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The United States Tennis Association (USTA) named Cooper Anderson of Western Washington University, the USTA Tennis On Campus National Leader of the Year for the 2013-2014 season. The award is presented annually to the college student who has made significant contributions to the USTA’s Tennis On Campus program in a manner that benefits the well-being of their fellow students and the surrounding community.
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Every time Serena Williams wins a match in the Sony Open, and she made quite a habit of doing so over the years after reaching the final nine times and winning the title on six of those occasions, the world no.1 gets asked the question: You really do love Miami.
Concern has been mounting for the past few days about Bernard Tomic after the 21 year-old Australian, whose notoriety is already expansive in tennis circles, added another unwanted record by playing the shortest match in ATP World Tour history; a 28 minutes long embarrassment against Jarkko Nieminen at the Sony Open in Miami.
Miami Sony Open. It was a match that could have gone either way. Andy Murray versus Novak Djokovic. They played each other since they were little kids. But what happened in Miami yesterday belonged back in those days.
It's still eight months down the track, but the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals has already lined up a ticket sales deal for what is expected to be another sold-out week of elite play in London in November.
Italy’s hopes of reaching a first Davis Cup World Group semi-final since 1998 could be jeopardized by leading player Fabio Fognini either missing next week’s tie against Great Britain or playing in pain because of an injured leg muscle.
Argentina’s Damian Steiner has been regarded as one of tennis’ leading umpires for the last five years and as regular Supervisor at ATP Challenger events is perceived as having an excellent grasp of the rules of the game. However Andy Murray would have good cause to query that reputation after a glaring error in umpiring...
IMG, owners of the Sony Open in Miami, have admitted they might be forced to sell the event to concerns in China, the Middle East or India if they are continuously prevented in their efforts to upgrade the Crandon Park site on Key Biscayne.
Rafael Nadal hammered Fabio Fognini 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour as Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray set up a re-run of the 2013 Wimbledon final. Nadal next plays Canadian 12th seed Milos Raonic, who reached the Miami quarters for the first time by beating German Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-4 on a fourth match point.
First Patrick. Now Jose. “When a high percentage of the coaches want it more than the players,” he said, “we have a problem.”
Top seed Rafael Nadal thrilled a Spanish-speaking home crowd as he crushed Denis Istomin 6-1, 6-0 to steamroll into the fourth round. The Australian Open finalist fished off his demolition in 59 minutes with six breaks of serve to maintain a perfect 4-0 slate in the series with the Uzbek coached by his mother.
The five leading women's seeds all won, led by Serena Williams, who beat Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-1. Williams was finally satisfied after some patchy performances on court. "I was really struggling my first two matches, so I just wanted to have a better performance today," the world number one said.
The last ball has been struck at what turned out to be one of the most successful non-Grand Slam events in pro tennis history as the Indian Wells Tennis Garden gets set to next host America’s rising starts...
Na Li is the highest-paid Chinese athlete for the second year in a row, according to media group Titan Sports. Li was estimated as earning 124.5 million Yuan ($20 million) last year, making her by far the top earner in the rankings published by the group.
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