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  • Tennis star, Rafael Nadal hints at retirement

    Tennis star, Rafael Nadal hints at retirement

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    Tennis star Rafael Nadal who pulled out of this month’s French Open because of a hip injury, has hinted on retiring from the sport come next year 2024. According to the Spaniard 2024 will be his last year Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour.

  • Revised ATP calendar not safe for players, says Murray

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    Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray said on Saturday the ATP’s revised calendar which includes seven tournaments in as many weeks is not safe for players, who will be forced to skip major events, due to the crammed schedule. The ATP tour, which was suspended in March, due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, is set…

  • Nadal puts Spain into ATP Cup quarters

    Nadal puts Spain into ATP Cup quarters

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    Rafael Nadal came back twice from a break down against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka to put Spain into the ATP Cup quarter-finals in Australia. The world number one won 7-6 (7-4) 6-4) to give Spain an unassailable 2-0 lead in the tie after Robert Bautista Agut had earlier beaten Go Soeda 6-2 6-4. Nadal then paired…

  • Federer wins landmark 100th ATP title

    Federer wins landmark 100th ATP title

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    Roger Federer has won his 100th ATP Tour title at the Dubai Tennis Championships – 6,600 days after winning his first in Milan. The 37-year-old Swiss – a 20-time Grand Slam champion – beat Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-4. Federer’s first ATP title came at the Milan Indoors on 4 February, 2001, when he beat…

  • ATP: Novak Djokovic returns to world number one

    ATP: Novak Djokovic returns to world number one

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    Serbia’s Novak Djokovic snatched the top spot of the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday from Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal, now World No. 2. The Serb lost in the final of the Paris Masters to Karen Khachanov on Sunday but regained number one spot for the first time since…

  • Roger Federer seals 99th tournament victory

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    Roger Federer sealed the Swiss Indoors title for the ninth time with a 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 victory over Marius Copil and is now one short of 100 tournament wins. The 37-year-old world number three, who first won the Swiss title in 2006, was a break down in each set to Romanian Copil, seeking his first…