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A pair of blockuster quarterfinal lineups are on hand for Friday at the Memphis Open and the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. In Memphis, American fans will be treated to five of their own in action. In Rotterdam, among those still alive in the title hunt are Tomas Berdych, Gael Monfils, Stan Wawrinka, and Gilles Muller.
A high-quality battle in the second round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Thursday saw Stan Wawrinka overcome familiar foe Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-2. Wawrinka fired eight aces without double-faulting as he advanced in two hours and 15 minutes.
GODIVA Chocolatier announced tennis player Caroline Wozniacki as their global celebrity ambassador. As the global leader in premium chocolate, GODIVA symbolizes quality and excellence, attributes that Wozniacki herself embodies both on and off the tennis court.
World No. 4 Andy Murray avoided going the distance against Vasek Pospisil on Thursday in Rotterdam, reeling off the final four games of the second-round contest to prevail 6-3, 7-5 at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.
Tennis features strongly in the 2015 Laureus Sports Awards nominations. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic leads the way, having been nominated alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Rory McIlroy in the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year category.
This wasn't a particularly long match -- about an hour and forty minutes, and it would have been shorter had Stan Wawrinka not fired multiple lets on match points -- but if Wawrinka wants to get his ranking back up, he'll need to do better than this. He still needs at least three more wins to rise above his current #8.
Andy Murray kicked off his ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament campaign on Wednesday with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Nicolas Mahut in the first round. The Australian Open runner-up broke serve on four occasions--exactly half of the time--before advancing in one hour and 33 minutes.
Caroline Wozniacki, who has been playing some of the best tennis of her career lately, has now become the latest WTA megastar to grace the pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
Check out the latest photos from the tennis tournament in Rotterdam.
Milos Raonic sealed his debut with a 19th ace to see off Russian qualifier Alexander Kuznetsov 6-7(5), 6-1, 7-5. The Canadian second seed needed a comeback after losing the opening set to the No. 88 before taking control in the second set and keeping up the pressure in the third to book into the second round.
Check out the latest draws and order of play from the tennis tournament in Rotterdam.
The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament features an incredible draw, especially by 500-point standards. Dominic Thiem, however, got a favorable one for his first-round contest.
The McEnroe Challenge for Charity presented by Masimo, a one-day, free admission special event on Saturday, March 7 ahead of the BNP Paribas Open, the largest ATP World Tour and WTA combined two-week event in the world, will feature John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, Tracy Austin, Lindsay Davenport, James Blake, Rick Leach, Coco Vandeweghe and Madison Keys...
In terms of quantity, no month on the tennis schedule is busier than February. And things really heat up this week in Rotterdam, Memphis, and Sao Paulo. Rotterdam is especially loaded, with Andy Murray, Milos Raonic, Tomas Berdych, and Stan Wawrinka all on board.
The Canadian Fed Cup team has lost its first-ever tie in Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play, falling 4-0 to Czech Republic in the first round on Sunday. Playing at PEPS on the campus of Laval University in Quebec City, the Czechs entered the day leading 2-0 and officially earned the sweep thanks to Karolina Pliskova’s 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa) in the third rubber of the tie.
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