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Johnson saves match point, snags wild card into Australian Open

Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Steve Johnson comes back from the brink of defeat to earn the USTA’s wild card into next month’s Australian Open. Johnson battles past Tennys Sandgren in five sets in Sunday’s championship match of the eight-man tournament held in Atlanta, GA. Steve Johnson played his way into the main draw of…

L’Equipe names Rafael Nadal ‘Champion of Champions’ in 2013

Rafael Nadal Fans Another one for the collection. The prestigious daily newspaper L’Equipe awarded the best athlete of the year award to Rafael Nadal. Rafa is the newest ‘Champions des Champions’ (Champion of Champions), and figures amongst other athletic greats such as Carl Lewis, Ayrton Senna, Michael Jordan, Michael Schumacher, Zinedine Zidane or Usain Bolt who have also won the award. Jamaican sprinter Usain…

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2013 tennis season: court surface stats

Originally posted on Tennis angles:
As the new season is a little way off yet, I thought I’d write a few posts looking back on 2013. I’m going to start with a percentage breakdown of the top 8 players’ total ranking points by court surface. For the raw data, click here – please feel free…

DJOKOVIC HIRES BECKER.

Originally posted on iholuwatoby's Blog:
Boris Becker once shared a bitter rivalry with Ivan Lendl across the net and now the two former world number ones will try to outwit each other from courtside after the German’s shock appointment as coach to Novak Djokovic. After Djokovic was named ITF World Champion for 2013, despite…

Federer’s Latest Quotes

Originally posted on Roger Federer, The Champion:
Roger Federer’s Lesson from the Court (NIKE) Roger Federer has been making a lot of positive statements recently, in light of the beginning of the new tennis season, and this has instilled a lot of confidence in his fans. In this post, I thought I’d summarize what Federer…