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Two-time Czech Davis Cup champion Radek Stepanek and former French winners Guy Forget, Henri Leconte, Yannick Noah and Cedric Pioline are among the latest group of players to be presented with the Davis Cup Commitment Award.
Enigmatic Ivan Lendl appears to be quietly satisfied with the work he's done over the past few seasons with Andy Murray, taking the Scot to his first two grand slam titles. The 53-year-old Czech who never, ever lets his emotions get out of hand and is known for sitting stone-faced through the most dramatic of matches.
Tomas Berdych has been integral to the Czech Republic’s success in Davis Cup, playing both singles and doubles in the two title winning campaigns of 2012 and 2013. But now it seems he is about to join the list of leading players whose commitment to the 114 year team event is conditional.
As he waits to see if his back injury from the Australian Open final will allow him to travel to South American later in the week to resume on the ATP, Rafael Nadal has taken a time at home in Mallorca to play some charity hands for sponsor PokerStars.
Somdev Devvarman says that with India's recent Davis Cup win over Chinese Taipei without veterans Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi that it is time to shift focus toward the younger players.
The organizers of the BNP Paribas Showdown and the Hong Kong Tennis Association have put their dispute behind them when the association received the money they had requested.
As Wimbledon champion, Andy Murray would appear a distinctly marketable asset. However corporate Britain hasn’t really bought into the Scot yet even though he has just been in GQ’s magazine’s inaugural list of UK 100 Most Connected Men.
With players straggling in from Davis Cup, action was slow on the ATP on Monday. Only one main draw match was scheduled, with Paul-Henri Mathieu beating Nicolas Mahut 6-1, 3-0 when Mahut retired with influenza in a poor day of play for any ticketholders.
Teams are already moving into place for the season start of Fed Cup play at the weekend. In the first round, Italy will play the US without any household names, Australia will face Russia in Tasmania, the Czech Republic take on Spain and Germany play the Slovaks.
Novak Djokovic and his lovely Jelena Ristic have been a couple for 8 years and it looks like he intends to make it Mr. & Mrs. In the coming year. They really make a beautiful couple.
Michael Mortensen, who is now coaching Caroline Wozniacki, is on a trial basis until the end of the Sony Open in Miami at the end of March. “My aim is that this should be for the year,” he said. “I would like to see we have a full season together.” ... Aga Radwanska appears in the new issue of Polish Glamour magazine...
An ankle injury which occurred at the Australian Open but which barely came to light is starting to impact the ATP schedule of Milos Raonic, with the Canadian joining a parade of pull-outs from the Zagreb event this week.
Andy Murray has never been a fan of anybody who makes ludicrous remarks simply for effect. In fact he downright treats them with total derision and so when he insists Britain’s Davis Cup team have now set their sights on winning the trophy for the first time since 1936, it’s time to take notice.
Lleyton Hewitt has given a serve to anti-doping protocols in Davis Cup after he was delayed two hours after losing a match by anti-doping functionaries at the first round tie in France. Besides going down 5-0 to the hosts, the long-time Australian stalwart was fuming at his treatment at the hands of the paper-shufflers.
From a British perspective, the captaincy of Jim Courier in the United States’ humiliating home Davis Cup defeat at the hands of Andy Murray and the rest of the British team, left a lot to be desired.
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