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Australian Samantha Stosur is pinning a lot of hopes on her new coach Miles Maclagan, who was once at the sides of Andy Murray, Marcos Baghdatis and Laura Robson. Maclagan and Robson split after the end of the season, and Stosur ended her long-term deal with David Taylor shortly after the US Open.
The ITF announced today that Serena Williams of the United States and Novak Djokovic of Serbia are the 2013 ITF World Champions. Williams is named Women’s World Champion for the fourth time, while this is the third successive year that Djokovic has received the honor.
Maria Sharapova has confessed that her ill-conceived experiment with Jimmy Connors as a coach over the summer was a lesson in bad timing.
World no.2 Novak Djokovic, determined to once again unseat Rafael Nadal from the top spot in world tennis, issued unexpected news this morning by declaring Boris Becker would become his head coach in the build up to the Serb’s Australian Open title defence next month.
Tennis New Zealand is putting a large chunk of developmental money into juniors and is now shying away from paying veteran pros. According to the New Zealand Herald, since 2007, Tennis New Zealand has invested more than $2 million in 40 to 50 players of all ages.
Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley is very high on teenagers Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis, saying that have elite potential. . . .Roger Federer won’t say how much Rod Laver will be involved at his charity event on Laver Arena prior to the Australian Open.
Jelena Dokic will take a pause to ponder the viability of her tennis career at age 30 as she joins the commentary team for the Hopman Cup in Perth starting December 28. Dokic has not played a professional match since late 2012 due to her continuing run of injuries, bad luck and illness.
Former ATP Players Council president Ivan Ljubicic put a tremendous amount of time into politicking for the betterment of his sport during his long playing career, but he retired in April of 2013 and is now coaching world No. 11 Milos Raonic.
With doubles partner Casey Dellacqua claiming an automatic spot in the Australian Open field with her finals victory at the weekend in the grand slam playoffs in Melbourne, Ash Barty is now keen to make sure she also takes a spot in the major.
Fears that Andy Murray, Britain’s first Wimbledon male singles champion for 77 years, might have blown his opportunity of winning the nation’s most prestigious sports award by staying in Miami to continue his rehabilitation after back surgery were dispelled as he was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year with a record proportion of the ballot.
US Davis Cup captain Jim Courier has been all over the world as a player, coach and TV analyst. He also runs the senior PowerShares Series, which will feature a number of legends playing across the US. including John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Michael Chang...
Novak Djokovic and fiancée Jelena Ristic have gone to the dogs on the internet, with postings of the world No. 2 and his partner "pressing paws" with their toy poodle Pierre to generate awareness for the Dogs Trust’s Press Paws Campaign on Twitter.
Roger Federer will compete in a few warm up of Australian tournaments when he headlines at the Brisbane International as top seed starting four days after Christmas.
Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal ,Novak Djokovic , Andy Murray, will they be the big four for 2014 ? We are studying the rankings. The singles today the doubles will be coming in any day.
The Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC), the world-class tennis training center in College Park, Md., announced that they are in the midst of a nationwide search to add the next great wave of American tennis coaches to their award-winning tennis program.
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