Viktor Troicki, who was on the winning Davis Cup team for Serbia, has been banned from tennis for 18 months effective immediately. He had been asked for a blood and urine sample during Monte Carlo but only provided a urine sample claiming he was unwell. The ITF rejected this as a reason for not providing
Rafael Nadal has announced his withdrawal from the Australian Open due to a stomach virus), and this has to make his competition delirious with delight at the chance to make it deep in the draw. Nadal's absence has lead to some wild speculations including those who think his knee isn't healing that well (despite Nadal's
In the first big news for the 2013 season, Nadal has just announced that he is withdrawing from the Australian Open. Nadal was scheduled to play Abu Dhabi, an exhibition in the United Arab Emirates, which is ongoing. However, due to a stomach virus, he withdrew from that. He has chosen, on doctor's advice, not
Federer is bucking the Mayan calendar (which is probably misinterpreted) and putting out his schedule for 2013. With this schedule, he's taking advantage of an interesting rule that appears to be aimed at him. this is rule 1.08 Reduction of ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Commitment. It goes something like this: A player's number of
Rafael Nadal has not played since losing to Lukas Rosol in the second round of Wimbledon. He skipped the Olympics and the US Open. There is some chance he could play the year end championship, but Rafa stated his goals were to be healthy by the Australian Open though he's not sure whether that will
Let's take a quick look at some of the more interesting matches from Day 1. Andy Murray vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr. Last year, Murray had part 2 of a post-Australian Open loss funk. He had lost to Novak Djokovic, then lost to two "American" "juniors" as in Alex Bogomolov Jr. in Miami and Donald Young, Jr.
Once Rafael Nadal dropped out of Cincy which ends a week prior to the start of the US Open, there were whispers whether he'd be ready to play the US Open. Well, the answer is out. Rafa is out of the US Open. Rafa tweeted this announcement earlier today. He's historically had problems with knee
Shortly after Nadal lost to Lukas Rosol in his upset 2nd round bid, Nadal told the press that he would not play until the Olympics, and, oh yes, his knees were bothering him again. It appears that it's serious enough that he plans to skip the Olympics this year. Having won the gold back in
Kei Nishikori is recognized as the best Japanese player. Recently, Wilson Racquet Sports decided to continue his multi-year contract probably because he is an important part of the overall marketing strategy for Wilson. He has been a part with Wilson for years and it started when he was only ten years old. Since Nishikori has
Andy Roddick, as many talented players do, wanted to be number 1. And, for a while, in that period between the decline of Sampras and the rise of Federer, he was number 1. Given players like Federer and Nadal and Djokovic and Murray and...., Andy Roddick could always say that, at the very least, he
