ATP Cup adds to crowded tennis dates before Australian Open
January 01, 2020 13:44 ISTATP Cup will be a 24-team affair with names like Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Denis Shapovalov confirming their participation.
ATP Cup will be a 24-team affair with names like Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Denis Shapovalov confirming their participation.
Maria Sharapova hasn't played since a first round loss to career-long rival Serena Williams at the US Open in August.
Kei Nishikori, who has not played since a third-round loss to Australia's Alex de Minaur at the US Open, required minor elbow surgery in the off-season.
Tennis Australia issued a statement Sunday saying Murray had withdrawn from the season-opening major at Melbourne Park and from the ATP Cup.
Leander Paes, 46, has announced that he would look to play a "few select tournaments" next year and travel with his team as he calls curtains on a career that started in 1991.
Paes, who is the most successful doubles player in the history of Davis Cup with 44 wins, recently dropped out of top-100 for the first time in 19 years.
The only twist in the tale that 2019 served was the rise of the Next Gen power in the form of Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Sania last played Fed Cup in 2016 and has been out of action since October 2017 as she took a two-year break to start a family.
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic once again dominated the world of tennis with Andy Murray breaking it for a brief while in 2016.
Those who lose in the first round of qualifying will take home AUD 20,000 while players losing in the first round of the main draw will earn AUD 90,000 in prize money.
Clijsters had first retired from the sport in 2007 and returned in August 2009 after giving birth to her first child. She retired for a second time in 2011.
The match between two players, who will be among the shortlist of favourites at next month's Australian Open, fully lived up to the expectations.
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson shared a video of himself giving boxing lessons to the 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams.
Roger Federer will take on Alexander Zverev and the match will be played on March 24 at Movistar Arena in Colombian capital Bogota.
Nagal, who is currently ranked 130 in the ATP rankings, after having a good season during which he qualified for the US Open main draw and also took a set off the legendary Roger Federer
The International Tennis Federation also announced its year-end awards Thursday, with year-end No. 1s Nadal and Ash Barty named ITF World Champions.
They will be joined by Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Matteo Berrettini, Roberto Bautista Agut and Gael Monfils.
Ash Barty won a total of four tournaments and was the only woman to reach the second week at all four major championships this season.
Barty became the first Australian to be named WTA world No. 1 since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1976, and recorded the most matches won on tour this season.
Bianca Andreescu won the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy on Monday after becoming the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title.
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