Tennis Articles

At the Net: Serena finished on top, again

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The 2014 women’s tennis season ended with Serena Williams atop the rankings for a second straight year and for the fourth time overall in her Hall-of-Fame career. It took Serena all the way until September to […]

Halep cuts ties with coach

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Bucharest, Romania (SportsNetwork.com) – World No. 4 star Simona Halep has split with her coach, Wim Fissette. “My collaboration with Wim Fissette will come to an end, following a mutual agreement,” said the 23-year-old Romanian. “It was a good and […]

At the Net: Djokovic is the man to beat next week

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The final scheduled ATP tournament of 2014 (excluding the Davis Cup final) will go down next week when the top-8 players in the world converge on London for the $6 million ATP World Tour Finals at […]

Brits will host Americans in Glasgow for Davis Cup

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London, England (SportsNetwork.com) – The 2015 opening-round Davis Cup tie between host Great Britain and the United States will be held in Glasgow from March 6-8. Andy Murray will return to his native Scotland for the best-of-five battle, which will […]

Djokovic gets nice draw at ATP Finals

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London, England (SportsNetwork.com) – Two-time reigning champion Novak Djokovic received a favorable draw at the ATP World Tour Finals, while Roger Federer and Andy Murray will square off in round-robin action next week. The world No. 1 Djokovic, who captured […]

At the Net: Bautista Agut continues to make strides

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Spain has cranked out its share of tennis stars over the years, most notably the great Rafael Nadal, so it should come as no surprise that the proud nation has yet another one on the rise […]

Kvitova will lead Czechs in Fed Cup final against Germany

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Prague, Czech Republic (SportsNetwork.com) – Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will lead the Czech Republic in next week’s best-of-five Fed Cup final versus visiting Germany. The world No. 4 two-time Wimbledon winner Kvitova will be joined by 22-year- old rising star […]

Nadal withdraws from Paris Masters

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Paris, France (SportsNetwork.com) – Rafael Nadal has decided to withdraw from next week’s Paris Masters. The tournament on Friday said the Spanish superstar pulled out for personal reasons. Nadal is playing this week in Basel, but has missed time recently […]

Williams to finish as year-end No. 1

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Singapore (SportsNetwork.com) – Serena Williams didn’t even lift a racket Friday, but still clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking on the WTA Tour. The American star was ensured of finishing in the top spot after Maria Sharapova failed to qualify […]

Serena receives apology from Tarpischev

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Singapore (SportsNetwork.com) – Serena Williams received a written apology from Russian tennis president Shamil Tarpischev, who made offensive comments last week when he called the American great and her older sister Venus the “Williams brothers.” Serena said “he has reached […]