Amazing to see how Federer has reinvented himself: Paes
October 15, 2019 17:10 ISTFederer on Monday announced that he will be participating in next year's Tokyo Olympics, thus putting an end to speculation about his retirement.
Federer on Monday announced that he will be participating in next year's Tokyo Olympics, thus putting an end to speculation about his retirement.
According to well-placed sources, the deteriorating relationship between the two countries is their main concern and the Indian players have written to the AITA requesting them to change the venue.
Argentina's Dante Bottini had been coaching Nishikori for the last eight years.
The Swiss great, a four-time Olympian, says "at the end of the day my heart decided I would love to play at the Olympic Games again."
Nadal will regain the top spot on November 4 and is slated to hold the position even if Djokovic wins the Paris Masters which will offer him 1000 points on victory.
15-year-old Coco Gauff lifted the Linz Open trophy on Sunday and became the youngest player in the last 15 years to win a WTA title.
The third-seeded Medvedev picked up his third title in six consecutive finals played since the tour returned to hard courts after Wimbledon in July. He also won the Masters 1000-level tournament in Cincinnati and the St. Petersburg trophy in that stretch.
Medvedev has won a tour-best 58 matches this season, 43 in straight sets. He has yet to drop a set this week.
Federer saved five match points in the second set and received a point penalty in the third in the 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3 loss to fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev.
The defending champion from Serbia, a four-time winner of the Shanghai Masters who had reached the semifinals in all eight of his appearances at the tournament, lost to sixth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Friday in the quarterfinals.
Del Potro has not played since June, when he fractured the patella in his right knee for the second time in nine months during the Queen's ATP 500 tournament in London, reports Xinhua news agency.
Ashleigh Barty was the first Australian to win the French Open in 46 years and is now aiming to become the first Australian woman to end the season with the number one ranking since Margaret Court in 1973.
The Olympic Channel says Osaka, who plays under a Japanese flag in WTA events and in the Fed Cup, has told national broadcaster NHK that she has started proceedings to choose Japanese citizenship.
Top-seeded Djokovic is on a 24-0 sets winning streak in Asia dating back to last year's Shanghai Masters. He won his inaugural appearance at the Japan Open last week without losing a set.
The second-seeded Federer, who is bidding to win a third Shanghai Masters title, dominated in the first set, but was tested in the second.
The Indo-Canadian pair notched up a 6-1, 6-4 win over Khachanov and Rublev in the opening round.
"Confirmed: @andy_murray will return to compete at the #AusOpen in 2020," Australian Open organisers tweeted on Tuesday afternoon while also adding in a statement that the Scot will be given a protected ranking of No.2 when he returns to the main draw.
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer will take on Germany's Alexander Zverev in an exhibition duel as part of a Latin America tour.
India's tennis ace Sumit Nagal has climbed up to a career-best 129 in the latest ATP Rankings.
Osaka bounced back from a set down to top-seeded Ash Barty, cruising through the final two sets to defeat the top-seeded Australian 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and accomplish her goal of returning to winning form on the tour's Asian leg.
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