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It will be Novak Djokovic vs. Kevin Anderson–a rematch of the Wimbledon final–with the winner’s trophy of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi at stake on Saturday night. Djokovic took care of Karen Khachnov in the semis, while Anderson ousted Rafael Nadal.
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The ATP recently announced a group of five potential host sites for the Nitto ATP Finals starting in 2021–London, Manchester, Singapore, Tokyo, and Turin. London, of course, is the current site and has hosted the prestigious year-end championship at the O2 Arena dating back to 2009. […]
Both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will play for Team Europe at the 2019 Laver Cup in Geneva, Switzerland. Federer had already been confirmed, of course, for the festivities in his home country. Nadal officially joined the upcoming party on Thursday.
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Rafael Nadal is back at practice and apparently good to go for the lucrative Abu Dhabi exhibition late in December followed by a January schedule that includes the Brisbane International and the Australian Open. Nadal posted a practice photo on Monday.
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Marinko Matosevic announced his retirement from tennis earlier in the offseason. The 33-year-old Australian peaked at No. 39 in the world in March of 2013 after winning 17 ATP-level matches in 2012. But he will be remembered most for various shenanigans.
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Lucas Pouille has made an offseason change to his team, announcing Amelie Mauresmo as his new coach. Pouille had been working with Emmanuel Planque, who had coached him for six years. The Frenchman has slipped No. 32 in the world rankings. […]
The Australian Open has been given permission by the grand slam board to implement a decisive super tiebreak (first to 10 points instead of seven, win by two) at 6-6 in a final set, perhaps as soon as for the 2019 tournament.
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Tennis Channel commentator and ATP board member Justin Gimelstob was arrested on suspicion of felony battery on Halloween. John Isner came to Gimelstob’s defense earlier this week after Lleyton Hewitt called for the ATP to take action. […]
Are they all playing for second place at the upcoming Nitto ATP Finals? Not necessarily, but world No. 1 Novak Djokovic is an obvious favorite going into London. He is 31-2 in his last 33 matches and has won the year-end championship five times (four in London).
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Roger Federer has as many titles at the year-end championship as the rest of his round-robin competitors combined have match wins. That’s right; Federer has lifted the trophy on six occasions and will bow bid for a seventh at the Nitto ATP Finals. […]
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