Breakout 2014 star Nick Kyrgios will go into Wimbledon without a coach, the 20-year-old announced yesterday on his website.

“I wanted to let you know that Todd Larkham and I have mutually agreed to end our professional relationship,” Kyrgios said. “It’s never an easy decision to end a coaching relationship and to do so prior to the start of a Grand Slam is even more difficult. But I feel that this …

Roger Federer defended his title in Halle yesterday for his 8th crown at the event. The Swiss, though, is still far behind the rankings at No. 2 almost 4,200 points from No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

But Federer says, if he wins Slams he can make things interesting at the top.

“No. 1 is not my focus right now, too far away of it,” Federer said. “But things can obviously change very quickly …

After his fourth Queen’s title yesterday, Andy Murray says he’s playing better tennis now than when he won Wimbledon in 2013.

“I think you just have to improve,” said Murray after a 63, 64 win over Kevin Anderson. “Otherwise I wouldn’t still be in the same position. I was ranked, I don’t know, 3, 4 in the world around that time and I’m still there just now. Sport and life and …

Petra Kvitova will go into her Wimbledon title defense next week without any grass court preparation. The 2-time Wimbledon champion announced today that she has pulled out of the Eastbourne grass tune-up due to a viral illness.

“I have a sore throat. I have to stay in bed, drink tea and rest,” she said. “I didn’t feel well when I came here last Thursday, I had to make this decision.

“I hope …

Former champions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will appear at The Boodles exo event in London this week. The exo runs Tuesday through Saturday on Stoke Park’s grass courts.

“We are delighted to have received the phone call from Rafa which just adds to an already excellent line-up,” said tournament head Patricio Apey. “We are happy to do whatever we can to help Rafa finalise his Wimbledon preparations here at The …

Aegon Open Nottingham
Nottingham, England; Surface: Grass

Seeds: David Ferrer, Gilles Simon, Feliciano Lopez, Leonardo Mayer, Pablo Cuevas, Viktor Troicki, Dominic Thiem, Adrian Mannarino, Juan Monaco, Martin Klizan, Pablo Andujar, Sam Querrey, Thomaz Bellucci, Joao Sousa, Andreas Seppi, Jiri Vesely

Floaters: Marcos Baghdatis

Notes: Tough draws go to (1) Ferrer after a bye potentially vs. Baghdatis…Wildcards went to Brits Kyle Edmund and James Ward, American Taylor Harry Fritz, and German Alexander Zverev…The slew of …

Federer Makes it 8 Career Titles at Halle

World No. 2 Roger Federer topped Andreas Seppi 7-6(1), 6-4 on Sunday in the final of the Gerry Webber Open, gaining some Wimbledon momentum with an 8th career grass court title in Halle, Germany.

“I think that I did very well here in the tiebreaks,” said Federer, who improved to 12-1 career against Seppi. “I served well which you have to on the grass…I …

Roger Federer ran the Ivo Karlovic serve gauntlet and escaped with a narrow 7-6(3), 7-6(4) victory over the Croat.

“It comes down to a shot here or there,” said Federer. “We are both mentally prepared. We’ve played so many breakers against one another and I think he was better in the set in the first set, I was better in the breaker. I guess I deserved it because I stayed calm. …

During a practice the week at Queen’s, Rafael Nadal dropped his trusty racquet in favor of his feet to hit the tennis balls. And the results were quite good.

See for yourself:

The question was posed yesterday to Milos Raonic, who has the best serve in tennis, and the Canadian replied, it was him.

“I believe myself,” he responded. “(My serve) takes me a long way. I think the serve is not only about what necessarily you can do with the serve but it’s how you step up. If you look at results, numbers besides names, I think my serve has carried me …

Milos Raonic agrees that the inconsistency in the application of the 25-second serve rule is an issue in tennis, and he would like to make it as black and white as possible.

Speaking after a 3-set loss yesterday in the Queen’s quarterfinals to Gilles Simon, the Canadian wasn’t against the idea of a 25 second shot clock to monitor time between serves.

“We have a 25‑second rule,” Raonic said. “Everybody plays within …

Andy Murray overcame a first set blip to defeat Gilles Muller 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 to advanced to the Queen’s Club semifinals.

“It’s always tough when you’re behind, and I wasn’t getting many chances on his serve; it was a bit frustrating,” said Murray. “In the second set I was holding my service games well but wasn’t able to get the breakthrough. Definitely towards the end I started to relax more …

Following his 75, 64 win yesterday over Fernando Verdasco at Queen’s, Andy Murray was asked what shot he like to have from his fellow players, he said he’d take John Isner’s serve.

“Probably would be Isner’s serve, I think,” Murray said. “It makes the game a whole lot easier when you can serve like that. But, I mean, there is a bunch of guys that serve unbelievably well, but I think …

A day after John Isner and Feliciano Lopez combined for 65 aces in Queen’s (and two after Sabine Lisicki’s mark), Ivo Karlovic did them one better smashing 45 aces in a win over Tomas Berdych today in the Halle quarterfinals.

The 45 aces are the most ever hit in a 3-set match, it’s just the fifth time anyone has hit 40+ aces in a 3-set match.

“I’m extremely happy about the record,” …

A few days after a heartfelt message announcing his continued issues with his left wrist, Juan Martin del Potro tweeted out a post-surgery photo surgery Thursday.

“Hello. Here I am recovering after the surgery. I’m really thankful to you for being there and for your messages,” he said after the 1 hour, 20 minute procedure.

Hola. Acá recuperándome de la cirugía. Todo salió bien. Les agradezco de

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