Will there be any top seeds left in the finals? Federer who is about to loose his number 1 spot is out, the Williams sisters are out, Andy Murray had a second chance in the doubles but he is out again. Its great to see the lower seeds and some unknown players come through. Is [...]

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Murray now seeded sixth in the world after winning his first ATP masters title against Djokovic is also seeded 6 at the Olympic Games and will face Yen-Hsun of Taipei, who is currently ranked 74 in the world.
Second seed Rafael Nadal is a potential quarter final opponent for Murray, with Novak Djokovic, a possible semi-final opponent.

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Roger Federer is under increasing pressure from his biggest rival Rafael Nadal to keep his world number one ranking. Federer has been at the top of the world rankings for 234 weeks. In January Federer was 1445 ranking points ahead of Nadal, now there is less than 300.

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Virginia Wade is concerned by the Media attention and expectations suddenly attracted by Laura after her fantastic Junior Wimbledon Title win 
But Wade admits Robson has made a stunning start to her career and says there is no reason why she cannot be challenging for honours in the future.
“I’m really proud of her for what she did [...]

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Britains Anne Koethavong recorded the best month of her career in May as she won a $50k singles title in Lebanon. This win entered her into the world’s top 100 for the first time and became the first Brit since Sam Smith in 1999 to gain direct acceptance into the ladies’ singles main draw at [...]

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It’s not just Wimbledon that suffers match delays, The French Open is experiencing the wonders of rain suspended matches, yet this will not make the headlines like the All england tournament which is known for its rain as much as for its Strawbberries and cream.
Federer cruised into the 2nd round yesterday defeating American Querrey 6-4, [...]

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The 22-year-old Scot who has not played a singles match since April 2007 and is currently not ranked in the world for singles said “I would like to give it a go, and I thought after what I did last year it was probably my best chance. It would be a dream come true.”
Murray has tasted success at [...]

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World number three, 20-year-old Serbian Novak Djokovic told BBC’s Inside Sport programme: ”In the UK a lot of kids are a little bit spoiled. If you have perfect conditions and everything you want, you don’t know the real meaning of tennis and you don’t work as hard as you are supposed to. You do not have [...]

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Robert Dee, 21, recorded a victory in the qualifying section of a futures event in Spain. Normally this would be nothing to get too excited about but when you consider this young British tennis player has earned the title of the worst player in the world after losing his first 54 professional matches you can understand why this would [...]

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There is an interesting interview with Nikolay Davydenko in yesterday’s Independent newspaper where Davydenko talks candidly about, among other topics, the stress of coping with the match fixing allegations over the past year.
Davydenko has continually declared his innocence in the tennis betting and match fixing stories though his name more than any other is most [...]

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