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Daily Tennis News has learned that on a very limited basis, free lodging at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club is now part of the packages offered to Davis Cup supporters. The deadline for this limited offer is Dec. 2, 2013.
At the start of next year the ATP World Tour’s new executive chairman Chris Kermode will take residence in an office once occupied by the man he coached at tennis, Etienne de Villiers.
Andy Murray’s scheduled comeback tournament after back surgery, the exhibition Dream Cup on the Caribbean island of Barbados, has been cancelled due to financial problems and player withdrawals.
A total of 536 players from 125 nations have contested the 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas in another memorable year for the competition. Czech Republic, led by Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek, became the eighth nation to win back-to-back titles after defeating Serbia...
Feinbloom, a lifelong tennis player and fan, asked the former WTA world-ranked No. 2-player Jaeger if he could help raise awareness for Jaeger’s Little Star Foundation
Austin, Texas will be home to a new Mylan World TeamTennis team in 2014, with a familiar name on the roster - Austin resident Andy Roddick.
Sven Groeneveld has coached a slew of standout WTA players including Grand Slam champions such as Monica Seles, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Mary Pierce and Ana Ivanovic, but he has taken on an entirely new challenge as the new coach of four time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova.
InsideOut Sports & Entertainment announced today that Pete Sampras will play James Blake and John McEnroe will face Jim Courier in the semifinals of the Champions Shootout to be played Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 7 pm at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento.
In our last statistical column, we looked at the players with the most wins at Premier events, find that Serena Williams had by far the most (71, compared to 46 for the next player on the list). But what about losses?
Since Davis Cup carried points, we would ordinarily talk about movers at this time. But Novak Djokovic couldn't move no matter what, and Dusan Lajovic didn't add any points, and Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek effectively repeated what they did last year -- so nothing happened.
The Hong Kong Tennis Open is a weeklong WTA tournament, which is set to debut on September 8 next year, will see the arrival of some of the world’s best female players in the SAR, as they compete for honors in the US$250,000 prize money tournament...
The Max Eisenbud influence is hugely apparent in Laura Robson’s appointment of veteran American coach Nick Saviano and his Floridian assistant Jesse Witten in a bid to direct the British teenager back towards the WTA top 20.
At the age of 32, Filippo Volandri was by far the oldest contestant in the ATP Challenger Tour Finals but the Italian still came out on top in Sao Paolo, Brazil and won the title by overcoming Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez (eight years his junior) in the final.
Australia’s Bernard Tomic looks like being spared a further appearance in a Spanish court after his father John has decided against appealing against the eight month suspended jail sentence handed to him...
Novak Djokovic's continued criticism of the world anti-doping regime as he defends banned compatriot Viktor Troicki has stung one top official, who has suggested that the world No. 2 doesn't have a clue as to how the system works.
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