Archive: tennis
It was said by Radek Stepanek that the Serbian team "left the Ferrari in the garage ".... The team here at 10sballs feels the same way. How come Novak passed on playing on Saturday ? Fridays match wasn't a ball- buster ? Why did Novak blow off the official dinner ?
Rafael Nadal tops the ATP lists in more ways that one, with the notoriously tetchy top player in the world also the worst offender when it comes to warnings for slow play.
Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych have been named three of GQ’s most stylish athletes. . . David Ferrer to the New York Times on the recently retired David Nalbandian: “He could have been No. 1.” . . .
Daily Tennis News has learned that on a very limited basis, free lodging at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club is now part of the packages offered to Davis Cup supporters. The deadline for this limited offer is Dec. 2, 2013.
At the start of next year the ATP World Tour’s new executive chairman Chris Kermode will take residence in an office once occupied by the man he coached at tennis, Etienne de Villiers.
Andy Murray’s scheduled comeback tournament after back surgery, the exhibition Dream Cup on the Caribbean island of Barbados, has been cancelled due to financial problems and player withdrawals.
A total of 536 players from 125 nations have contested the 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas in another memorable year for the competition. Czech Republic, led by Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek, became the eighth nation to win back-to-back titles after defeating Serbia...
Novak Djokovic tossed aside any fears of over-work after a long ATP season and flew to Chile only hours after playing on Serbia's Davis Cup finals side last weekend.
Austin, Texas will be home to a new Mylan World TeamTennis team in 2014, with a familiar name on the roster - Austin resident Andy Roddick.
Sven Groeneveld has coached a slew of standout WTA players including Grand Slam champions such as Monica Seles, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Mary Pierce and Ana Ivanovic, but he has taken on an entirely new challenge as the new coach of four time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova.
Goran Ivanisevic, star of this year’s Statoil Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall, will finally get to see his beloved West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns after the event organisers arranged for him to travel from the iconic London venue to the West Midlands.
Sometimes the transition from the juniors to the pros is a difficult one - the raw talent is apparent, they just need some time to develop the complete package.
The ATP and WTA seasons are over, and the Davis and Fed Cup finals are in the books. But plenty of pros will be playing for various clubs in the French Team Championships, which began this week and will conclude December 15.
Six of the world’s top 10 women and four of the top 20 men – including tennis superstar Roger Federer – will headline Brisbane International 2014 presented by Suncorp.
On the face of things, life is going well for Wimbledon champion Andy Murray as he successfully steps up his rehabilitation by hitting tennis balls again on Key Biscayne’s Crandon Park.
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