“It could be a little bit unfair,” James Blake told the Memphis Daily News. “But it’s part of what you let yourself in for when you’re on the ATP tour. Guys like (Sam) Querrey and Donald Young are starting to deal with it, guys like Ryan Harrison and Jack Sock, will be dealing with it. I dealt with it, Andy [Roddick] dealt with it, and I know early on Andy got a little frustrated. But you know the questions are going to be part of any press conference. So you just give your stock answer and go on.”

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All surfaces	% *	W–L
1.	Björn Borg	82.72	608–127
2.	Rafael Nadal	82.34	550–118
3.	Jimmy Connors	82.29	1217–262
4.	/ Ivan Lendl	81.76	1071–239
5.	John McEnroe	81.55	875–198
6.	Roger Federer	81.32	814–187
7.	/ Novak Djokovic	78.32	401–111
8.	Pete Sampras	77.44	762–222
9.	Boris Becker	76.91	713–214
10.	Guillermo Vilas	76.78	919–278
* = minimum 400 wins

This all makes very interesting reading. It will be interesting to see if Djokovic can continue to rise. He needs a really good 2012 to pass Roger on this table!

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Talk is cheap.. would have been a bit nicer to see the players actually donate their prizemoney from the tournament to charity!

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It was yet another fustrating day in New York at the US Open 2011. Day 10 was rained out, but there was at least 10 minutes of play. In those 10 minutes the worlds top players started their fourth round matches, but they weren’t very happy with tournament referee Brian Earley.

Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick vented their frustrations at having to play on slipper courts!

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Speaking from a players perspective they like combined events because it is a lot more fun to have all the players in one place. However, its not great because there are simply too many players. Its hard to get practice courts, hospitality, etc.

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“In South Africa I don’t think they are looking at it as a business. That’s kind of what hurts the most,” she said. “When Wes Moodie and I won Wimbledon doubles titles in 2005, I actually thought it would change tennis in South Africa. Nothing changed. Maybe there’s more important things to spend money on, maybe tennis is not important. Maybe it’s more important for the government to build schools. I’m not there so I’m not sure why tennis is not getting funding. But it shows.”

Huber recently went back to South Africa to hold a clinic but was very disappointed with the talent.

South African tennis really needs to step up their game and get the top players to really try to give back to get more kids involved at the grass roots of the game.

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ENTRY LIST – MAIN DRAW ROGERS CUP TORONTO
(Rankings listed are as of Monday, July 4)

1. WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN 1
2. CLIJSTERS, Kim BEL 2
3. ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS 3
4. AZARENKA, Victoria BLR 4
5. SHARAPOVA, Maria RUS 5
6. LI, Na CHN 6
7. KVITOVA, Petra CZE 7
8. SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA 8
9. BARTOLI, Marion FRA 9
10. STOSUR, Samatha AUS 10
11. PETKOVIC, Andrea GER 11
12. KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS 12
13. PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS 13
14. RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL 14
15. JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB 15
16. GOERGES, Julia GER 16
17. PENG, Shuai CHN 17
18. IVANOVIC, Ana SRB 18
19. WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL 19
20. CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK 20
21. PENNETTA, Flavia ITA 21
22. HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK 22
23. PEER, Shahar ISR 23
24. KIRILENKO, Maria RUS 24
25. VINCI, Roberta ITA 25
26. GAJDOSOVA, Jarmila AUS 29
27. SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE 30
28. MATTEK-SANDS, Bethanie USA 31
29. PETROVA, Nadia RUS 32
30. VESNINA, Elena RUS 33
31. WILLIAMS, Venus USA 34
32. ERRANI, Sara ITA 35
33. ZAKOPALOVA, Klara CZE 36
34. BONDARENKO, Alona * UKR 36
35. DULKO, Gisela ARG 37
36. DULGHERU, Alexandra ROU 38
37. MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS 40
38. HRADECKA, Lucie CZE 42
39. WILLIAMS, Serena USA 175
40. Qualifiée / Qualifier
41. Qualifiée / Qualifier
42. Qualifiée / Qualifier
43. Qualifiée / Qualifier
44. Qualifiée / Qualifier
45. Qualifiée / Qualifier
46. Qualifiée / Qualifier
47. Qualifiée / Qualifier
48. Qualifiée / Qualifier
49. Qualifiée / Qualifier
50. Qualifiée / Qualifier
51. Qualifiée / Qualifier
52. Laissez-passer / Wild Card
53. Laissez-passer / Wild Card
54. Laissez-passer / Wild Card
55. Exemption spéciale / Special Exempt
56. Exemption spéciale / Special Exempt

* Classement protégé / Protected ranking

ENTRY LIST – MAIN DRAW ROGERS CUP MONTREAL
(Rankings listed are as of Monday, July 4)

1. DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB 1
2. NADAL, Rafael ESP 2
3. FEDERER, Roger SUI 3
4. MURRAY, Andy GBR 4
5. SODERLING, Robin SWE 5
6. FERRER, David ESP 6
7. MONFILS, Gael FRA 7
8. FISH, Mardy USA 8
9. BERDYCH, Tomas CZE 9
10. RODDICK, Andy USA 10
11. GASQUET, Richard FRA 11
12. MELZER, Jurgen AUT 12
13. ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP 13
14. TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA 14
15. WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI 15
16. TROICKI, Viktor SRB 16
17. YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS 17
18. SIMON, Gilles FRA 18
19. DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG 19
20. MAYER, Florian GER 20
21. HAAS, Tommy GER 20*
22. NALBANDIAN, David ARG 21
23. CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG 22
24. VERDASCO, Fernando ESP 23
25. BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP 24
26. DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr UKR 25
27. FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP 26*
28. RAONIC, Milos CAN 26
29. CILIC, Marin CRO 27
30. LLODRA, Michael FRA 28
31. TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB 29
32. DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS 30
33. LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO 32
34. ROBREDO, Tommy ESP 33
35. BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA 34
36. ANDERSON, Kevin RSA 35
37. SEPPI, Andreas ITA 36
38. GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP 37
39. FOGNINI, Fabio ITA 38
40. MALISSE, Xavier BEL 39
41. MONTANES, Albert ESP 40
42. DODIG, Ivan CRO 41
43. KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER 42
44. MONACO, Juan ARG 43
45. QUERREY, Sam USA 48
46. QUALIFIER/QUALIFIÉ
47. QUALIFIER/QUALIFIÉ
48. QUALIFIER/QUALIFIÉ
49. QUALIFIER/QUALIFIÉ
50. QUALIFIER/QUALIFIÉ
51. QUALIFIER/QUALIFIÉ
52. QUALIFIER/QUALIFIÉ
53. WILCARD/LAISSEZ-PASSER
54. WILCARD/LAISSEZ-PASSER
55. WILCARD/LAISSEZ-PASSER
56. WILCARD/LAISSEZ-PASSER

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Jelena Jankovic wore a Vivienne Westwood dress

Ana Ivanovic wore a Matthew Williamson dress

Maria Sharapova wore an all Alexander McQueen ensemble.

Serena Williams wore a Burberry gown.

Betanie Mattek-Sands surprised everyone with a dress made by one of Lady Gaga’s designers

Caroline Wozniacki wore a Stella McCartney dress and who also designs her on-court dresses as well.

Other players who were at the party include Li Na (wore Giles Deacon); Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (wore David Koma); Andrea Petkovic (wore Richard Nicoll); Heather Watson (wore Mulberry); and Laura Robson (wore Temperley). Nicholas Kirkwood provided shoes for the occasion.

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