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Mornin', and a fine one it is, although we'll have classic, hot and almost intolerably humid U.S. Open weather by mid-week if the last forecast I heard is reliable. Sorry about all the Typepad heartaches, everyone. It figures they would monkey around with their blogging task bar right before the

Afternoon, everyone. It's been a hectic morning here at Tennis, and I assume most of you are also doing the usual holiday juggling act this Christmas week. I won't have a red-meat post for you today, but if want me to kick-start the conversation, here goes: I just wrote a

World No. 114 Alexei Popyrin had yet to reach the semifinals of an ATP tour-level event before this week. You wouldn’t know it after his winning performance in the Sunday final of the Singapore Tennis Open on Sunday. Popyrin rallied from a set down against fourth-seeded Alexander Bublik, 4-6, 6-0,

Jannik Sinner has captured his fourth ATP title of the year—and the first of his career on grass—in Halle, defeating Hubert Hurkacz in the final of the ATP 500-level event on Sunday, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (2). And with that he joins a very exclusive list, becoming the eighth man in

While most tennis stars bask in the glow of Indian Wells, Venus and Serena Williams have boycotted (girlcotted?) the event since 2001, when an allegedly racially-fueled mass altercation occurred with the crowd. Onlookers were apparently still miffed that Venus had pulled out of a semifinal match against her sister, and

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP)— Juan Martin del Potro and Julien Benneteau won their semifinals in straight sets Saturday and will play for the title of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. Del Potro reached his second straight final at the Rotterdam tournament by beating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4. Benneteau then defeated

Not so long ago, when fans and commentators said they were hoping for a "dream final," they had a Nadal vs Federer match in mind. No longer. 2011's version is Nadal vs. Djokovic, but for a set and a half of today's second Madrid semi, between Novak Djokovic and Thomaz

It's been a long year for James Blake, hardly the longest of his life but one of the toughest professionally. No. 4 just four years ago, he's now No. 135 and struggling to win matches. In the U.S. Open Series, Blake's bread and butter, he went 3-5, then lost in

Bernard Tomic has hired Croatian Velimir Zovko as a co-coach to instruct him along with his suspended father, John. The Tomics are also of Croatian origin. Zovko has coached WTA player Jelena Kostanic as well as Russia’s Polina Leykina. Upon hearing of the hire, former Top 3 player Ivan Ljubicic

DARWIN, Australia (AP) Teenager Thanasi Kokkinakis will open the Davis Cup quarterfinal for a controversy-hit Australia team on Friday against Kazakhstan No. 1 Mikhail Kukushkin. Following Thursday's draw, Australian No.1 Nick Kyrgios plays Aleksandr Nedovyesov in the second opening singles on outdoor grass courts. Sam Groth and veteran Lleyton Hewitt

LONDON (AP) Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will meet at Queen's Club on Friday in the first Britain-France tie in Davis Cup in 23 years. Theirs will be the second singles, following James Ward vs. Gilles Simon, as drawn on Thursday. Richard Gasquet, the Frenchman who went furthest at Wimbledon

DOHA, Qatar (AP) Victoria Azarenka defeated Venus Williams for the first time on Friday, rallying for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory to reach the final at the Qatar Open. A two-time champion in Doha, Azarenka made adjustments in the second set and took a 5-1 lead in the third. Azarenka

LONDON (AP) The Davis Cup final between Belgium and Britain will be played in Ghent on clay, Andy Murray's least favorite surface. The final of the sport's premier team competition will take place on Nov. 27-29 at the Flanders Expo on an indoor clay court, the International Tennis Federation announced

Roger Federer says that last year after he won the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, he chose to practice on clay for the Davis Cup final in France despite the ATP World Finals being played on hard courts. Andy Murray could use a similar strategy, Federer said, but the Scot has

PARIS (AP) This season left Rafael Nadal so frustrated that he even considered skipping the ATP finals. Not that he thought he would not qualify for the season-ending tournament after a dismal year that saw him drop to 10th in the rankings last June, but the Spaniard felt so uncomfortable

Fourhand is the Daily Spin's occasional roundup of various hits and misses on tour. SHE DOESN'T STOP Serena Williams has had a busy month away from tennis courts, not only appearing in a Super Bowl commercial shot who-knows-when but also dipping down to Jamaica to work on building a school

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) Juan Martin del Potro was tired, sore and still nervous about being back in competition. The 27-year-old Argentine had reason to celebrate, too, after beating Australian qualifier John-Patrick Smith 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday night to advance to the Delray Beach Open quarterfinals. Out for 11 months

MADRID (AP) Rafael Nadal is not overly disappointed at losing to Andy Murray for the second straight year at his home tournament. Following the 7-5, 6-4 defeat to Murray in the Madrid Open semifinals on Saturday, Nadal said he was on the right path heading into the French Open, which

Nick Kyrgios is in talks with potential coaches, says Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt. Kyrgios had not had a coach for a year-and-a-half, a period in which he has reached the Top 15 and won three titles, but also experienced injuries and was suspended for lack of effort in