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Novak Djokovic has had better days at the office, and will undoubtedly have more in the very near future. Thursday at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open was not one of them. Djokovic was stunned in the singles quarterfinals by Ivo Karlovic 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-4 then lost his doubles semifinal with Filip Krajinovic to Rafael Nadal and Juan Monaco 7-6(3), 6-1.
Check out the latest results & order of play from the tennis tournaments in Brisbane & Auckland.
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.
Tennis Channel will bring viewers exclusive tournament coverage from the 2015 Hyundai Hopman Cup beginning Sunday, Jan. 4, at 8 p.m. ET. Serena Williams, World No. 1, will partner with top-ranked American man John Isner in the annual mixed-doubles tournament. The network's telecast will include action from around the world as well as U.S. competitions.
It was surely a merry Christmas in the Federer household as the Swiss ace's record-breaking off-court earning power continued to rise in 2014. The world No. 2 Swiss, according to the Forbes magazine compilation, earned an estimated $40 million in annual off-court income from a handful of blue-chip, long-term sponsors.
Soon it will be time to put aside hopes, aspirations, maybe even delusions of being a fit and healthy person and to overindulge in Christmas Dinner, and avoiding the craziness of Boxing Day... which leads us to our history lesson of the day!
Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association, once the most profligate spending national governing body but now committed to a program of austerity under chief executive Michael Downey, have been accused of forcing a number of talented youngsters into turning their back on the sport.
The ITF announced today that Serena Williams of the United States and Novak Djokovic of Serbia are the 2014 ITF World Champions. Williams is named Women’s World Champion for the fifth time, while this is the fourth occasion that Djokovic has received the honour.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 8 Milos Raonic have been preparing for the 2015 ATP World Tour season at the annual ATP Training Camp in Monte-Carlo. Held every December since the 1990s, the ATP Training Camp gives players the chance to practise in the mild Monaco weather on the newly resurfaced hard courts of the Monte-Carlo Country Club...
Patrick McEnroe, you are responsible for directing the quite extensive resources of the USTA into junior player development.
USA TODAY Sports and Tennis Channel partnered to determine the best player and match of the 2014 men's and women's seasons. Novak Djokovic was voted "Player of the Year" and his Wimbledon five-set final battle against Roger Federer earned the title "Match of the Year."
Andy Murray will have no walk in the park in the Vienna, at least if the draw has anything to do with it. The second-seeded Scot’s opener will likely come against Vasek Pospisil
This year, amazingly, the women's singles Race was settled at Beijing, and even the doubles Race was pretty well done despite the fact that twice as many teams were eligible as in recent years.
Click here to see the latest photos from the Shanghai Rolex Masters.
Roger Federer covers the October issue of Town & Country. In the magazine, he opens up about how he deals with failure, his wife and children, and why he still has the urge to keep playing tennis.
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