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Notable results:
- Doha R2: Simona Halep d. Kaia Kanepi, 6-4 3-6 7-6(5)
- Doha R2: Petra Kvitova d. Venus Williams, 6-2 2-6 7-6(7)
- Doha R2: Yanina Wickmayer d. Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4 7-5
- Rotterdam R2: Juan Martin del Potro d. Gael Monfils, 7-6(6) 6-3
- Rotterdam R2: Marin Cilic d. Jo Wilfried Tsonga, 6-4 6-4
- Quimper CH R1: Henri Laaksonen d. Marc Gicquel, 6-4 6-1
News and Links:
The ATP has officially released its 2015 schedule, with the grass-court swing expanded by an extra week:
The extended grass-court swing will be comprised of events in Stuttgart, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, London-Queen’s, Halle, and a new 48-draw event in Nottingham (previously held as a 28-draw in Eastbourne). Newport will continue to be held the week after Wimbledon. In addition, Queen’s and Halle will be re-categorised as ATP World Tour 500 events, bringing the grass-court season additional weight in the 52-week Emirates ATP Rankings with a 75 percent increase in points attributed to the surface.
In unrelated news, Tsvetana Pironkova has inquired about playing on the men’s tour.
Yesterday, the eight franchises of World Team Tennis drafted star players, led by Victoria Azarenka, who will be playing WTT for the first time in four years, representing the Philadelphia Freedoms.
World Group and World Group II playoff pairings have been set for the Fed Cup. The US team, which lost to Italy last weekend, will host the Alize Cornet-led French team at home in April.
Someone get Delpo some Dutch beer:
Interviewer: Have you tried our beer?
Delpo: No no i haven’t, anyone have the beer?
Interviewer: Maybe next time we bring it so you can try.
There’s a new Margin of Error podcast, in which Jeff and Amy talk Davis Cup and challenger tennis with JJ of–you guessed it–Challenger Tennis.
Tennis on Twitter:
Tursunov, being given a warning about the time he's taking between points, asks "How long, like Rafa?" #atp
— Ana Mitrić (@ana_mitric) February 11, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLQjNo8cqEA&feature=youtu.be
This is how you save a match point. 38 shots later… http://t.co/lmeMwPLwtx #Rotterdam
— Josh Meiseles (@JoshMeiz) February 11, 2014
.@SaraErrani celebrates her @QatarTennis opening round win with a falcon, why not 😉 #WTA pic.twitter.com/xKm7Dm43sp
— wta (@WTA) February 12, 2014
am i the only one not getting this…?
In unrelated news, Tsvetana Pironkova has inquired about playing on the men’s tour.
Nope, that link has nothing to do with this unsubstantiated statement. What gives?
It’s a joke — a reference to her great record on grass.