London: Rafael Nadal will be seeded No. 5 at Wimbledon, setting up the possibility of a quarter-final match against Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray.
The All England Club released the seedings on Wednesday for this year's championships, with the top five in the ATP rankings remaining in their positions.
Djokovic is No. 1, followed by Murray, Federer, David Ferrer and Nadal.
Nadal, who was sidelined for about seven months with a left knee injury after losing in the second round at Wimbledon last year, dropped to No. 5 in the rankings after the French Open, despite beating Ferrer to win the tournament for a record eighth time....
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04:14 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Halle: Seventeen-time major champion Roger Federer says he feels fit and confident before the start of Wimbledon where he will be defending his men's single crown. The Swiss Sunday won his 77th tour title and sixth crown at the Gerry Weber Open here, his first trophy since Cincinnati in August 2012. "For me, it is great in terms of confidence. Winning solves everything really. It was good to fight as...
07:37 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Berlin: Serbia's Novak Djokovic has held onto the stop spot in the latest men's tennis rankings released on Monday by the ATP, ahead of weekend tournament winners Andy Murray and Roger Federer. Djokovic has 11,830 points. Murray, who won Queen's on Sunday, has 8,560, and Federer 7,740 points as there were no changes in the top 10. ATP top 10 as of June 17 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1)...
03:56 PM, Jun 17, 2013
London: Top-seeded Andy Murray and defending champion Marin Cilic will play in the final at Queen's Club after both earned three-set victories on Saturday. Murray, the champion in 2009 and 2011, rallied to defeat fourth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a repeat of their 2011 final. Fifth-seeded Cilic of Croatia held off former four-time winner Lleyton Hewitt 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Murray will play for his 27th career title...
08:30 AM, Jun 16, 2013
London: Two-time former champion Andy Murray reached the semi-finals at Queen's Club after overcoming a solid challenge from Benjamin Becker of Germany to win 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Friday. The top-seeded Briton served eight aces without committing a double-fault, and broke twice in each set. He also dropped serve three times in the match, but dominated the tiebreaker by winning the first six points. Murray will play fourth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga...
01:24 PM, Jun 15, 2013
London: Andy Murray emerged unscathed as he completed back-to-back wins at a blustery Aegon Championships on Thursday in his first matches following a four-week break caused by a back injury. Gusting winds and two awkward opponents could not blow Murray off course as he first completed a rain-delayed 6-3 7-6 (4) win over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut before returning 3-1/2 hours later to crush Australian Marinko Matosevic 6-2 6-2 for a...
07:59 PM, Jun 13, 2013
London: World number two Andy Murray is hoping his Wimbledon title chances will benefit from his enforced absence from the French Open in Paris. The Briton ended a sequence of three successive Grand Slam final appearances when he pulled out of the clay court event at Roland Garros because of a back injury. Asked if missing the French Open would improve his hopes at the Queen's Club tournament in London...
04:37 PM, Jun 08, 2013
London: Andy Murray is set to make his return from injury in next week's grass-court tournament at Queen's Club in London. The US Open champion missed the French Open because of a chronic back problem, raising fears he could also be sidelined for Wimbledon starting on June 24. But Murray says on Twitter that "barring no setbacks in the next couple of days I will be making an appearence at...
03:21 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Paris: Seventh-ranked Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina has pulled out of the upcoming French Open because of a respiratory virus. Del Potro said in a statement on Wednesday that he has not fully recovered and not fit to play. American players Brian Baker and Mardy Fish have also pulled out. Baker has not recovered from a right knee operation and Fish is unfit because of heart problems. They will...
10:32 PM, May 22, 2013
London: Britain's world number two Andy Murray has pulled out of the French Open after failing to recover from a lower back injury which he aggravated at the Italian Open last week. "It's a really tough decision and I love playing in Paris, but after seeking medical advice, I am not fit to compete," Murray said in a statement released by his management company. "Apologies to the organisers and thanks...
08:40 AM, May 22, 2013
Rome: Back pain forced Andy Murray to retire midway through his second-round match at the Italian Open on Wednesday. He may have to sit out the French Open, too. Elsewhere at the Foro Italico, two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova eased past Spanish qualifier Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 6-2. Also, rising Polish player Jerzy Janowicz upset eighth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 7-6 (5) and celebrated by ripping his shirt apart. Murray, who was...
10:34 PM, May 15, 2013
Madrid: Andy Murray complained he has been failing to take his chances but said his clay season was "going in the right direction" following the failure of his latest bid for a maiden title on his least favoured surface. Murray lost 7-6, 6-4 to Czech sixth seed Tomas Berdych in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday but will at least have the consolation of climbing above Roger Federer to number...
08:27 PM, May 11, 2013
Monte Carlo: A string of errors put world number two Andy Murray out of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday when he lost 6-1 6-2 to Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round. Fourth seed Tomas Berdych and Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro, seeded five, were also beaten at the first big claycourt event of the season, while Rafael Nadal calmly continued his bid for a ninth consecutive crown with...
11:38 PM, Apr 18, 2013
An exhausted Andy Murray credited his mental strength and physical freshness for his tie-break victory over David Ferrer in the Sony Open final on Sunday after a gruelling 2-hour-45-minute battle. ...
10:12 AM, Apr 01, 2013
The 2-6 6-4 7-6 victory was Murray's ninth in a Masters 1000 series event. ...
08:28 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Murray will now play David Ferrer in the final and a victory over Ferrer would move him above Roger Federer into second place in the world rankings. ...
08:03 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Five-time champion Serena Williams defeated No. 5-seeded Li Na 6-3, 7-6 (5). ...
07:24 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Indian Wells runner-up Juan Martin del Potro believes Britain's Andy Murray can become world tennis number one this year. ...
07:00 PM, Mar 19, 2013
7th seeded Del Potro will next face Novak Djokovic, who was barely tested as he demolished Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. ...
07:42 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Del Potro seaid, he and a few others like Berdych, Tsonga and Ferrer are trying to get into that group but it's not easy. ...
07:29 AM, Mar 15, 2013
