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Hope.
It's what the rest of the men's field is feeling today based on the uncharacteristic performance of Rafael Nadal on clay this season. Nadal has been not at his best on his favorite surface. It's not just the losses to David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro at Monaco and Barcelona respectively, or that emphatic defeat to...
The 2014 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2014 Indian Wells Masters) is perhaps the biggest tournament outside the Grand Slams for both the men and the women. The outdoor hard-court tournament begins this week and should feature almost all of the top players in the world (with the Williams sisters the noticeable absentees due to...
Men's top seed Rafael Nadal defeated No. 25 Gaels Monfils with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 last night to advance to the fourth round. Up next is Kei Nishikori. The 16th-seeded Japanese defeated American Donald Young in straight sets.
Fourth-seeded Andy Murray defeated No. 26 Feliciano Lopez of Spain 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-2. Murray's fourth round...
Fifth-seed Juan Martin del Potro is out of the Australian Open after a shocking 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 to Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the second round. It is the fourth time in eight years that the Argentine has been bounced this early.
The same fate almost befell third seed Maria Sharapova who had to battle in extreme...
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray showed little rust as he cruised to a 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Japan's Go Soeda in his first round match in just 85 minutes. The three-time Australian Open runner-up is four months removed from back surgery.
Two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka overcame a slow start, and scorching...
PREVIEW
Novak Djokovic is the three-time defending champion at the Australian Open and if one has to choose a favorite for this year's tournament it would be him. And after observing the men's draw for the 2014 Australian Open one should feel even more comfortable picking Nole.
The other top seeds in the Serbian's half of the...
World number one Rafael Nadal got his 2014 on the right foot by claiming his 61st career title at Doha.
Nadal defeated Frenchman Gaels Monfils in three sets, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2 to win his first ever Qatar Open title. Monfils had beaten Nadal at this tournament twice before (his only two victories ten previous meetings), but other...
