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Who could win the ATP Comeback Player of the Year 2017 – Looking ahead twelve months

The 2016 end-of-season awards may have only just been dished out, with…

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Tim Henman “The LTA have an unbelievable role-model”

Tim Henman has sent a message to the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA)…

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Taylor Fritz highlights Columbus draw in US challenger

A lone Top 100 name features in a Challenger draw that is…

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Dominic Thiem’s ranking move could significantly affect Rafael Nadal’s Australian Open

In the wake of the main ATP events ending with Paris, there…

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Challenger Tour: Henri Laaksonen retains Champaign title with win over Ruben Bemelmans

Henri Laaksonen inflicted the second final defeat in three weeks for Ruben…

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ATP Challenger Tour: Delight for James Duckworth in Toyota, Luca Vanni ending 2017 on a high in Brescia

Luca Vanni wins Brescia title with come-back win (6-7, 6-4, 7-6), James…

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The fans perspective of the season-ending finale: The ATP World Tour Finals

I have attended the ATP World Tour Finals for a number of…

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Bradley Klahn makes his mark in return from long injury lay-off

He last competed on the ATP World Tour in February 2015, when…

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ATP Challenger Tour: Norbert Gombos continues torrid end-of-year run with second title in three weeks in Bratislava

Norbert Gombos defeats Marius Copil 7-6, 4-6, 6-3. What a few weeks…

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ATP Challenger: Julien Benneteau finds form to edge a resurgent Andrey Rublev in Mouilleron

He may be a veteran of thirty-four years now, but Julien Benneteau…

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ATP Challengers: Julien Benneteau into Mouilleron final, Norbert Gombos performs well on home soil

The semi-final stages of this week's Challenger tournaments have now been completed…

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Norway’s potential answer to Sweden’s tennis success – Casper Ruud

In 1995 a lone Norwegian by the name of Christian Ruud took…

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Battle for Australian wildcard continues in Knoxville Challenger, Dan Evans the top seed

All American players in Knoxville will have an extra incentive to do…

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Benoit Paire highlights Mouilleron Le Captif draw, two ATP veterans to clash in the first round

In January this year Benoit Paire was riding high as the seventeenth…

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Reilly Opelka’s first Challenger title the result of a long road to recovery

It's not too often on the tennis circuit that a teenager wins…

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Reilly Opelka reaches his first Challenger final, faces Ruben Bemelmans in Charlottesville, Sorgi run ends in Ecuador

6'11 teenager Reilly Opelka reached a career milestone in Charlottesville, reaching his…

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Reilly Opelka edges felllow teen in Charlottesville, Jared Donaldson into the quarter-finals

The second round of the Charlottesville Challenger perhaps gave fans the glimpse…

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Challenger Tour: Bagnis the lone remaining seed in Guayaquil, Sorgi fairytale run continues

The seed exodus that saw six seeds depart from the Guayaquil challenger…

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Challenger Tour: Defending champion and former finalist out in first round in Charlottesville

The 2016 version of the Charlottesville Challenger will not be as happy…

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ATP Challenger Tour: Seeds drop like stones in Guayaquil, Gastao Elias and Victor Estrella Burgos out

It was not  good opening round for the seeded players in Guayaquil,…

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