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Sloane Stephens had her best season ever working under USTA Player Development coach David Nainkin, finishing the year at No. 12 and reaching the second week of every Grand Slam event.
Apart from finally appointing Chris Kermode as the new executive chairman and president, the ATP World Tour’s six man board of directors has formally killed off the 11 year-old Thailand Open and have decided to set up another event in China.
InsideOut Sports & Entertainment announced today that Pete Sampras will play James Blake and John McEnroe will face Jim Courier in the semifinals of the Champions Shootout to be played Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 7 pm at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento.
In our last statistical column, we looked at the players with the most wins at Premier events, find that Serena Williams had by far the most (71, compared to 46 for the next player on the list). But what about losses?
Since Davis Cup carried points, we would ordinarily talk about movers at this time. But Novak Djokovic couldn't move no matter what, and Dusan Lajovic didn't add any points, and Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek effectively repeated what they did last year -- so nothing happened.
The ATP has announced the appointment of Chris Kermode as ATP Executive Chairman & President. Kermode begins a three-year term at the helm of the ATP starting on 1 January 2014, and will be based in the ATP’s London office.
The Hong Kong Tennis Open is a weeklong WTA tournament, which is set to debut on September 8 next year, will see the arrival of some of the world’s best female players in the SAR, as they compete for honors in the US$250,000 prize money tournament...
The Max Eisenbud influence is hugely apparent in Laura Robson’s appointment of veteran American coach Nick Saviano and his Floridian assistant Jesse Witten in a bid to direct the British teenager back towards the WTA top 20.
Stanislas Wawrinka has confirmed his participation in the Aircel Chennai Open, India's only ATP World Tour tennis event, starting December 30. . .
Robert Lansdorp has yet to be nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame, but perhaps he should be.
Juan Martin Del Potro is furious with the Argentina Tennis Association (AAT) and Davis Cup captain Martin Jaite, but the president of the (AAT) Arturo Grimaldi appears to have extended an olive branch to the Tower of Tandil, saying that he would walk to his city to talk with the nation’s No. 1.
At the age of 32, Filippo Volandri was by far the oldest contestant in the ATP Challenger Tour Finals but the Italian still came out on top in Sao Paolo, Brazil and won the title by overcoming Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez (eight years his junior) in the final.
Australia’s Bernard Tomic looks like being spared a further appearance in a Spanish court after his father John has decided against appealing against the eight month suspended jail sentence handed to him...
Novak Djokovic's continued criticism of the world anti-doping regime as he defends banned compatriot Viktor Troicki has stung one top official, who has suggested that the world No. 2 doesn't have a clue as to how the system works.
Injury-plagued British battler Elena Baltacha has given up on her tennis career and will now concentrate on coaching.
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