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Jared Donaldson oversteps the line at the Monte Carlo Masters

The 2018 edition of the Monte Carlo Masters will always serve as an embarrassing reminder to 21-year-old Jared Donaldson about what happens when you act against the spirit of the game. Donaldson was caught up in a heated one-sided exchange with umpire Arnaud Gabas after opponent Albert Ramos-Vinolas’ serve was judged to be in by the umpire. 
 

On further reflection and with the use of Hawkeye, Donaldson will feel vindicated as the ball was shown to be out. At the time Hawkeye wasn’t being used and the American had to make do with the call of the French umpire.

US Open Offers Record Prize Money of £35million

With Wimbledon still fresh in the memory for many, attentions now turn to preparations for the hard court season for the world’s top players, with the US Open at the end of August providing the perfect opportunity to end the season in style.

If players required any further motivation to perform to the best of their ability at Flushing Meadows, news that this year’s tournament will offer the richest purse in tennis history, at £35million.

Can Nick Kyrgios Break Into The Top 10 This Year?

Nick Kyrgios was relatively unheard of when he burst onto the international tennis stage at Wimbledon in 2014 but he has quickly matured into a household name. While quite a few tennis followers may have heard a little more about his controversial exploits, he remains a fantastic tennis player and the young Australian has climbed the world rankings at an astonishing rate.

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Why Novak Djokovic is the man to beat at this year’s French Open

Without a shadow of a doubt, Novak Djokovic is the greatest tennis player on the planet right now and the Serbian will take some beating at next month’s French Open. The world number one is yet to win the title at Roland Garros, which is the only clay-based Grand Slam of the year.

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Murray to end Grand Slam drought at French Open?

Murray faces an important time in his career after re-establishing himself ahead of Roger Federer to become world number two towards the end of 2015.
The 28-year-old came close to securing his third major title in January when he reached the final of the Australian Open but he lost in straight sets to the Serb.

Murray managed to overcome his latest defeat to the world number one by guiding Great Britain to victory over Japan in the Davis Cup, which included beating Kei Nishikori in a dramatic five-set contest.

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Can Tsonga End 33-year Wait for French Champion at Roland Garros

hirty three years have passed since a Frenchman was crowned French Open champion at Roland Garros. Yannick Noah was the last man to triumph for the host nation in 1983 when he defeated Sweden’s Mats Wilander in straight sets in the final, winning the only Grand Slam of his career.

Jo Wilfried-Tsonga looks to be the best chance to end the wait for a Frenchman to secure the title at Roland Garros.

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Three US Open Final Surprises

The US Open is the final Grand Slam in the calendar and the year’s pecking order is usually pretty well set in stone by the time Flushing Meadows comes around.

Here are three US Open men’s finals from the past 20 years which were won by players who hadn’t been expected to be champion when the tournament started.

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Who will be crowned King of New York at the US Open?

The US Open is the fourth and final major championship event of the tennis calendar and will be held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The tournament, which is a hard court event, will take place between August 31st and September 13th in New York City.

Marin Cilic is the current holder of the men's singles title after he defeated Japan's Kei Nishikori in the final of the 2014 competition. It is one of the most anticipated events in the sport and tennis fans from all over the world will travel to New York to watch their favourite stars in action.

Wimbledon Championships News: 2015

With news of a small fire behind the scenes at the Centre Court, Wimbledon 2015 looks to not only be figuratively but literally hotting up as we edge ever closer to the final stages. Here we’ll take a look at what’s gone on so far in the tournament, and make some predictions as to who might be kissing the Centre Court turf this time round.

The Womens’ Singles tournament has experienced some surprises, with no. 3 seed Simona Halep knocked out in the 1st round by no. 106 seed Jana Cepelova, and British hopeful Laura Robson knocked out in straight sets by no. 101 seed Evgeniya Rodina. The infamous Williams sisters have returned to form this tournament, with both making appearances in the third round; Serena Williams is set to face off against no. 59 seed Heather Watson, and Venus will play the Serbian Aleksandra Krunic. Read more...

Roger Federer In Negotiations With Paul Annacone

Roger Federer has sought out Peter Sampras' former coach in an attempt to stop his slide down the world rankings.The 16-time grand slam singles champion has announced on his website that he is going to spend time with Paul Annacone (tennis news and scores).

Federer says as Annacone winds down his responsibilities working for the Lawn Tennis Association, they will explore their relationship.Roger Federer has dropped to third in the world rankings after losing his French Open and Wimbledon crowns and hasn't won a title since the Australian Open in January.

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 - 3rd Round - Thiemo De Bakker vs Paul-Henri Mathieu

Thiemo De Bakker is an Netherland tennis player. In the first round of Wimbledon 2010, he has defeated Santiago Giraldo with 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7 and 16-14. In the second round of Wimbledon 2010, Thiemo De Bakker won against John lsner with 6-0, 6-3 and 6-2. John Isner - After his 11-hour, 183-game epic with Nicolas Mahut, he lasted only 74 minutes against Thiemo De Bakker, who triumphed 6-0, 6-3, 6-2. And that was the shortest completed match of the men’s event so far.An utterly spent Isner said: “I didn’t have much in the way of my legs. I was just low on fuel. I didn’t really have a chance.” Fatigue, a stiff neck, blistered toes and the freshness of his opponent conspired against American Isner. Thiemo De Bakker is facing up Paul-Henri Mathieu in the third round of Wimbledon 2010 on June 26th, 2010. Paul-Henri Mathieu is an French tennis player. In the first round of Wimbledon 2010, he has defeated Marc Gicquel with 6-1, 7-5, 3-6 and 6-1. In the second round of Wimbledon 2010, Thiemo De Bakker won against Mikhail Youzhny with 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-3 and 6-4.

Clijsters Easy Against Camarin For 2nd Round

On Australian Open 2004 Kim dispatched the Italian without so much as a by-your-leave, and having taken just 24 minutes to steamroller through the first set 6-0, it looked every bit as though she would be force-feeding the world 125 a ‘double bagel’. This time she spared Camarin the ignominy, cruising through her opening round at Wimbledon 6-0, 6-3. It was, however, a loss of footing which spurred a momentary comeback in the second set. At 1-0 down, 30-30, Camarin slipped, did the splits, bumped her forehand back in to play, and to surprise of everyone (not least herself) won the point. It was the first time she had smiled all match. She raised her arms in mock celebration, and promptly won her first game. It had been some time coming. Clijsters had looked impressive at the Aegon International in Eastbourne last week, form she carried over, her powerful shots, skidding through inches from Camarin’s baseline troubling Italian from the outset. Taken to deuce in one of her service games was as bad as it got. brought up her first set point with a forehand return which whipped across court and found the corner, leaving Camarin raising her eyes skywards in understandable frustration. The set was over seconds later as Camarin squeezed a routine forehand a yard long. The second set was more competitive – but only just. Camarin stayed level until the seventh game. Clijsters broke, and then served out the match, winning her final service game to love. It was an emphatic performance. It is worth pointing out that Clijsters was similarly destructive at Eastbourne, swatting Yanina Wickmayer and Lucie Safarova – no mugs – until she came up against Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-finals, when her power was matched, like-for-like. Even so, she has returned in style.

Warning - No Vuvuzelas At Wimbledon Championships

London: Wimbledon has got the hump over the horn. The All England Tennis Club have banned fans from bringing vuvuzelas into their SW19 venue. The iconic plastic horns, the biggest stars of a disappointing World Cup so far, have been selling fast across Britain since last week's big kick-off. But a spokesperson for the All England club, whose flagship tournament begins on Monday, said: "The message is not to bring them. We have a list of prohibited items, including rattles and klaxons, and vuvuzelas will fall into that category."And tennis is not the only sport concerned by the ‘sound of the summer'.

Amazingly, there are fears that the horns could spoil England's Test series against Pakistan, whose notoriously boisterous supporters would surely relish the vuvuzelas.

However, now the England and Wales Cricket Board have said that each Test venue can decide its own policy about which items can be admitted. A spokesperson for the venue for the first Test between England and Pakistan, which is starting on 29 July, commented: "They're not on our banned list and we don't see them causing a problem ."

True Or Not !! - Thomas Muster Makes Comeback At 42 ??

Austria's former world number one Thomas Muster is bidding to return to tennis's elite circuit -- 11 years after he last played a professional match. Muster, 42, won the French Open in 1995 and held the number one ranking in February 1996. Despite not having played on the ATP circuit since 1999 he claims he has never officially retired.

The Austrian is set to compete in a challenger tournament, which is regarded as tennis's second division, in Brunswick, Germany next week, organisers announced Wednesday.

Muster is set to play in the men's singles and doubles, and said he has a simple explanation for his absence from the courts. He said: "At the time all I said was I was going on holiday, so now I'm back from my holiday."

WEEK 15-2010 ATP/WTA Winners Review

What can I say to Rafael Nadal. He played as he knows, and on his favorite surface and won the Monte Carlo for the sixth time.Congratulations. In the finals I've seen Novak Djokovic, who is a very good game until the match with Verdasco, who reached his first Masters finals right here. In the final game was not justified games he played during the whole week, probably be reconciled with the greatest success in the Masters tournament so far and fails to focus on only the finale.I do not think he could win but he is still bound to the audience, who won game and a few good move against Nadal.

Regarding WTA Charleston Samantha Stosur deservedly gets the final return receipt Vera Zvonareva and takes its title.Sam played very well all week and deserved to win a title.I only wonder what would have been in the finals to Caroline Wozniacki was not injured in the semi-final against Zvonareva and had to give up.It would be more eqal match in finals than we saw yesterday, right?

ATP Auckland 1/4 Finals Overview - "John Isner's Day"

American player John Isner defeat today first seeded player of the ATP 250 tournament in Auckland(Nzl) Spaniard Tommy Robredo in three sets. After 2 hours and 12 minutes of play Isner won with 7-6(5) 3-6 6-4. After he won the first set in the 13th game with a 7-5 in the points, Robredo in the second set allowed back to 3-6 in games from their own point of view. But, 205 cm tall American in the third set was even able to take twice-service gem Spaniard, with a proper service-game loss. In semis he will play against Albert Montanes from Spain.

In the second semifinal match of ATP Auckland tomorrow forces will weigh (5) seeded player of the tournament Philipp Kohlschreiber and Arnaud Clement. For only 53 minute of play Kohlschreiber, also the winner of the Auckland 2008th year, with a 6-3, 6-1 was better than the Marc Gicquel. While the Clement 6-2, 7-5, for an hour and 17 minutes of play, was more successful than the sixth holder of the tournament, Austria's Juergen Melzer.

ATP Tennis Finals Groups, London , O2 Arena

            Group B: Rafael Nadal,
                            Novak Djokovic,
                            Nikolay Davydenko and
                            Robin Soderling

Andy Roddick Withdraws From ATP Tennis Finals,
22-29 November,London , O2 Arena

Roddick has been pulled out of the upcoming final London ATP event corresponding to the London Times.The American player is currently the world No. 6 (4,410 points) has been recovering from a left knee trauma which he suffered during match against Wawrinka at the ATP Shanghai Masters.

The injury has since not sufficiently well enough for Roddick to battle. Roddick also missed the 2005 ATP Finals tennis news closer and retired from last year’s event after just one match in group.

“I am really disappointed to miss the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals,” Roddick said. “I love playing in London and I’ve heard so many good things about the venue. However, I have not fully recovered from my knee injury and I won’t be able to compete. One of my goals in 2010 will be to qualify for this event again.”

The American best player will be substituted by current No. 9 Robin Soderling. No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will assume the alternate role- tennis news.

Matches at the O2 Arena begins in two days, on Sunday. Tennis news said, the Top 4 Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray are all expected to play.Note: Roger Federer can secure the No. 1 ranking by reaching the final, he will be 100% ready for sure. Novak is in great form but Murray play's at home, all other players are wery dangeourus, we'll see on tennis news(who is lucky alive in O2 Arena) in couple days...Great for all except Andy!

Novak Djokovic Wins Second Title In The Row At Paris

Three title won in past 6 weeks. No 1 in form "hot" player of the world is definitely serbian player and world current No.3 Novak Djokovic - latest tennis news.

Today after giant battle against Gael Monflis after 2:43 hours win finals at masters Series in Paris. Domestic player after loosing first set with two breaks returns in second set and breaks Novak in the 11th game and finish second set with 7-5. Very interesting match, specially in 3rd set continues with many turnovers. Novak was 2 times in break advantage but Monflis was returning on the wings of the audience and final set of the Paris finals came to tie break. Djokovic was beter in tb and win the title.

A week before he won Basel title(previous tennis news)against Roger Federer in finals 6-4 4-6 6-2 and six week before he won title at Beijing (against Cilic 6-2 7-6). With this victory Novak Djokovic is definitely confirmed the form before the upcoming Masters Cup.

Samantha Stosur Wins First Career Singles Title In Osaka

Samantha Stosur(3) of Australia made her first WTA singles championship today with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Francesca Schiavone at the Japan Women’s Open in Osaka - tennis news.Current No. 15 in the world Stosur broke Schiavone to go up 3-1 in the second set and dominated the fourth -seeded player -tennis news.The remain of the way to close out the match in 1:08 hrs for her first victory in 6 WTA Tour singles finals - tennis news.

“I played very well in the first set and barely made a mistake. I was still playing well in the second and nearly led 4-1, but she got back into the match,” Stosur said. “I just told myself not to panic, keep doing the same things as I did in the first set and stay positive …. Obviously I’m pleased to bring it back and close it out” - tennis news.

In Front today’s victory, the Australian’s best result this year was runner-up to Ana Ivanovic at Los Angeles in August. Stosur has won 22 WTA doubles titles and four ITF titles.

Nikolay Davydenko win ATP Shanghai Masters in final against Rafael Nadal

Nikolay Davydenko upset top-seeded Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Sunday to winnings the Shanghai Masters for his fourth success of the year - tennis news.

The 6) Davydenko broke decisively in the sixth game of the second set to collect his 18th career title. His flat groundstrokes and angled winners denied the Spaniard a sixth title for this year and his first since the Rome Masters in May.

“I think I was a little bit lucky, but mostly I was playing very well today. I did a good job in three weeks in Asia,” said Davydenko, who won in Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago.

Nadal returned last week after a month out due to a pulled stomach muscle at the U.S. Open. He looked rusty, having advanced twice when his opponents retired: Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia in the quarterfinals and Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the semifinals.Nadal had reached the 1/2 at Beijing previous week on his coming back to the tour. Tennis news,The winner of six Grand Slam tournament championships also was sidelined after the French Open for two months with tendinitis in both knees.

“I have my chance in the first set and I am especially happy with one thing — it’s the first match after my injury comeback against one top player,” Nadal said for tennis news. “I really felt I really have chances to win.
“That’s the most positive thing for me, and I fight all the time with a positive attitude, no physical problems. So that’s very good news for me".

The final point of the match presented some drama when Nadal’s forehand received a late out call by a linesperson.Nikolay Davydenko thought he succeeded the match, but Nadal challenged the call. Tennis news, Crouching as he expected the decision, Davydenko leapt up in victory when the replay showed Nadal’s ball had landed long. He then ran to the side of the court to kiss Irina, his wife.In 2009. Davydenko also won tournaments in Hamburg; Umag and Russia.

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