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Melanie Oudin was pretty pleased how her fall season had gone, as she won the Las Vegas USTA Challenger and reached the semifinals of four more circuit events.
Ana Ivanovic is trying not to let the pressure of once standing atop the WTA rankings get in the way of what the Serb hopes will be a return to top form in 2014.
Dutchman Robin Haase has admitted that an anti-doping test carried out in 2006 revealed that he has abnormally high levels of testosterone, but in a letter he received from the ATP, they said it the abnormal level could very well be natural.
A Milos Raonic fundraiser fun day in Toronto has raised $120,000 in support of the Milos Raonic Foundation and Tennis Canada’s Let’s Make Tennis Matter for Kids campaign.
It's boom time this month for tennis in South America, with Maria Sharapova set to make her return to the sport after missing several months since the summer with a shoulder injury, The Russian world No. 4 will face Ana Ivanovic next week in the Colombian capital of Bogata on December 6.
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.” . . .
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Injury-plagued British battler Elena Baltacha has given up on her tennis career and will now concentrate on coaching.
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