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  2014 Family Circle Cup: Andrea Petkovic at practice

  After disappointing results at Indian Wells (first-round loss to Alize Cornet) and Miami (second-round loss to Camila Giorgi), Petkovic defeated Jana Cepelova 7-5 6-2 in the final of the Family Circle Cup, to capture her third career title. Photo credit: mrenzaero

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  2014 Family Circle Cup: Jelena Jankovic at practice

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  2014 Family Circle Cup: Eugenie Bouchard at practice

  The Canadian reached the semifinals at Charleston after victories over Alla Kudryavtseva, Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic. She lost to Andrea Petkovic in three tight sets. Photo credit: mrenzaero

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  2014 Family Circle Cup: Belinda Bencic vs Maria Kirilenko

  6-1 7-5 victory for Swiss Belinda Bencic who then made her way through the first semifinals of her young career. Photo credit: mrenzaero

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  2014 Family Circle Cup: Lucie Safarova at practice

  The Czech beat Johanna Larsson, Virginie Razzano and Sam Stosur, but lost to future champion Andrea Petkovic in quarterfinals. Photo credit: mrenzaero

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  2014 Family Circle Cup: Sam Stosur at practice

  Winner in Charleston in 2010, Sam Stosur was beaten in the third round by Lucie Safarova this year. The 2011 US Open champion’s season has been mediocre so far and she could drop out of the top 20 for the first time in years. Enjoy a few pictures of Sam practising: Photo credit: mrenzaero

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  Two time defending champion Czech Republic defeats Japan

  Two time defending champions eased into the Davis Cup semifinals with a 5-0 victory over Japan. Both teams played without their number ones, Tomas Berdych and Kei Nishikori. Czech Republic will next face France who came back from a 2-0 deficit to top Germany 3-2. Radek Stepanek vs Tatsuma Ito Lukas Rosol vs Taro Daniel […]

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  Italy defeats Great Britain in Davis Cup quarterfinal

  Great Britain was looking to reach the semifinals for the first time since 1981 but Italy rallied from a 2-1 deficit to win the tie 3-2. Andy Murray was totally overplayed by Fabio Fognini who levelled the tie at 2-2, and Andreas Seppi secured Italy’s victory in the fifth and decisive rubber with a straight […]

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How to buy 2014 French Open tickets

Except for qualifiers, there are no ticket sales at the stadium itself before or during tournament. All bookings have to be made before the event. The tickets sell out really fast, so you better be prepared. The events Qualifiers – 20 to 23 May Tickets for the stadium during the qualifiers give the bearer access […]

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Open GDF Suez 2014: Maria Sharapova at practice

Enjoy some pics and videos of Maria Sharapova at practice yesterday with coach Sven Groeneveld: Click to enlarge:

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Bercy 2013: recap of my week in Paris

As you already know I spent a few days in Paris to attend the BNP Paribas Masters. Nadal, Djokovic, Federer… I’ve had the chance to watch the best battle for the number 1 spot or for a qualification to the ATP Finals in London. Here’s a quick recap of my week. Day 0 (Sunday, October […]

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