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Defending Australian Open champions Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka will defend their respective Grand Slam titles as No. 2 seeds this January. Meanwhile, 13-time Slam champion Rafael Nadal and 17-time major winner Serena Williams will enter Melbourne Park as the No. 1 seeds in the men’s and women’s draw, respectively. Nadal has only won the Australian Open once in 2009...
Published: January 8, 2014
The 2014 Australian Open is less than a week away, which means time is running out for a handful of banged-up contenders who are hoping to heal up in time for the season’s first Grand Slam. While favorites like Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka appear to be healthy and rested heading into the Happy Slam, there are plenty of dark-horse threats battling troublesome...
Published: January 7, 2014
Grand Slam season has officially arrived as the 2014 Australian Open is set to begin on Jan. 13. And while defending tournament champions Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka both carry strong odds to repeat into Melbourne, there are a plethora of players sure to surprise this January. Here are my predictions for the top overachievers at Melbourne Park in 2014. Lleyton Hewitt Despite...
Published: January 7, 2014
The 2014 Australian Open is on the horizon as tennis’ best prepare to ring in the new year with one of the season’s most grueling Grand Slam tournaments. Defending men’s and women’s champions Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka enter the year’s first massive test with a chance to win for the fourth and third straight time, respectively. But with a deep field of...
Published: December 26, 2013
Six of the top 10 men’s tennis players on the planet, including Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, will begin preparation for the 2014 season this December in Abu Dhabi, site of the 2013 Mubadala World Tennis Championship. The singles-only exhibition tournament runs from Thursday, Dec. 26, through Saturday, Dec. 28, and has been held annually since 2009, with Nadal and defending champion...
Published: November 20, 2013
The 32-team field for World Cup 2014 is just about set as Uruguay look to punch the final ticket Wednesday with a successful outing against Jordan. But although football powerhouses like Spain, Germany, Argentina and Brazil will head into the new year as overwhelming favorites to hoist the cup in the heart of South America next summer, there are plenty of other formidable squads flying under...
Published: November 17, 2013
For the second straight year, Radek Stepanek played the role of hero for the Czech Republic, beating Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic in Sunday’s decisive rubber in Belgrade to power his country to its second consecutive Davis Cup title and third overall. Stepanek won in straight sets to lock up a 3-2 win for the Czechs, who became the first team since Spain in 2008 to win the Davis...
Published: November 16, 2013
There’ll be much more than points and prize money at stake when Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych go head-to-head on the final day of 2013 Davis Cup action on Sunday in Belgrade. As past Davis Cup champions, the two world-class players will be playing for their respective countries this weekend. But despite the high stakes, former world No. 1 Djokovic will be a heavy favorite when he takes to...
Published: November 15, 2013
The 2013 Davis Cup final opened with a bang on Friday inside Belgrade Arena as Serbia and the Czech Republic went head-to-head in a pair of pivotal singles rubbers. Serbian superstar and former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic steamrolled the Czech Republic’s Radek Stepanek in the opening match, winning comfortably in straight sets to give his side an early 1-0 advantage. The Davis Cup’s official...
Published: November 14, 2013
Two of the most recent Davis Cup champions will collide in Belgrade this weekend in the championship showdown of the prestigious men’s tennis tournament. Novak Djokovic and Serbia will host reigning Davis Cup champion, the Czech Republic, on the indoor hard courts inside Belgrade Arena. Five matches will be played over the span of three days, with the first nation to reach three wins securing...