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Andy Murray will delay his official return to the ATP tennis until 2014 season as the recent back surgery patient withdrew from the season-ending World Tour Finals next month.
With Rafael Nadal back in place as the world no.1 after so many injury problems and many wondering whether he would ever be fully fit to contest at 100% again, questions are now understandably being asked on how the Majorcan managed to overcome his physical problems.
Andy Murray may have dropped a huge hint as to when he plans to return to tennis after last week's back surgery, with the Wimbledon winner lined up to play a VIP exhibition in late November in the Caribbean at the new Dream Cup.
World no.3 Andy Murray may be under doctor’s orders to rest and not exert himself in any way after his successful back operation last week.
David Nalbandian, in the eyes of many respected judges, the finest all-court player in recent years never to have won a Grand Slam singles title, has announced his retirement at the age of 31 after a persistent battle to overcome a shoulder injury.
John Tomic may have escaped jail for his much publicized violent altercation with his son’s former practice partner in Madrid but he continues to be ostracized from the game and Tennis Australia has announced he will be blocked from attending next January’s Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal fired the first shots in their struggle this week for the ATP top ranking held by the Serb, with top seed and three-time champion Djokovic beating Lukas Rosol 6-0, 6-3 in less than an hour.
Former No. 1 Carlos Moya firmly believes that Andy Murray won’t make it to the top of the rankings despite
While Serena received the good news that without hitting a ball she had done enough to secure the year ending WTA world no.1 ranking for the third time in her career, Venus had to accept the double disappointment of third set tiebreak defeat Petra Kvitova in Toray Pan Pacific semi-final in Tokyo and being told the 129.9 mph serve she hit 24 hours earlier was not being accepted.
Top-ranked American John Isner, 2013 Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli and rising U.S. stars Vicky Duval and Taylor Townsend have been added to the lineup for Mylan WTT Smash Hits.
Venus Williams is not content with proving she is far from edging sedately towards retirement by reaching the semi-finals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
WTA boss Stacey Allaster has called the bluff of those agitating for more equality between the tennis sexes, saying in Singapore that women would be happy to play best-of-five-sets at grand slams.
The timing was ironic. Andy Murray was recovering from back surgery in his London private hospital bed while the head man of British tennis Michael Downey was insisting his entire approach to building a stronger reputation the sport on the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean would be built around the Scot.
The International Tennis Federation has been criticized for declaring Marin Cilic withdrew from Wimbledon because of a knee injury when the body was fully aware the Croatian was in fact not allowed to compete because he was under investigation following a failed dope test.
Concerns are already running high in France that Jo-Wilfried Tsonga might follow the trend of several other leading singles player and make himself unavailable for next February’s Davis Cup World Group opener against Australia.
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