World No. 4 Andy Murray bids a tearful farewell to his prized pooch, Maggie, before heading to Beijing for the prestigious China Open. The 23-year-old Scot will be looking to regroup next week at the tournament, where he is seeded second.
Other entrants committed to the ATP World Tour 500 event include: top-seeded defending champion Novak [...]
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki continued her smooth progress at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Thursday. The Dane earned safe passage into the final four after opponent Agnieszka Radwanska retired with a left foot injury. Wozniacki built a 5-0 lead before Radwanska called it a day.
By virtue of her quarterfinal-round success, Wozniacki is guaranteed a [...]
With the WTF’s just around the corner, 6 of the top 8 spots are up for grabs. King Rafa, of course, has a whopping lead on the rest of the field with a current point total of 12,025. Novak Djokovic sits at 3rd, but it is Australian Open champ Roger Federer who has [...]
Don’t use the internet. Don’t use any outside source, period. Don’t look at other people’s answers in the comments. Just use your brain!
1. What was the fifth-set score of the Juan Martin Del Potro vs. James Blake second-round Australian Open match at the beginning of this season?
2. Name Del Potro’s coach [...]
Top two seeds Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva made the quarterfinal-round of competition in Tokyo, after putting together straight-set victories over respective opponents, 16th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and qualifier Roberta Vinci.
Other top ladies advancing include: No. 5 Francesca Schiavone, No. 6 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 7 Elena Dementieva and No. 8 Victoria Azarenka.
A struggling third-seeded Jelena [...]
World No. 8 Fernando Verdasco took some time to practice his kickboxing skills in Bangkok, Thailand. The Spaniard, seeded second at this week’s Thailand Open, posed with 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medalist Somjit Jongjorhor.
Verdasco commented:
“I would love to learn more Thai boxing. I’ve always loved martial arts so maybe when I stop playing tennis I [...]
A not-yet-recovered Serena Williams announced she will not be able to compete at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo and the China Open in Beijing. The World No. 1 is still on the mend from right foot surgery.
A disappointed Williams told the press:
“While I have continued to make progress in the recovery of my [...]
Taking a page out of Where’s Waldo?, newly-reinstated Juan Martin Del Potro is nearly crushed by a throng of fans at the PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok.
The Chosen One will make his long-awaited return to the ATP World Tour this week, after being sidelined for almost nine months with a serious right wrist injury. The [...]
Add another one to the laundry list of Robby Ginepri injuries.
Over his 10-year career on the ATP Tour, Ginepri has been sidelined for extensive time with the following injuries: neck, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, and a removed appendix. That, of course, is just to name a few.
Now “broken arm” joins the party. Ginepri [...]
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