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John Isner has managed to avoid surgery on a troubled knee, with the No. 14 American counting only on fitness training and rehab to try and get his joint into shape.
Just hours after returning to Spain from his exhibition tour of South America, world no.1 Rafael Nadal was awarded the title of his nation’s greatest athlete of all time at the sporting newspaper Marca’s silver anniversary gala in Madrid.
Tennis Channel will sprint into the holiday season with a two-week rebroadcast of the 2013 French Open Set to begin at 12 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 1, “Roland Garros Redux: Paris for the Holidays” will include daily matches followed by evening wrap-up and interview show French Open Tonight.
World no.9 Richard Gasquet has moved quickly to replace coach Riccardo Piatti who walked out on the Frenchman midway through the recent Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and will be working with former French Open champion Sergi Bruguera from next February.
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Sania Mirza will continue to partner Romanian Horia Tecau in the mixed doubles at the Australian Open. . . Andrea Petkovic, who has been frequently injured, is pleased with her comeback. She ended the year ranked No. 43 after starting it ranked No. 143.
Martina Hingis’ 2013 comeback, which lasted all of six weeks, may be the last the tennis world sees her on the WTA. Sources say that Hingis has no plans to compete next year...
China’s leading tennis ladies have confirmed their participation in the Shenzhen Open, as the official direct entry list is announced for the USD 500,000 WTA tournament, which takes place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center from December 29, 2013, to January 4, 2014.
With six of the eight Grand Slam singles titles going to European players in 2013, tennis television rights in Europe remain big business.
Former No. 1 Ilie Nastase of Romania says that no one should be pushing Roger Federer to retire. “I think Federer should play for as long as he wants,” he said. “I don’t agree with those people who say that you should retire when you are past your absolute best or prime.
Pete Sampras and his wife, actress Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, have sold their Lake Sherwood-area compound near Thousand Oaks above Los Angeles.
Pat Cash has now been the face of CNN’s Open Court television show for five years but the Australian still keeps himself more than active on the competitive court in seniors’ event. And he will be re-running his 1987 Wimbledon triumph against Ivan Lendl in London...
The Dusseldorf clay event has dodged another financial bullet and will be held in May, 2014 despite the loss of sponsor PowerHorse energy drinks, officials have confirmed.
Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley says he’s taking further aim at the Asian market in order to overcome this year’s dip in profits. The new CEO also says Tennis Australia will be better placed to handle a $3 million increase in prize money for the 2014 Australian Open, which will be a record $33 million.
Melanie Oudin was pretty pleased how her fall season had gone, as she won the Las Vegas USTA Challenger and reached the semifinals of four more circuit events.
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