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The 2013 Wimbledon Champions

Men's Singles Champion: Andy Murray

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Ladies Singles Champion: Marion Bartoli

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Men's Doubles: Bob & Mike Bryan

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Ladies Doubles: Su-Wei Hsieh & Shuai Peng

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Mixed Doubles: Kristina Mladenovic & Daniel Nestor

2013 French Open Champions

Rafael Nadal

Serena Williams

The Bryan Brothers

Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina

Frantisek Cermak & Lucie Hradecka

Rafael Nadal Enjoys a Winning Start to his Comeback at Vina Del Mar

ATP 250 Vina Del Mar - Men's Doubles First Round

Rafael Nadal & Juan Monaco d 2 Cermak & Dlouhy - 63 62

Phew. Rafa's singles return begins today.

Juan Monaco posted the pic (watch prominent!) with the caption:

Very happy to play next to my friend Rafa at his return.

Rafa post match: It was a great feeling to play again and

I'm very happy for doing it with a friend like Monaco in a great atmosphere

that we had on the court. In doubles the effort is always less [taxing];

we will see how it goes in singles and how my physical condition is.

I chose this tournament because it is the perfect time and surface.

Trust me - the Twittersphere went nuts with his return yesterday.

The 2013 Australian Open Champions

Novak Djokovic - Men's Champion

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Victoria Azarenka - Women's Champion

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The Bryan Brothers - Men's Doubles Champions

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Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci - Women's Doubles Champions

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Jarmila Gajdosova & Matthew Ebden - Mixed Doubles Champions

The Bryan Brothers Win Historic 13th Grand Slam Title at Australian Open

Australian Open - Men's Double Final

1 Bryan Brothers d Hasse & Sijsling - 63 64

The boys win their 84th tour-level tour and historic 13th Slam title.

Post match: It feels real good to have that record.

To be a part of history is pretty special.

We weren't thinking about it much out there, but now that we have it,

it's going to be fun to look back on our career

andsay we have the most Grand Slams.

It's a big record, so we're pretty excited about it.

Look out folks they're in it til Rio. And want to cross the 100 title mark.

Easy-peasy.

ATP Weddings Happen in 3's

Matthew Ebden wed Kim Doig.

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Mike Bryan wed Lucille Williams.

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Rohan Bopanna wed Supriya Annaiah.

 

Granollers & Lopez Win Year-End Title in London

World Tour Finals - Doubles Final

Marcel Granollers & Marc Lopez d Bhupathi & Bopanna - 75 36 10-3

Wow. Talk about completely unexpected.

As both requently play with Rafa they've paid tribute with a trophy-bite.

Marcel: We finished here winning the title, so it's incredible for us.

We try to play as best as we can always.

I think we have very good relationship.

So, I think, that's one of the key of our success.

Too bad they couldn't follow-up with a win the next week in Davis Cup.

That had to sting.

Even so, it's a nice paring. I hope it continues next year.

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Spare a thought for Mahesh Buhpathi: this was his 5th time as runner-up.

The 2012 US Open Champions

Men's Champion - Andy Murray

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Women's Champion - Serena Williams

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Men's Doubles Champions - The Bryan Brothers

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Women's Doubles Champions - Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci

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Mixed Doubles Champions - Bruno Soares & Ekaterina Makarova

Bryan Brothers Win Gold at London Olympic Games

Olympic Men's Doubles Gold Medal Final

1 Bryan Brothers d 2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga & Michael Llodra - 64 76(2)

Like Serena just before them the Bryan's complete a career golden slam.

The only big titles they have yet to win: Indian Wells & Shanghai.

And Shanghai is understandable as it's relatively new.

Indian Wells is the tricky one as singles players have dominated the dubs.

But here at the London Games they took care of the singles slummers.

In 5 matches the future Hall of Famers only faced one real doubles team.

Bob gushed after the match:

This is the biggest win of our career right here. It's unbelievable.

Then is was Mikes turn: To play on Centre Court at Wimbledon and...

Win the gold medal is a dream come true. We could stop tomorrow and...

We got a big smile on our face for the rest of our lives.

Way to go boys. Now go get that Indian Wells trophy.

Photo: Getty Images

Verdasco & Marrero Win 4th Title of Year at Hamburg

Hamburg ATP 500 - Doubles Final

Marrero/Verdasco d Silva/Munoz De La Nava - 64 63

There is a new power couple in town.

This win will move then as a team into the doubles top 10.

And they may end up in London but not at the Olympics - the season finals.

#4: Buenos Aires, Acapulco, Umag and Hamburg.

Fern post match: I'm very happy, of course.

It's our second [ATP World Tour] 500 title of the year and...

It will help us to be close to the Top 8...

For the chance to be in London at the end of the year.

It's a very important victory for us.

We've all seen a million shirtless photos of Fern, how about one of Marrero:

The Wimbledon Champions for 2012

Men's Champion - Roger Federer

Women's Champion - Serena Williams

Men's Doubles - Robert Lindstedt & Jonathan Marray

Women's Tennis - Serena & Venus Williams

Mixed Doubles - Lisa Raymond & Mike Bryan

Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor Win Men's Doubles Title at Roland Garros

Roland Garros - Men's Doubles Final

1 Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor d 2 Bryan Bros. - 64 64

As a team this is their 2nd Slam as they defend their RG run from last year.

Max has now won 6 Slams with 4 different partners.

This was Daniel's 8th Slam title pairing with only 3 different players.

This was also a whopping 78th ATP title for Daniel.

He's 39 years old and the #1 doubles player in the world.

There's no end in sight - let's here it for the old guys!

Photo: FFT

Happy 31st Birthday Jurgen Melzer

While I'm giving bday shout-outs, why not one for Melzer as well.

As a singles player he may not have a ton of years left...

But I do hope he and Petzschner stay around in doubles for a long time.

I enjoy them.

Rafael Nadal & Marc Lopez Win Doubles Title at Indian Wells

ATP Masters Series 1000 Indian Wells - Doubles Final

Marc Lopez & Rafael Nadal d John Isner & Sam Querrey 62 76(3)

Well lookie here, Rafa did not leave IW without a consolation prize.

Deja vu: In 2010 Rafa lost in the Sf of singles & won dubs title with Lopez.

Marc has a good friend.

There is an idea being bandied suggesting they enter the Olympics together.

It's a cute idea but it won't happen.

Photo: Getty Images

Rafael Nadal Wins Quarterfinal Thriller at Indian Wells

ATP Masters Series 1000 - Quarterfinal

2 Rafael Nadal d David Nalbandian - 46 75 64

Rafa was a couple points from defeat in that 2nd set & turned it around.

Also, this marks the first time his serve has been broken this tournament.

He'll face Federer for the 28th time (18-9/RN) but for the 1st time at IW.

This marks Rafa's 7th straight trip to the Sf's at IW: 3-3.

The 2-time champ ('07 & '09) was runner-up to Novak last year.

Roger may have won his 250th Masters 1000 match - this was Rafa's 215th.

Double duty: Rafa is also in the doubles final tomorrow with Marc Lopez.

They are looking for their 2nd IW title together - against Isner/Querrey.

That ought to be a cracker.

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After the match he met Ben Stiller.

Photo: Reuters (top) & Getty Images (bottom)

David Ferrer Wins 3rd Straight Title at Acapulco

ATP 500 Acapulco - Final

1 David Ferrer d 8 Fernando Verdasco - 61 62

Oh yea, that sombrero!

This is David's 14th career ATP title and a tour-leading 3rd title of 2012.

Um: Ferrer is now 18-1 on the year.

The win will bump him back up to #5 after a week at #6.

All 3 of his Acapulco titles have come at the expense of fellow Spaniards:

In '10 Ferrero was his foe and in '11 it was Almagro - both in 3 sets.

David: I am very proud to have won in Acapulco for a third consecutive time.

David next plays Indian Wells where he lost 2nd R to Karlovic last year.

Oh wait... I was there for that match. It was a tough loss.

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Armada: The doubles too was an all-Spanish affair.

Fernando Verdasco & David Marrero beat Marcel Granollers & Mark Lopez.

That's back-to-back weeks with a dubs title for Fern & David.

They might want to consider keeping this partnership going.

Photos: Reuters

Fernando Verdasco & David Marrero Win Doubles Title in Buenos Aires

The unseeded Spanish team beat (2) Michel Mertinak and Andre Sa - 64 64.

Fern posted this on his Facebook page. I swiped just cuz I think they're cute.

So, there's that.

The 2012 Australian Open Champions

Men's Champion - Novak Djokovic

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Women's Champion - Victoria Azarenka

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Men's Doubles - Radek Stepanek & Leander Paes

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Women's Doubles - Svetlana Kuznetsova & Vera Zvonareva

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Mixed Doubles - Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Horia Tecau

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Photos: Getty Images

Andy Murray's Hat-Trick in Asia Earns Him #3 Ranking

Andy wins title Bangkok over Donald Young - check.

Then he takes the Tokyo trophy away from defender Rafael Nadal - check.

Then he makes it a hat-trick in Shanghai over David Ferrer - checkmate.

His reward - Andy will take over as the #3 player in the ranking.

Dumping Roger Federer outside the top 3 for the 1st time since 2003.

This is Andy's 2nd Shanghai title ('10) and 8th Masters 1000 title.

He has now won 2 Masters 1000's titles per year for 4 years running.

And if 3 titles weren't enough - he won the dubs in Tokyo with his brother.

Ok dude, time to win a Slam in 2012.

Your 2011 US Open Champions

Novak Djokovic - Men's Singles Champion

Samantha Stosur - Women's Singles Champion

Philipp Petzschner & Jurgen Melzer - Men's Doubles Champions

Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond - Women's Doubles Champions

Jack Sock & Melanie Oudin - Mixrd Doubles Champions

Photos: Getty/Reuters