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This match wasn't exactly meaningless -- Richard Gasquet can use the points as he tries to stay Top Ten next year, and for Novak Djokovic, he needs everything he can get if he is to threaten Rafael Nadal's top ranking in the first part of 2014.
Please find below the latest results from the 2013 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters and ITF Wheelchair Doubles Masters taking place in Mission Viejo, California, USA on 5-11 November.
The ATP has announced significant prize money increases that will see player compensation increase by an average of 10% annually over the next five years across ATP World Tour 500 tournaments.
Back in action on Friday in Captiva at the Women’s Pro Classic $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit Event at South Seas Island Resort were six American players in the Singles Quarterfinals including Nicole Gibbs, Julia Cohen (seed #6), Jessica Pegula (seeded #8), Allie Kiick and Julia Boserup.
Stanislas Wawrinka admitted after the match that he'd been nervous. It certainly showed in the first set and beginning of the second. "I had to fight to keep the ball in," he said of his many mistakes.
Former top 5 player Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan on Li Na becoming the first Asian woman to reach the world No.3 ranking. “For Asian players it's really good. When I was young there weren't so many Asian players in the world, ...
Roger Federer's suggestion that anti-doping tests are on the decline was heartily disputed to German agency dpa by the ITF's drug-testing boss Stuart Miller, who said the Swiss has been the subject of numerous controls.
Roger Federer isn’t about to hop on the ‘Viktor Troicki is unfortunate’ bandwagon and instead of sympathizing with the Serb for being banned from tennis for a year after a misunderstanding over the taking of a drugs test, maintains rules are there for a reason and tennis needs to be even more vigilant on anti-doping matters.
The message to Rafael Nadal certainly seems to be, if you want to preserve your world no.1 ranking into the New Year then the best policy is to keep out of the kitchen.
The debate over whether Victor Troicki received a raw deal from the ITF and Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) when he was suspended for 12 months for failing to take a blood test took a new turn on Thursday when ATP Players’ Council chief Roger Federer weighed in more on the side of anti-doping authorities.
Early Thursday morning as the sun peeked through the clouds, three-time Paralympic gold medalists David Wagner and Nick Taylor practiced at the Marguerite Tennis Pavilion.
This was the day's first singles match, and it wasn't as routine as the score -- both players seemed nervous (both had more errors than winners), and it took Roger Federer half a dozen match points to finish.
Stanislas Wawrinka was less than thrilled with Rafael Nadal’s uncle Toni allegedly coaching his nephew during his loss to the Spaniard in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.
Rafael Nadal has returned to the year-end No. 1 three years after last holding it as the Spaniard capped a miracle comeback season after winning a second group match at the World Tour Finals. And Nadal could not be more thrilled.
Samantha Stosur, determined to recapture a place in the world’s top ten after slipping down to 18th position on the WTA computer has appointed the Zambian-born former British Davis Cup player Miles Maclagan, as her new coach.
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