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The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced that Li Na and Peng Shuai have set new national records for Chinese tennis following their rise to career-high rankings in the latest WTA rankings released Monday.
Tim Henman is quietly doing his bit to try and keep British tennis on an upward path after the Wimbledon title breakthrough last summer of former protégé Andy Murray.
John McEnroe will try his hand again talking sports outside of tennis. In tennis, the now 55 year old is a wanted analyst for every major network given how entertaining he can be, but outside of tennis he has not been so successful. He has signed a contract with ESPN radio.
Third Paula Ormaechea of Argentina made a winning start at the new event as she defeated American Nicole Gibbs 6-2, 6-1. But Italy's Nastassja Burnett upset sixth seed Maria Teresa Torro of Spain 7-5, 6-4 at the relatively weak event on a week in which many top women prefer playing in Dubai halfway around the world.
Spanish sixth seed Feliciano Lopez rallied past dis-heartened American Sam Querrey 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to hand the Californian his fifth consecutive defeat of the season. One-time US No. 1 Querrey, his ranking sinking like a stone and now down to 57th, has not been able to produce much game after the heartbreak of an engagement gone wrong in 2013 and its subsequent effects on his tennis.
Lucie Safarova produced 31 winners and broke serve five times in a defeat of former Australian open semi-finalist Sloane Stephens 6-3, 7-5, the second first-round loss in as many week for the American.
Steve Johnson, a four time NCAA titlist during his time at USC, scored the best win of his pro career in the second round of the Delray Beach Open by ousting top seed Tommy Haas 6-4, 2-6, 7-6.
Click here to view the latest WTA results, order of play, and more from Dubai.
Serena Williams is back in Dubai a year after pulling out at the last possible moment from the hardcourt event. And the world No. 1 says that she hopes to make amends for that embarrassment by working to win the title at this edition for the first time.
Tim Henman is hoping that British tennis heir Andy Murray can stay relaxed as the summer title defence of his Wimbledon crown slowly approaches.
Petra Kvitova aimed to try and put aside a month of tennis torment as the 2011 Wimbledon winner vows to recover fitness in time for her title defence at the Dubai WTA tournament starting today.
Nine years after his last ATP appearance in the country as a raw teenaged talent, Rafael Nadal is back on court in Brazil and eager to make a fresh start in 2014 in the land of football and samba.
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Serena Williams is back in Dubai a year after pulling out at the last possible moment from the hard-court event. And the world No. 1 says that she hopes to make amends for that embarrassment by working to win the title at this edition for the first time.
The news isn’t so good for Jamie Murray whose doubles ranking had just re-entered the top 30 after slipping down for several years. The elder brother of Wimbledon champion Andy, has not played since the Australian Open and will be sidelined for at least another month after discovering a chipped bone in his pelvis.
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