Novak Djokovic maintained his unbeaten record in Abu Dhabi by beating David Ferrer 7-5, 6-2 to win his third straight Mubadala World Tennis Championship title. Djokovic, who finished the year with a 24-match winning streak on the ATP tour, needed just 82 minutes to dispatch the third-ranked Ferrer in the ...
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World number three David Ferrer has split with coach Javier Piles after 15 years together. Ferrer, 31, who reached his first Grand Slam final this year at the French Open where he lost to compatriot Rafael Nadal, made his announcement at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship which gets underway in ...
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Andy Murray admits it will be tough to add to his haul of two grand slam titles, but it will not be for the want of trying. The 26-year-old Scot bounced back from losing his first four grand slam finals to capture the US Open title in 2012 before winning ...
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Andy Murray is not expecting a clash of the big-name coaches this season after Novak Djokovic appointed Boris Becker as his new coach. Six-time Grand Slam champion Becker developed an intense rivalry with Murray’s coach Ivan Lendl during their playing days with the German beating Lendl in the 1986 Wimbledon ...
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In a year which saw Andy Murray end Britain’s 77-year wait for a male singles champion at Wimbledon, it was Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams who re-established themselves at the sport’s summit. While Williams’ rise back to the top of the world rankings was somewhat predictable – the American having ...
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(CNN) — Roger Federer took time out from his off-season training regimen to answer questions on Twitter from his legions of fans. Among the things they learned earlier this month was that Federer’s favorite fruits were strawberry, apple and mango and that he has visited 55 countries. When asked what he ...
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