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Serbia limps into the Davis Cup final with the Czech Republic after Janko Tipsarevic was ruled unfit to compete due to a chronic heel injury, leaving all of the heavy lifting to Novak Djokovic.
Dunlop introduced three new additions to its racquet lineup for 2014. At one end of the spectrum is the S2.0 Lite, which delivers Tour level performance in a lighter frame. At the other end is the S7.0 Lite, which is designed to deliver comfortable power as an oversized frame.
Veteran coach Riccardo Piatti has finally thrown some light over his mystery split from Frenchman Richard Gasquet midway through last week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London.
On paper, the final between Serbia and the Czech Republic should have been a blowout. Novak Djokovic tops Tomas Berdych, and Janko Tipsarevic tops Radek Stepanek, and that's it, right? Of course right.
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive live coverage of defending champion Czech Republic's and Serbia's Davis Cup final competition in Belgrade, Serbia, this weekend.
Sabine Lisicki has signed a second deal since reaching the final at Wimbledon when she signed with the car insurance company AdmiralDirekt.de.
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) announced a four year extension to its sponsorship by Highland Spring, the UK’s no.1 bottled water brand.
The State Government of Rio de Janeiro has torn up its three-year advertising contract with the ATP, which indicated that the chances of the ATP World Tour Finals moving there after the tour’s deal with London’s 02 area ends appear to be almost nil.
Critics of the Davis Cup maintain the 113 year-old competition has long been in dire need of an overhaul.
Maria Sharapova has a busy start of 2014 ahead: she’s scheduled to play Brisbane, the Australian Open, the Paris Indoors and then will head to Sochi, Russia with NBC Olympics as a correspondent for its Winter Games coverage.
Despite the annual chorus of complaints about a Davis Cup format fixed in stone, the worldwide team competition looks set to trudge on as it has for decades with the 2013 final set for this weekend in Belgrade.
Serbia’s bid to win the Davis Cup for the second time in the space of four years was dramatically hit this morning with the news Janko Tipsarevic has lost his battle to be fit for the three days of the final, starting tomorrow against the Czech Republic in Belgrade.
The Japan Tennis Federation announced Wednesday the host city, venue and playing surface for Canada’s upcoming Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie against Japan. / La Fédération japonaise de tennis a annoncé mercredi la ville, le site et la surface pour la rencontre du premier tour du Groupe mondial de la Coupe Davis par BNP Paribas opposant le Canada au Japon.
The USTA’s lawsuit against Baird, Major and VSW Productions for their Williams Sisters documentary had mixed results in front of U.S. District Judge Nelson Roman last week.
What started on a normal Monday morning, in Stuttgart on August 12, 2013, is of historic impact, not only for the Tennis Club Weissenhof but also more importantly for the MercedesCup.
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