You think you have the right stuff? Rafa will be No. 1 again — or crash out the Top 10 when both kneecaps explode? Roger returns to No. 1? Or drops out of the Top 10 altogether? Boris Becker turns Novak into a serve-and-volleyer on clay to take No. 1 in 2014? Better chance of that, or another Becker illegitimate kid surfacing? But that’s another contest.

Tell us your order the …

Boris Becker admitted that he was “surprised” to get a call from Novak Djokovic in October inquiring about his availability to coach the Serb

Speaking to BBC Sport yesterday, Becker revealed how the coaching partnership came to be.

“I was approached by Novak and his manager while he was playing in Beijing,” Becker told BBC Sport.

“I was surprised – I didn’t expect the phone call. I was very honoured.”

Becker, who …

They say it’s the off season but if you’re a coach it’s really the “on season”. This is the time when players makes changes to their roster in hope of bettering themselves for the new season which begins just around the corner.

Kei Nishikori snared Michael Chang in a promising move. Richard Gasquet recently added Sergi Bruguera in a curious hire. And there have been some others.

But the big news is …

Stefan Edberg has told Swedish press that he’d love to coach Roger Federer. The Swiss invited the 6-time Grand Slam champion Edberg for an unexpected training session last week in Dubai.

Edberg, who has never coached on the tour, admitted he was surprised to get the call from Federer, but speaking to Svenska Dagbladets, said he’s now open to giving Federer more help and continuing their relationship.

“It’s a matter …

Novak Djokovic announced today that he has added Boris Becker as his new head coach entering 2014. Becker will join longtime coaches Marian Vajda, Miljan Amanovic and Gebhard Phil-Gritsch on the team Novak next season, and will travel with the World No. 2 to the Australian Open, Dubai, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Rome, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Cincinnati, the US Open, Shanghai, Paris and London.

“I am really excited to have the opportunity to …

Roger Federer revealed via a tweet yesterday that he spent the last week training with Stefan Edberg in Dubai.

Stefan Edberg just finished doing a training week with me and my team.It was great spending time with one of my childhood heroes!

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) December 16, 2013

With Federer coachless at the moment after letting Paul Annacone go after the US Open, there …

In an extensive interview with the NY Times earlier this month, Maria Sharapova updated her fans on the state of her game entering the 2014 season.

Sharapova has been off the tour mending a shoulder injury that forced her out of the US Open. The injury, she revealed to Christopher Clarey, first sprung up during the clay season and prematurely ended her year in August. After months of rest and …

Andy Murray will return to tennis next week at the Abu Dhabi exo where he’ll face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Thursday, the day after Christmas.

The Scot, who just won the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday, hasn’t played since undergoing back surgery in September. He was scheduled to play in an exo in Barbados last month before the event was canceled.

“I’ve been training and having rehab every …

Blame Stan Wawrinka.

Or blame the entrants that couldn’t number 1-10 without blowing it, or the entrants that listed players twice in their Top 10. Too much eggnog?

Regardless, this year was a bit off.

Last year two entrants in the Tennis-X Top 10 Year-end Rankings Contest picked the entire — the ENTIRE — year-end Top 10 correctly (not in perfect order, but 10 of 10).

This year NO ONE had …

According to the NY Times, Roger Federer and his longtime agent Tony Godsick have formed a new sport management firm, Team8.

“I can sell Roger Federer really well, but nobody sells Roger better than Roger,” the 42-year-old Godsick told Christopher Clarey. “I always joke with him, ‘Look, you’you’ve been really successful on the tennis court, but I promise you, you’ll be more successful when you’re done playing tennis.'”

The …

Ahead of his first career appearance at the Brisbane International later this month, Roger Federer met with Australian press earlier this week to discuss the upcoming season and the state of his game.

Linda Pearce of the Age reports the 32-year-old Federer asserting that he’s playing better tennis now than when he first won the Australian Open in 2004!

“I always believe that I have improved over the last 10 years, …

Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will play a special exhibition match on January 8 in Rod Laver Arena.

Moments ago Federer tweeted at the new video promo for the match which is a rematch of a 5-setter won by Roger at the 2013 Australian Open.

Getting pumped for my charity match in Melbourne on Jan 8! Check out the video here #ANightWithRFAndFriends http://t.co/BsRQTI8SLG

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) …

After one of his best seasons, Juan Martin del Potro was named Clarin’s Sportsman of the Year in Argentina.

Del Potro, who finished No. 5 in the final ATP Rankings with four titles and semifinals at Wimbledon, beat out such stars as football legend Lionel Messi. He also won the award in 2009 when he captured the US Open.

Via google translation, del Potro said, “This is a reward for the …

Maria Sharapova took her global brand to the “Ellen Show” earlier this week. The Russian hasn’t played since the summer due to a right shoulder injury, but after months of rehab and recovery the four-time Grand Slam champion hopes to be fit for the start of the year.

Sharapova just competed against Ana Ivanovic in a lucrative exhibition in Colombia last week and afterward she proclaimed she is back!…

American Donald Mahoney continued his hit youtube series “Donnie Does” about his life in China with this experiment to see if all white people look the same. So he dressed up as Roger Federer and hit the streets of Shanghai to see what the reaction would be. And from the video, many in Shanghai thought that he was the real Federer (even though Federer’s played there several times before and …