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Friday, November 28, 2014

Andy Murray To Marry Kim Sears

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US Open and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray 27 will be marrying long-time girlfriend Kim Sears, according to  Murray's management team. Murray from Scotland proposed to his girlfriend after eight years last Wednesday with a huge diamond ring. They are enjoying their engagement before they start making wedding plans.

Kim Sears is seen cheering Andy from the sidelines when Andy is playing world class tennis across the world. Andy met Kim who is an aspiring artist at the 2005 US Open.

Murray and Sears has already been living together in Surrey with their two dogs Maggie and Rusty.

Murray finished 2014 ranked inside the Top 6 of the Emirates ATP Rankings for the 7th consecutive season with a 59-20 record on the year.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Stan Wawrinka hit 61 winners Gave Switzerland Lead in Davis Cup final

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Stan Wawrinka used his skills and raw power to help Switzerland win against France in the Davis Cup final. He defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, last Friday afternoon. The Davis Cup final has a record breaking attendance with 27,432 in attendance at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille.

However, Roger Federer was not able to capitalize with Switzerland's early win as he lost to France's Gael Monfils in the second singles rubber.

In the first set Wawrinka dominated the game by winning five straight games to clinch opener. Tsonga regrouped and user his aggressiveness to win the second set. In the fourth set, Wawrinka took a 2-0 lead and never looked back. He earned his 21st singles rubber match win for Switzerland in 2 hours and 24 minutes, hitting 61 winners to Tsonga's 39.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Djokovic Toyed with Cilic in ATP Tour Finals opener



Serbian Novak Djokovic started the ATP Tour Finals with a dominant win in London against Croatia's Marin Cilic on Monday 6-1 6-1. The world number 1, displayed his unforgiving skills against Cilic ending the game in 56 minutes.  Djokovic has now won 28 consecutive matches indoors that dates back to 2012.

Djokovic dropped his serve early in the second set but was able to immediately regained his composure to beat out Cilic.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Tennis: Bracciali of Italy Admits to Game Fixing

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Daniele Bracciali, tennis player from Italy has partially admitted that he commited match-fixing during a hearing last week with judicial authorities according to a judicial prosecutor.

Italian investigator Roberto Di Martino said during an interview with The Associated Press,"He admitted a few things and he denied a few things."

Bracciali and occasional doubles partner Potito Starace is battling corruption accusations after intercepted Internet conversations claiming they sold matches were reported in Italian media 3 weeks ago.

Both of them were already included in the 5 Italians, along with Alessio Di Mauro, Giorgio Galimberti and Federico Luzzi that were suspended in 2007-08 by the ATP Tour ranging from 6 weeks to 9 months for betting.

The intercepted conversations are part of data that investigators led by Di Martino in Cremona have been sorting through in a soccer match-fixing inquiry. The soccer inquiry has already reached Singapore, and the tennis inquiry of the investigation is also extending in other countries.