Tennis
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Corretja named captain
Alex Corretja has been confirmed as the new captain of Spain’s Davis Cup team. Corretja will skipper the team for the next two years after being named as the replacement for Albert Costa, who stood down from the role after securing Spain’s second...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Nadal looks to recover extra spark in 2012
Rafael Nadal says his game this year has been too predictable and he has sometimes lacked drive on court – weaknesses he plans to overcome for Wimbledon and the 2012 Olympics. “With the years, you lose a bit of intensity. Intensity in your...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Australian Drewett appointed new president of ATP
Former tennis professional Brad Drewett has been appointed the ATP’s new executive chairman and president, it was announced this week by the body which runs the men’s professional game. The 53-year-old Australian, currently the ATP’s senior...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Indian Wells boosts top prize to $1m
Next year’s Indian Wells tournament will be the first combined ATP and WTA event to offer a top prize of $1 million to its men and women’s singles winners, officials said. Steve Simon, tournament director of the tennis event in the California...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Ailing Venus pulls out of New Zealand tournament
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams has pulled out of an Australian Open warm-up tournament in New Zealand as she continues to battle a debilitating illness. Williams is suffering from Sjogren’s syndrome, an auto-immune disease, and after...
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Costa quits as Davis Cup captain
Albert Costa yesterday quit his post as Spain’s Davis Cup team captain to take up a new position as head of the country’s selection committee, the Spanish tennis federation announced. Costa recently steered Spain to their fifth Davis Cup triumph but...
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Tournament at TCK
The annual mixed doubles tournament for teams at the Tennis Club Kordin will be played between January 14 and February 26, 2012. The competition will be sponsored once again by Protrade Ltd. Matches will be played on Saturdays, Sundays and public...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Cassar Torreggiani makes SF
The Tennis Europe ranking tournament for juniors at the Marsa Sports Club, played recently under the auspices of the Malta Tennis Federation, attracted 110 players from all over the continent. Bernard Cassar Torreggiani played exceptionally well and...
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
I’ll take greater care in 2012, says Clijsters
Kim Clijsters will take greater care over her scheduling in 2012 after injury in August brought this season to a premature end. The four-time Grand Slam title winner suffered an abdominal strain in Toronto which ruled her out of the US Open where...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
No Nadal, no Ferrer, Spain face struggle
Spain’s fifth Davis Cup title party in 11 years fell flat when Rafael Nadal revealed he’d skip next year’s title defence while brother-in-arms David Ferrer called time on his tournament duties. World number two Nadal, who battled back from a set...
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Monday, December 5, 2011
Nadal seals Spain’s triumph
Rafael Nadal got the winning point as Spain won a fifth Davis Cup title in Seville yesterday. The world number two beat Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro to give the hosts an unbeatable 3-1 lead, rallying from a set down to see off the 2009 US Open...
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Argentina stay alive
Argentina kept their Davis Cup final hopes alive on Saturday when David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank defeated Spain’s Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to cut the deficit to 2-1. The result means the final will be decided today...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Nadal , Ferrer put Spain in charge
Ironman David Ferrer beat Juan Martin del Potro 6-2, 6-7 (2/7), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 yesterday to hand Spain a 2-0 lead over Argentina in the Davis Cup final and inch them closer to a fifth title. Ferrer needed four hours and 44 minutes to see off the...
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Friday, December 2, 2011 by
Jacques Klopp
Argentina seek revenge for 2008 heartache
Argentina will be gunning to avenge their painful loss to Spain in the final of the 2008 Davis Cup when the teams cross swords again in this year’s final, which starts in Seville today. Three years ago, on home soil in Mar del Plata, Argentina...
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Tennis star Djokovic in movie debut
Tennis number one Novak Djo-kovic made his movie debut in Bulgaria this week with a brief appearance in Sylvester Stallone’s mega-star production “Expendables 2”, Nu Boyana film studios said yesterday. “Djokovic has a small but not insignificant...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Nadal plays down pressure
Rafael Nadal yesterday played down the pressure the hosts will be under ahead of their Davis Cup final against Argentina in Seville, this weekend. “We’re under the same pressure as they are, we have to win the Davis Cup,” insisted the world number...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Federer plans renewed challenge for titles in 2012
Roger Federer believes his record sixth title at the ATP World Tour Finals will be the ideal springboard to end his Grand Slam drought in 2012. Federer has finished the season without a Grand Slam for the first time since 2002, but the Swiss star...
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Federer claims record title
Roger Federer won a record sixth ATP World Tour Finals title with a 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 victory over France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga last night. Federer came to London’s O2 Arena determined to end a frustrating year on a high and he fulfilled that...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
Federer eases into final
Titleholder Roger Federer swept aside Spain’s David Ferrer 7-5, 6-3 yesterday to reach his seventh World Tour Final. Federer – making it 12 wins from 12 matches against Ferrer – will play France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in today’s final. Tsonga beat...
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Beaten Nadal admits to motivation problem
Rafael Nadal admits he has struggled to find the motivation to drag his weary body through the final weeks of a gruelling campaign. Nadal crashed out of the ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday night after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga condemned the world number...
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