• What the Deuce
  • 'Baby Fed' making a name for himself
  • May 14, 2013: The Next Big Thing tag has trailed 'Baby Federer' Grigor Dimitrov since he was 16 years old. Now 21, he's beginning to fulfil that promise

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  • Guilt by association unfair on Nadal
  • May 7, 2013: Andy Murray's #coverup tweet captured the worldwide reaction to plans to destroy the Operacion Puerto evidence. If the Fuentes trial was a bellwether for Spanish attitudes towards doping, the verdict made for grim reading

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  • Lies, damned lies and seedings
  • Apr 30, 2013: Seedings are designed to keep the best players apart until the late stages of a tournament - but will the French Open ignore the rankings for once and bump defending champion Rafael Nadal in among the top four?

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  • Djokovic and Nadal resume their rivalry
  • Apr 23, 2013: The major theme of the past eight months in tennis went largely unnoticed, and perhaps even unrecognised because of continuing uncertainty about the condition of Rafael Nadal's knees, the struggles of Andy "will he or will he not" Murray and speculation a

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  • When will Americans get to grips with clay?
  • Apr 16, 2013: John Isner won the US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston on Sunday, on the same red clay where all of the ATP action up to and including the French Open will take place over the next two months

  • Chris Wilkinson
  • Plenty for Murray and Co. to Master in Monte Carlo
  • Apr 12, 2013: The upcoming Monte Carlo Masters marks a return to a clay surface, with defending champion Rafael Nadal looking to complete his ninth consecutive victory at the tournament

  • Chris Wilkinson
  • World No. 1 now a realistic aim for Murray
  • Apr 5, 2013: It has been an interesting year for Andy Murray, certainly one that he can build on. While his Sony Open victory over David Ferrer and a return to world No. 2 has been dominating the headlines, Murray has not necessarily been playing his best tennis of la

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  • Del Potro to mingle with the awesome foursome
  • Mar 26, 2013: It is a blessing to see the top four players in the world as competitive as they are now, but is time running out on how long will Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal be able to dominate the circuit for?

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  • Tennis seeking a cleaner face
  • Mar 5, 2013: There are all different kinds of "clean," and no sport covers more of the bases in that regard than tennis

  • Comment
  • Savour tennis' new big rivalry
  • Feb 23, 2013: When Victoria Azarenka, a fiery 19-year-old from Belarus, throttled Serena Williams in the 2009 Miami final, it looked like the makings of a new world order

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  • Is Rafa running scared? Not for long
  • Feb 19, 2013: Rafael Nadal's lengthy lay-off may be over but both his mind and his knees are still recovering from his injury setback

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  • A fine first step for 'hunter' Nadal
  • Feb 12, 2013: Rafael Nadal was beaten in the VTR Open final by a journeyman, but it was still a promising return for the former world No. 1

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