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- Nadal's return delayed by stomach virus
Tuesday - 12/25/2012 - 07:21 AMMADRID -- Rafael Nadal's return to competition has been delayed by a stomach virus.
The Spaniard was scheduled to play in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi on Thursday after missing seven months because of tendinitis in his left knee.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Chardy praises Hingis’ coaching contributions
Sunday - 12/23/2012 - 10:26 AMJeremy Chardy tells L’Equipe that former No. 1 Martina Hingis was one of the reasons he was able to end 2012 with a career high year-end ranking (of No. 32).More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Serena: Wozniacki didn’t mean anything racist
Friday - 12/21/2012 - 05:46 AMSerena Williams tells USA Today that she was not offended by Caroline Wozniacki’s imitation of her at an exhibition match in Brazil. Wozniacki poked fun at Williams by stuffing towels into her top and skirt, and mimicking how she walked during a match against Maria Sharapova.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gimelstob takes issue with U.S. Open changes
Thursday - 12/20/2012 - 07:00 PMATP board member Justin Gimelstob tells USA Today that he is frustrated by the USTA’s decision to extend the U.S. Open to 15 days by moving the men’s final to Monday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Murray offers condolences to Newtown
Wednesday - 12/19/2012 - 07:01 PMAndy Murray offers his condolences to those in Newtown, Conn. after the tragic shooting last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
“My heart goes out to all those poor children, their families and the community in Newtown in Connecticut, so, so sad,” Murray posted on Facebook.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kubot, Lindstedt win Aussie Open doubles title
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 07:10 PMMELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Lukasz Kubot and Robert Lindstedt won the Australian Open men's double title in their first Grand Slam as a team with a 6-3, 6-3 win Saturday over Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nestor, Mladenovic win Australian Open mixed doubles
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 05:00 PMMelbourne, Australia (AP)—Daniel Nestor of Canada and Kristina Mladenovic of France combined to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title with a 6-3, 6-2 win Sunday over sixth-seeded Sania Mirza of India and Horia Tecau of Romania.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wawrinka beats injured Nadal for first major at Aussie Open
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 08:00 PMMELBOURNE, Australia -- Stan Wawrinka added a win over Rafael Nadal to his list of firsts in a stunning run to his maiden Grand Slam title, extending his rival's injury-cursed run at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 upset in Sunday's final.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stan Delivers at Last
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 05:00 PMMELBOURNE—The classic tennis conundrum is this: You need confidence to win, but you need to win to have confidence. How, you might wonder, do either of those things ever happen?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nadal finds fault with umpire after time violation call
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 08:00 PMRafael Nadal criticizes chair umpire Eva Asderaki for calling a time violation while he served at 4-all in the third set of his 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (3) fourth-round win over Kei Nishikori at the Australian Open.
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- Djokovic signs management deal with IMG
Sunday - 12/23/2012 - 10:27 AMNovak Djokovic has signed a management deal with IMG, just a few months after his contract with Creative Artists Agency had expired. IMG also represents Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lois Goodman reinstated to ref matches
Friday - 12/21/2012 - 06:19 AMLOS ANGELES -- A tennis referee whose career was almost ended by a charge that she murdered her husband with a coffee cup has been reinstated after the charge was dismissed for lack of evidence.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Peer refuses to shake teen's hand after match
Thursday - 12/20/2012 - 08:00 PMFormer Top 20 player Shahar Peer refuses to shake the hand of her opponent, 18-year-old Deniz Khazaniuk, after beating her 6-0, 6-1 in the semifinals of the Israel Open.
“You’re an embarrassment to the State of Israel,” Peer was reported to have said by the Israeli media.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - American Levine wants to play for Canada
Wednesday - 12/19/2012 - 07:03 PMJesse Levine, who has been playing under the U.S. flag since he turned pro but was born in Ottawa, is attempting to change his playing allegiance to Canada, the National Post reports.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Serena has surgery on big toes, will skip exo
Wednesday - 12/19/2012 - 02:53 AMBANGKOK -- Serena Williams has had surgery on her big toes and withdrew from an exhibition match against top-ranked Victoria Azarenka in Thailand this month.
A medical certificate from Florida podiatrist Jeffrey Rockefeller says Williams "was treated for a chronic foot disorder which involved minor procedures on both of her great toes."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wawrinka: "I deserve that Grand Slam"
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 08:00 PMStanislas Wawrinka, who won his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, says he deserved the crown after his final-round win over Rafael Nadal, who was contending with a back injury.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Australian Open: Wawrinka d. Nadal
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 07:10 PMI’m not sure what Stanislas Wawrinka expected as he faced the prospect of becoming just the second man outside of the game’s Big Four to win a major title over the past 36 opportunities.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Dimitrov on playing Nadal: ‘I like my chances’
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 08:00 PMGrigor Dimitrov believes he has chance to upset world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open quarterfinals. The 22-year-old Bulgarian has reached the final eight of a major for the first time.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ivanovic: Bouchard is hard to read
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 07:10 PMAfter suffering a three-set loss to Eugenie Bouchard in the Australian Open quarterfinals, Ana Ivanovic has high praise for the 19-year-old Canadian's game and potential.
“She's a very aggressive player,” Ivanovic said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mouratoglou: Serena nearly pulled out with back injury
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 04:00 PMAfter Serena Williams' three-set loss to Ana Ivanovic in the fourth round of the Australian Open, Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou credits the Serbian with applying massive pressure, but said Serena’s movement was compromised by a back injury.
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- Hewitt doesn’t talk to Nalbandian anymore
Sunday - 12/23/2012 - 10:28 AMLleyton Hewitt tells The Courier-Mail that after he got into a confrontation with Argentina’s Juan Ignacio Chela at the 2005 Australian Open, his relationship with Chela’s Davis Cup teammate David Nalbandian quickly went south.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nadal wary about return, realistic about knee
Friday - 12/21/2012 - 06:19 AMMADRID -- After a seven-month hiatus nursing a hurt knee, Rafael Nadal is wary about his upcoming return to the tennis court and believes it may be some time before he is back in top form.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Injured Zvonareva won't play Australian Open
Thursday - 12/20/2012 - 09:00 PMFormer world No. 2 Vera Zvonareva announces on Facebook that she will be unable to compete during the upcoming Australian summer, including at the Australian Open. The Russian has been contending with an upper respiratory illness since Wimbledon and has not competed since the Olympics.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Serena to still play Brisbane, say organizers
Wednesday - 12/19/2012 - 07:02 PMBRISBANE, Australia -- Brisbane International organizers say Serena Williams still plans to compete in the Dec. 30-Jan. 5 event despite minor surgery on her big toes that forced her to withdraw from a Dec.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Early-round losers receive big prize boost at Aussie Open
Wednesday - 12/19/2012 - 07:00 PMMELBOURNE, Australia -- Early-round losers at the Australian Open will receive a significant pay raise as part of what tournament organizers say is the biggest purse in tennis history.
Responding to player demands for a bigger slice of the prize money, Tennis Australia moved to avert a potential boycott of the opening Grand Slam of the year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Italy to send B squad to U.S. for Fed Cup
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 04:00 PMNone of Italy's top four players — Sara Errani, Flavia Pennetta, Roberta Vinci and Francesca Schiavone — will face the United States in the Fed Cup first round in Cleveland, Feb.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Nadal strained back while warming up for Australian Open final
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 06:00 PMRafael Nadal says he suffered a back injury during his warm-up for the Australian Open final that gradually grew worse throughout his four-set loss to Stanislas Wawrinka. Nadal took a medical time-out at the start of the second set.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Australian Open: Wawrinka d. Djokovic
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 04:00 PMA 28-match winning streak and a three-year reign as Australian Open champion ended tonight, and so did a string of heartbreaking defeats for Stanislas Wawrinka. The eighth-seeded Swiss, who lost two five-setters to Novak Djokovic in 2013—including a 12-10 fifth set in Melbourne—finally solved the superb Serb, winning 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rafter dumps Matosevic in favor of teens
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 06:00 PMAustralian Davis Cup captain Patrick Rafter has dumped world No. 54 Marinko Matosevic from his squad and instead chose teenagers Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis to face host France Jan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- VIDEO: Djokovic dominates Fognini, impersonates Becker
Sunday - 08/04/2013 - 05:00 PMMELBOURNE, Australia -- Novak Djokovic ensured there wouldn't be consecutive upset losses at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday when he beat Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 in a fourth-round match at the Australian Open.
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