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Tennis at the Rio 2016 Olympics: All you need to know

  • Posted: Jul 26, 2016
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Venue: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dates: 5-21 August Time in Rio: BST -4
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The sport in brief: There are five gold medals up for grabs – men’s and women’s singles and doubles, and mixed doubles. All matches are best-of-three sets – except for the men’s singles final, which is a best-of-five match.

Anything new for Rio 2016? Tie-breaks will be used in the deciding set in singles and men’s and women’s doubles matches. Unlike in recent previous Olympics, there are no ranking points on offer.

British prospects: Andy Murray is the defending champion and comes into the Olympics having won Wimbledon for a second time. Murray and brother Jamie have done well in the Davis Cup so will fancy their chances in the men’s doubles. Johanna Konta is having the best season of her career, while Heather Watson won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon.

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Who are the favourites? Besides Murray, world number one Novak Djokovic will be aiming to bounce back after his premature Wimbledon exit, and Rafael Nadal will be aiming to make amends for an injury-hit season. Defending women’s singles champion Serena Williams will arrive in Rio fresh from equalling Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles. She and sister Venus will be among the women’s doubles favourites, having already won Olympic gold in the event three times.

I didn’t know that: John Boland, the first Olympic men’s singles champion in 1896, did not have any tennis shoes with him so played in a pair of shoes with leather soles and heels.

Previous British medallists: Forty two (16 gold, 14 silver, 12 bronze)

Most recent British gold: 2012 – Andy Murray (men’s singles)

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Behind The Scenes At Washington DC 2016

  • Posted: Jul 26, 2016

Behind The Scenes At Washington DC 2016

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Roger Federer to miss Rio 2016 Olympics and rest of season with knee injury

  • Posted: Jul 26, 2016

Swiss tennis great Roger Federer will miss the Olympics and the rest of the season with a knee injury.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion said he needs “more extensive rehabilitation” if he wants to prolong his career.

Federer, 34, had knee surgery in February before missing May’s French Open with a back problem.

Federer said on his Facebook page he was “extremely disappointed” to not be representing Switzerland in Rio and it was “tough” to miss the rest of 2016.

“I am as motivated as ever and plan to put all my energy towards coming back strong, healthy and in shape to play attacking tennis in 2017,” he added.

Federer won doubles gold at Beijing in 2008, but has never won an Olympic singles title and lost to Britain’s Andy Murray in the final at London 2012.

Federer twice required treatment during a five-set semi-final defeat by Canada’s Milos Raonic at Wimbledon this month, but found a “silver lining” in his injury-troubled year.

“This experience has made me realise how lucky I have been throughout my career with very few injuries,” he said.

“The doctors advised that if I want to play on the ATP World Tour injury free for another few years, as I intend to do, I must give both my knee and body the proper time to fully recover.”

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Emirates ATP Rankings 25 July 2016

  • Posted: Jul 26, 2016

Emirates ATP Rankings 25 July 2016

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Shapovalov Reacts To Kyrgios Toronto 2016 Win

  • Posted: Jul 26, 2016

Shapovalov Reacts To Kyrgios Toronto 2016 Win

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Shapovalov Isner Coric Dimitrov Toronto Highlights 2016

  • Posted: Jul 26, 2016

Shapovalov Isner Coric Dimitrov Toronto Highlights 2016

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Rogers Cup: Nick Kyrgios beaten by Wimbledon junior champion Denis Shapovalov

  • Posted: Jul 26, 2016

World number 19 Nick Kyrgios suffered a shock defeat by Wimbledon junior champion Denis Shapovalov in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

He was beaten 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-3 in his first match since losing to eventual champion Andy Murray at Wimbledon.

“I’m not going to tell you what I did or didn’t do to prepare. I just played pretty bad,” said the Australian, 21.

Canadian Shapovalov, 17, is competing in only his second ATP event, and plays Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov next.

Ranked 370 in the world, Shapovalov struck 12 aces in the match against an off-key Kyrgios, who served 18 double faults.

The Australian added: “He played great and he earned it. Obviously he was excited playing in front of his home crowd.

“I know what it feels like to come off one of your biggest junior results and then play in one of your home tournaments.”

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Watch 2016 Toronto Practice Court Streaming

  • Posted: Jul 26, 2016

Watch 2016 Toronto Practice Court Streaming

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Catch practice court action from the Rogers Cup in Toronto

Watch your favourite players work on their games by taking in a live stream of one practice court at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

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Shapovalov Stuns Kyrgios In Toronto

  • Posted: Jul 26, 2016

Shapovalov Stuns Kyrgios In Toronto

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Canadian 17 year old sees off No. 11 seed to set Dimitrov clash

Teenage wild card Denis Shapovalov has produced the biggest upset of his young career, taking down No. 11 seed Nick Kyrgios in the opening round of the Rogers Cup.

The 17 year old, who won the Boys’ Singles Title at Wimbledon earlier this month, made the most of his main draw opportunity to defeat the Australian 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3 in one hour and 40 minutes.

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“Nick is an incredible tennis player. He’s Top 20 in the world. Maybe even future No. 1 in the world,” Shapovalov said. “So obviously I didn’t expect to win. But like I said before, I’m just going to go fight for every point. That’s what I did. The outcome was very good today.”

Buoyed by the Toronto crowd, the young Canadian brought up match point with his 12th ace and closed it out to book a second-round meeting with former Top 10 player Grigor Dimitrov.

“I love playing on a big stage. I love impressing people,” said Shapovalov, who requested to play on Centre Court. “It was very fun for me.”

Both players saved eight of 10 break points faced but Kyrgios was let down by 18 double faults. Shapovalov had just four.

“He’s coming off of one of the best results of his career. He has a great future,” Kyrgios said. “I’m really looking forward to seeing how he’s going to progress… He’s a top player.”

Earlier, Dimitrov produced an impressive escape to deny Japan’s Yuichi Sugita 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-4 in two hours and 29 minutes.

The Bulgarian trailed a set and a break and was down 3/5 in the second-set tie-break before forcing the deciding set. He landed the crucial break for 3-2 in the third and sealed it on his first match point.

American Sam Querrey also advanced to the second round on Monday, winning almost 90 per cent of his first-serve points to beat Canadian wild card Frank Dancevic 7-6(5), 6-4 in an hour and 27 minutes.

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