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Victoria Azarenka heads the nominations for the 2014 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Zone Group I events taking place in the week of 3 February alongside the World Group and World Group II first round ties.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands' aggressive all-court game was hitting its mark, as she stunned Agnieszka Radwanska in her first match of the year
The V-Grid Tennis Fest Featuring the Bryan Bros. just keeps getting bigger and bigger each year as the popular Ventura County fundraiser presented by Alexander Cadillac once again raised more than $100,000 for both the Ventura County Junior Tennis Association and the Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons, as well as other local causes and regional charities supported by the Bryan Bros. Foundation.
In Australia, Christina McHale is working with USTA coach Jorge Todero, as is Lauren Davis. Madison Keys is working with Todero’s son, Juan. . .K.T.Kim from Solinco tells us that his Solinco string won all sorts of awards again. We've tried many of them and find them awesome...
Bethanie Mattek-Sands has had a rough fall, as she suffered three tears in her MCL and spent hundreds of hours lying on a table in her doctor’s office having to rehab. The frequently injured 28 year old didn't lose hope though, and in Sydney on Tuesday she shocked top seed Agnieszka Radwanska...
Lleyton Hewitt has decided not to risk his fitness with the Australian Open starting in less than a week. The 32-year-old made a precautionary withdrawal from the Kooyong exhibition and was replaced in the field by a teenaged unknown.
Organizers of the Apia International Sydney, have turned a blind eye to the ATP World Tour directive that defending champion Bernard Tomic's banned father John should not be allowed to attend tournaments.
Roger Federer on what he learned from his five-set loss to former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in the 2003 Davis Cup semifinals: “I think it really proved to me that I could play great tennis not just for a set, two sets, but three sets or maybe even longer against the toughest guys out there,” Federer said of his five-set loss.
As Pat Cash dips back into tennis briefly at this week's exhibition event in Adelaide, the World Tennis Challenge, the former Wimbledon winner admits to mixed feelings about the lack of hard-charging young Aussies in the current game.
Despite helping France to a first-ever Hopman Cup title alongside Alize Cornet, with the tie decided by the mixed doubles rubber, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will still not be adding the event to his grand slam to-do list anytime soon.
Laura Robson’s chances of even starting the Australian Open have been thrown into doubt following the British no. 1 being forced to retire midway through her first match of the year at the Hobart International earlier today because of ongoing wrist problems.
Rafael Nadal is so relaxed after starting his year with a first ever Qatar ExxonMobil Open title that he saw no need to rush for a flight to Australia and instead spent a leisurely day off in Doha catching up with his former football idol Raul and relaxing with his family.
Jan Menneken, the man responsible for bringing in more than $500 million of commercial and television income to the International Tennis Federation over the last 16 years, is to leave his position as the governing body’s Executive Director, Commercial at the end of the month.
WTA organizers were dealt a body blow as seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams withdrew from the pre-Australian Open event to rest after losing a final in New Zealand at the weekend to Ana Ivanovic. Williams, 33, pulled the plug on her participation...
Despite a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 loss in the Brisbane final to Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Federer is well pleased with his start to the 2014 season after coming off of a year to forget.
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