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Nadal needs three sets to oust Dimitrov at Shanghai Masters

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World number one Rafael Nadal needed three sets to defeat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and reach the last four of the Shanghai Masters.

triumph 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.The last four contests will be held tomorrow.Britain's Andy Murray and Serbia's Novak

Djokovic, who have won six out of the last seven editions between them, are both absent due to injury


Russia back to defend Junior Davis Cup title in Budapest

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The draw has taken place for the 2017 Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup Finals due to start in Budapest tomorrow. 

leading names have taken part in the competition, including current stars Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak

Djokovic, Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep, and Agnieszka Radwanska.The Finals see boys' and girls' teams


Four nations ready to contest 2017 Davis Cup semi-finals

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The 2017 Davis Cup is set to resume tomorrow with the semi-finals as France take on Serbia and Belgium meet Australia.

to win the Davis Cup title for the first time in the 2010 final in Belgrade.Serbia, who are without Novak

Djokovic after he ended his season early due to injury, made it to the last four of this year's


Murray's absence opens US Open up for Federer and Nadal

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The renascent Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have won all three of this year's tennis grand slams and the sequence of high profile withdrawals from the US Open - the most recent being Britain's world number two Andy Murray - has improved their chances of finishing the season sharing the big four titles between them.

controversial ©Getty ImagesBoth of last year's finalists - winner Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland and Serbia's Novak

Djokovic - are out with respective knee and elbow injuries.Croatian fifth seed Marin Cilic will move


Becker appointed to new position as head of men's tennis in Germany

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Six-time grand slam champion Boris Becker has been appointed head of men's tennis in Germany with immediate effect.

German Davis Cup team between 1997 and 1999 and has more recently supported former world number one Novak

Djokovic from 2013 to 2016.World number six Alexander Zverev is currently Germany's leading male player.Elder


Murray withdraws from Rogers Cup as Nadal closes in on world number one ranking

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Sir Andy Murray has withdrawn from this week's Rogers Cup in Canada, paving the way for Spain's Rafael Nadal to become world number one.

season because of a knee injury, joining Serbia's defending champion and 12-time grand slam winner Novak

Djokovic on the sidelines.Nadal is the number one seed in Montreal while Switzerland's Roger Federer


Djokovic to miss remainder of 2017 season to recover from elbow injury

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Serbia's Novak Djokovic has confirmed he will miss the remainder of the 2017 season as he seeks to recover

The break will see Djokovic miss the US Open, the final Grand Slam event of the 2017 season, and the

competitions the Serbian star has featured in, with the run stretching back to the 2005 Australian Open.Novak Djokovic


Plíšková confirmed as new women's world number one as Sir Andy retains top men's spot

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Karolína Plíšková of the Czech Republic has been confirmed as the new world number one in the latest Women's Tennis Association rankings following the conclusion of the Wimbledon Championships.

in second place.Switzerland's Roger Federer's record eighth Wimbledon crown saw him leapfrog Serbian Novak

Djokovic into third place, 900 points behind Sir Andy.Federer could end the year back at the top of


Querrey stuns Sir Andy Murray to reach Wimbledon semi-finals

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American Sam Querrey continued his trend of knocking out defending Wimbledon champions as he reached his first Grand Slam semi-final with a shock five-set victory over Sir Andy Murray.

Querrey, who ended Novak Djokovic's title defence last year, took advantage of Sir Andy's injury problems

6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1, 6-1 triumph on Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.Three-time winner Djokovic


Williams moves step closer to sixth Wimbledon title with impressive win over Ostapenko

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Five-time winner Venus Williams rolled back the years with a vintage display as she beat French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets under the Centre Court roof to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Championships.

impressive wins but was no match for the Slovakian, who eased to a 6-3, 6-3 win.Men's world number four Novak

Djokovic sealed his place in the last eight of the men's event with victory over Frenchman Adrien Mannarino.In

could not be played yesterday due to the five-set marathon between Rafael Nadal and Gilles Muller, Djokovic


Muller stuns Nadal in five-set epic to reach Wimbledon quarter-finals

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Two-time champion Rafael Nadal was knocked out of Wimbledon after losing to Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller in a mammoth five-set match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club today.

, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.The other quarter-final pits Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych against either Serbia's Novak

Djokovic or France's Adrian Mannarino.Berdych came through a five-set match against Austria’s Dominic

Thiem, triumphing 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.Djokovic and Mannarino are due to play their fourth-round



Nervy Federer through to Wimbledon third round

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Roger Federer admitted to suffering from nerves during his second round match at Wimbledon today despite winning in straight-sets at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic, seeded second at this year's event, brushed aside Adam Pavlasek of the Czech


Federer and Djokovic progress at Wimbledon after opponents both withdraw injured

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Wimbledon Championships legends Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic both breezed into the second round of

Court crowd as they had earlier seen a near identical outcome in the match between three-time champion Djokovic

 "You never like to end up a match this way," Djokovic said."

Djokovic will now face Czech Republic's Adam Pavlasek in round two while Federer will be up against Dušan


Lucky loser awaits Murray in first round of Wimbledon Championships

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Alexander Bublik is set to be the first opponent who Sir Andy Murray will face at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships after the draw was made today.

winner at Wimbledon, was drawn against world number 84 Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine while Serbian Novak

Djokovic will begin his hunt for a fourth men’s singles crown at the venue against Slovakia’s Martin