This Week In Tennis
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RUNDOWN
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- More from the Davis Cup: Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro played a five-set, five-hour marathon to open the Great Britain/Argentina semifinal tie.
- A Russian hack of WADA revealed medical information of several top tennis stars, including the Theraputic Use Exemptions (TUEs) granted to Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal, Petra Kvitova, and others.
- The hack prompted swift responses from the ATP, WTA, Venus Williams, and Rafael Nadal.
- CiCi Bellis forgoes her Stanford scholarship and opts to turn pro instead.
- U.S. Open ratings are in and the numbers represent a decline for both the men and women's finals over 2015.
- Current Wimbledon Junior champ, Denis Shapovalov, won his first ever Davis Cup match in straight sets.
- The Battle of the Sexes happened 43 years ago.
- The ITF confirms Varvara Lepchenko failed a doping test (meldonium), but will face no sanctions.
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RANKINGS WATCH
- ATP: Dimitrov (+1 to #21), Almagro (-4 to #48), Jaziri (+15 to #55), Brown (+14 to #68), Sela (+4 to #70), Lajovic (-13 to #73), Pavlasek (+26 to #80), Struff (-20 to #87)
- WTA: Kasatkina (-4 to #29), Zhang (+9 to #40), McHale (+11 to #42), Ostapenko (-6 to #46), Beck (-9 to #47), Wickmayer (-12 to #51), Siniakova (+12 to #53), Lucic-Baroni (-6 to #60), Golubic (+6 to #67), Davis (+21 to #83), Broady (-9 to #87), Dodin (+39 to #93)
ON THE WEB
Behind Bethanie Mattek-Sands’s Drug-Use Exemption, Questions About Her Doctor
McHale Fightback Earns Tokyo Title
Pospisil: I Feel Like I've Found My Rhythym and My Tennis Again
Thanks to Visa Mishap, Ironman McGee Wins First CH Title
Indian Youngsters are Very Good, Country Needs More Tennis Clubs
No Boycott as Tunisia's Jaziri Defeats Isreal's Sela for Istanbul Tennis Title
Argentina’s Davis Cup gamble pays off to leave Britain’s Dan Evans devastated
In Tennis, Top Players are No Spring Chickens
Serena Williams Won't Rush Back After Battling Injuries in 2016
Tennis Opens up Bidding for Hosts of Davis, Fed Cup Finals
PODCASTS
Beyond The Baseline - Dirk Nowitzki on the state of German tennis, favorite players
Realz Tenis Fanz - FINALLY we can close the US Open 2016
The Tennis Podcast - Davis Cup Semis - Argentina Break British Hearts; Face Croatia In Final
Break Point Podcast - Episode 45
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