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All you really need to play tennis is a friend.
Indian Wells, tennis’s “fifth major,” begins today in southern California. Last year the men’s draw produced one of t…
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Fabio Fognini, tennis’s sleepy pirate and occasional misogynist, is typically the one doing all the comical,…
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Kei Nishikori, you were missed. The Japanese star popped a tendon in his right wrist in mid-August, closed up shop…
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Twenty-year-old Frances Tiafoe came to Delray Beach as a wild card entry with a wild forehand. He left as the…
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Remember this kid? If you do at all, maybe it’s because you saw him last August, thriving in New York’s late summer…
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