surfaces where she is ever so slightly less comfortable, plus she is playing right in her own back yard, and she's defending champion, so she has strong reason to want to do well.
Boris Becker was certainly in need of some good news from afar as he sat in his Wimbledon home and watched Novak Djokovic win the BNP Paribas Open title in Indian Wells. The absent German had just lost an expensive Spanish court case that will result in a Majorcan villa he has owned for 17 years being confiscated and set to be auctioned off for a predicted 7.1 million euros...
Victoria Azarenka won't be making the same mistake twice. At least not in Miami. Azarenka withdrew from the Sony Open on Wednesday, citing the foot injury that hampered her at the BNP Paribas Open.
Tennis Channel will be the "March Madness" home for tennis fans again in 2014, as the network offers more than 180 live hours of combined coverage across 17 days from two of the sport's most prestigious events.
Tomas Berdych has been integral to the Czech Republic’s success in Davis Cup, playing both singles and doubles in the two title winning campaigns of 2012 and 2013. But now it seems he is about to join the list of leading players whose commitment to the 114 year team event is conditional.
Rafael Nadal’s hard court successes in 2013 have defied belief after at the beginning of the year he maintained the surface was dangerous to players’ health.
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The Women’s Tennis Association announced that World No. 2 Victoria Azarenka is the recipient of the 2013 Diamond ACES Award for the second consecutive year.
Jelena Jankovic maintained her decision to take on elder brother Marko as her permanent coach was the catalyst for her 2013 comeback that has seen her qualify as one of the world’s top eight for the first time since 2010 in the season-ending TEB BNP Paribas–sponsored WTA Championships in Istanbul.
Fila announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with The Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC), College Park, Maryland to promote Fila’s performance tennis apparel, footwear and accessories at one of the nation’s top USTA Regional Training programs.
Andy Murray may be a die-hard boxing fan, but the Scot is not ready to adapt any of the drills utilized in the noble art into his tennis training regime.
Andy Murray will take four days off after again proving himself sufficiently fit to beat the game’s supposed iron-men
Maria Sharapova was making errors by the truckload in this match -- not a good idea against Sara Errani, who is very good at stretching out points.
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