Djokovic & Federer win in Dubai
Top seed Novak Djokovic and defending champion Roger Federer both progressed to the last eight of the Dubai Championships with straight-sets wins.
Djokovic extended his unbeaten run to 15 matches with a 6-1 7-6 (7-4) win over Spain’s [...]
Berdych blasts time wasting rule
(CNN) — Tomas Berdych has launched a scathing attack on the time limit rule in tennis following his victory against Germany’s Tobias Kamke at the Dubai Open Wednesday.
The World No.6 is a fierce critic of the new 25-second time [...]
When Diego met del Potro
Diego Maradona, the man who led Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986, showed off ball skills of a different kind as he enjoyed a few rallies with fellow countryman Juan Martin del Potro at the Dubai Open Wednesday.
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Hungry Federer targets grand slams
(CNN) — Be warned Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray — from here on in it’s all be about grand slam titles for Roger Federer.
The 31-year-old Federer has done it all in the world of tennis, winning more grand [...]
Tennis business: Murray’s five-star hotel
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Nadal beats Schwartzman in Mexico
Former world number one Rafael Nadal beat qualifier Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-2 6-2 in his first round match at the ATP Tour’s Acapulco event.
Nadal, who recently returned after
a seven-month injury lay-off,
needed [...]
Robson winning fight for fitness
Laura Robson says she has almost fully recovered from a chest infection that has affected her since London 2012.
The British number two revealed she was struggling with the problem, following her
defeat in Dubai last week.
Continue [...]
Djokovic too strong for Troicki
Novak Djokovic extended his unbeaten run to 14 matches with an easy 6-1 6-4 win over fellow Serb Viktor Troicki in the Dubai Championships first round.
Djokovic had his serve broken once in the second set but had few alarms in his first [...]
Djokovic defeats Troicki in all-Serbian clash
(CNN) — World No. 1 Novak Djokovic began his quest for a fourth title at the Dubai Tennis Championships with a straight forward victory over fellow Serbian Victor Troicki.
The 25-year-old won three consecutive titles in Dubai between [...]
Keothavong beaten in Brazil Cup
Britain’s Anne Keothavong was knocked out of the first round of the Brazil Cup after a straight sets defeat by Kristina Mladenovic.
Keothavong, ranked 125 places below world number 58 Mladenovic, was beaten 6-3 6-4 by the Frenchwoman.
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Federer survives scare to advance in Dubai
(CNN) — As he admitted himself this week, Roger Federer has no idea how long his career may last but tennis fans in Dubai were guaranteed another chance to see him after the Swiss survived a first round scare against Tunisia’s [...]
Azarenka ends time at top on a high
(CNN) — Victoria Azarenka might be giving up her spot as World No.1 but the Belarusian showed successor Serena Williams that she’s ready to fight to get it back.
Azarenka avenged the loss of top spot to Williams by defeating [...]
Briton Watson rises in rankings
British number one Heather Watson has moved to a career-high 39th place in the world rankings.
The 20-year-old from Guernsey is up one spot after
making the top 40 for the first time last month,
while fellow Briton Laura Robson, [...]
Federer survives scare in Dubai
Roger Federer recovered from a set down to beat wildcard Malek Jaziri in the first round of the Dubai Championships.
The Swiss, who has won 17 majors, surprisingly lost the first set to the Tunisian, ranked 128 in the world.
However, [...]
Tennis business: Andy Murray’s five-star hotel venture
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Rising star inspired by Sampas
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The drought in U.S. men’s tennis
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Briton Watson breaks into top 40
British tennis player Heather Watson has broken into the world’s top 40 for the first time in her career.
The 20-year-old from Guernsey leapt to
a career-high 40 last month,
but is now ranked 39th with fellow Briton Laura [...]
Tsonga and Ferrer battle to title wins
(CNN) — Home favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived a match point before beating top seed Tomas Berdych to win the Marseille Open title for the second time Sunday.
Third seed Tsonga faced the match point at 5-6 down in the second set [...]
Federer plans break ahead of clay
Roger Federer will not play for two months after the Indian Wells event in March to spend time with his family and prepare for the clay-court season.
The Swiss, 31, returns to action in Dubai this week and will then head to Indian Wells, [...]
Fleming wins title with Bopanna
Britain’s Colin Fleming claimed his second ATP doubles title of the year as he teamed up with Rohan Bopanna of India to win the Open 13 in Marseille.
The pair beat Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Dutchman Jean-Julien [...]
Kvitova ends drought with Dubai title
(CNN) — When Petra Kvitova won her first grand slam title and the season-ending championships in 2011, big things were expected of the Czech tennis player.
It’s been a bumpy ride since, as the Czech struggled to live up to expectations [...]
Kvitova beats Errani in Dubai final
Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova won her first WTA title for six months with victory over Italy’s Sara Errani at the Dubai Championships.
The Czech, 22, came through 6-2 1-6 6-1 in one hour and 40 minutes to claim the 10th [...]
Azarenka out of Dubai Tennis Championships
(CNN) — Victoria Azarenka has been forced to withdraw from the Dubai Open for the second successive year after suffering an injured heel.
Azarenka, who surrendered the World No.1 spot Monday to Serena Williams, was hoping to build [...]
McEnroe: Still going strong
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‘Sisters’ Vinci and Errani to meet in Dubai
(CNN) — Unseeded Italian Roberta Vinci prolonged the best week of her career to date by dumping No. 7 seed Samantha Stosur out of the Dubai Tennis Championships to take her place in the last four.
But her second scalp of the week has [...]
Kvitova to face Errani in Dubai final
(CNN) — Petra Kvitova produced another scintillating showing to book her place in the final of the Dubai Open Friday.
The World No.8 defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 6-4 to set up a clash for the title against Italy’s Sara Errani.
The [...]
Elite coaching with Graf, Agassi
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U.S. hope inspired by Sampras
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Isner eyes future grand slam
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