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Check out some of the photos from the International Tennis Premier League (IPTL).
This being the week after Davis Cup, there have been the usual tennis articles bemoaning the lack of participation in tennis's oldest international competition. While we were reading (or, mostly, not reading) those, we were also working on problems in game theory, the mathematical discipline devoted to finding best strategies for solving particular problems.
Past complaints about the length of the tennis season will be conveniently shoved aside as the International Professional Tennis leagues begins a 15-day inaugural season featuring teams in four Asian cities at the weekend.
Check out these Instagram photos from the International Tennis Premier League (IPTL).
With a week to go until the Statoil Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall, Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King have selected their teams for finals day on Sunday 7th December, when a special Mylan World TeamTennis charity match will be held.
The News Has been broken by Bob Larson news service that Jo - Willie Tsonga is being paid 500 thousand dollars to play in the inaugural IPTL. If Jo is making $$$$$. What's Roger Federer getting ? $$$$$$$$$$$ ? Or Maria Sharapova ? Or Andy Murray ? We will know in time.
A total of 566 players from 122 nations contested the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas in another memorable year for the competition. Switzerland, led by Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, became only the 14th nation to win the 115-year-old event after defeating France 3-1 in the Final in Lille on 21-23 November.
The 42nd annual United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Hard Court Championships will get underway on Monday, December 1 at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, 2000 Spindrift Dr, La Jolla, Calif., 92037. The national tennis event will continue through Sunday, Dec. 7.
“Dodo Cheney was one of the most prolific champions in the history of tennis and the personification of tennis truly being a lifetime sport. She played competitively into her 90s, and her remarkable grace, singular class and competitive spirit made her one of our sport’s greatest ambassadors. She will be sorely missed by the sport that she loved.”
EPA photo gallery of the Switzerland team celebrating their victory over France at the Davis Cup Final by BNP Paribas held in Lille, France.
Check out some of the photos from the Davis Cup Final match between Switzerland & France.
Switzerland is one match victory away from its first Davis Cup title after winning Saturday's doubles rubber against France in Lille. The visitors were led by the 2008 Olympic gold medal-winning duo of Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, who blew past Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in just two hours and 12 minutes.
Click here to see some photos of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during the Davis Cup held at France.
The ITF has announced the latest results for the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final between France and Switzerland in Lille on 21-23 November. On Saturday, the International Tennis Hall of Fame and ITF also honoured Guy Forget and Henri Leconte with the 2014 Davis Cup Award of Excellence.
Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were hardly more than innocent bystanders during the first day of Davis Cup final action in Lille, France. At least Federer had an excuse, coming off a long week at the World Tour Finals that ended when he had to pull out of the title match against Novak Djokovic due to a back injury. Tsonga, on the other hand, simply got outplayed by Stan Wawrinka.
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