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As an exercise in formulating an impressive roster of tennis names, StarWing Sports Management appears to have most bases covered. As a current day champion the company manages Australian Open winner, Stanislas Wawrinka.
The Party Rock Open, a $50,000 women's USTA Pro Circuit event in Las Vegas, is closing up after not being able to replace its title sponsorship.
Top seed and holder Williams will open on Thursday in the second round after a bye against Yaroslava Shvedova, who beat former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-2 in first-round play. Ukrainian Elina Svitolina put out American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
The Andy Murray/Ivan Lendl relationship as player and celebrity coach, that set the trend for Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and several other top flight players to follow, sensationally came to an end today with the news the pair are to part after an exemplary two years that realized Olympic gold, the US Open and Wimbledon titles.
Serena Williams will return to her comfort zone at the Miami Masters after dealing with a back problem the last time she played a month ago in Dubai. The No. 1 skipped Indian Wells as usual as part of a family feud with organizers which has lasted for 13 years, but is ready to step onto court after her pause.
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Alexandr Dolgopolov's run at the BNP Paribas Open, which included a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) third-round upset of Rafael Nadal, came to an end on Saturday with a 6-3, 6-1 semifinal loss to Roger Federer.
While Serena Williams remains optimistic about her chances at the Miami Masters, it's just the opposite for Agnieszka Radwanska, who will have to hope she heals her left knee enough to make a second-round starts after a bye at the event.
Victoria Azarenka has signed a two-year agreement with online automobile insurance company Esurance, reports Sports Business Journal.
The statistics for these two were almost eerily similar. Going into Novak Djokovic's fifth service game of the third set, each had five aces, and each had put in 65% of first serves. Djokovic had won only one more point. And Djokovic had had only one more break...
Novak Djokovic is dreaming of the perfect tennis calendar - which he admits will almost surely never be realized. "In an ideal world, Australian Open can start three, four weeks later. Having one of the four grand slams right at the start of the season is a little bit too early...
Despite having first-class facilities to hand, staging an American Davis Cup tie would be an almost impossible task for the newly expanded Indian Wells Tennis Garden, with tournament CEO Raymond Moore blaming inconvenient scheduling vis-a-vis his annual Masters 1000 with making a Davis tie all but logistically impossible.
Andy Murray enjoys two things above all others in tennis, winning major trophies and working hard in preparation for such triumphs. And the Wimbledon champion who, by his own admission is still some way short of recapturing his best form after back surgery late last year, has been utilizing the last few days away from the public gaze to put in the hard yards.
Rafael Nadal's occasional coach believes that even his celebrated client can sometimes be blocked by insecurities, especially when playing away from his beloved clay, Francisco Roig, who substitutes on the road several times a year in order to give Nadal's permanent coach uncle Toni a bit of a rest at home, said the world No. 1 can fall victim to poor form and psychological issues on occasion.
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