Nadal eyes Monte Carlo for Consecutive 9th Time

Well Nadal is finally making headlines once again as Monte Carlo sets into motion.

Nadal, who is seeded 3rd after Djokovic and Andy Murray is playing his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tournament of the year and is also in the same half of the draw as No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 10 Nicolas Almagro and No. 13 Stanislas Wawrinka.

Nadal who has been away form the tennis world since his ouster form Wimbledon last year, has already started to make his presence felt. Rafael Nadal capped a stunning return to tennis with victory over  Juan Martin Del Potro in the final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Nadal beat Del Potro 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Now with Djokovic and Murray in the race too, Nadal seems right on course for his 9th time title win.

It is very likely that Nadal may meet Murray in the semis - if that happens, this would be their 19th encounter. Nadal leads their head-to-head series 13-5, including a victories over the Scot in the 2009 and 2011 Monte-Carlo semi-finals.

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Nadal clears Second Round Hurdle at Indian Wells

World no.5 Rafael Nadal finally overcame the second round hurdle on the Indian Wells hard court agaionst American Ryan Harrison 7(7)-6(3), 6-2 to move tho the third round of the ATP 1000 tournament.

All seems well for other players too:  World no.2 Swiss Roger Federer beat Denis Istomin of Russia 6-2 6-3 in their second-round match at Indian Wells on Saturday.

Besides, Mayer, Seppi, Berdych also qualified for the third round beating their opponents.

As for the Ladies second round of matches, Second seed Maria Sharapova picked up a comfortable 6-2 6-1 win over Francesca Schiavone in the second round at Indian Wells.

Besides, Radwanska, Azarenka, Ivanovic, Kerber, Stouser and Jamie Hampton also sailed on to third round.

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Qureshi-Rojer lose to Bryan Brothers in Barclays World Tour Finals [Doubles]

Pakistan tennis top seed Aisamul Haq Qureshi and his Dutch partner Jean-Julien Rojer were knocked out of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles series in London, UK after losing to the Bryan brothers on Friday.

Red 'nd Blue shake hand after winning and losing [Photo: AFP/GLYN Kirk ]

Qureshi and Rojer lost both sets of the match to the American duo 7-5, 6-4.

They now have a 32-23 record for this season, highlighted by two ATP World Tour titles at the Estoril Open and Gerry Weber Open. The Pakistani-Dutch duo had lost their first match in the ATP finals to India’s Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek 4-6, 5-7 on Tuesday.

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Federer and Azarenka return to No. 1 in rankings

The recent Wimbledon results have re-shuffled the ATP / WTA ranking structure, though marginally.

Wimbledon 2012 King and Queen: Seventh time Wimbledon Champion Roger Federer becomes World No.1, while Fifth time Wimbledon title winner Serena Williams moves up to no.4 place from no.6th place [Photo credit: PA / Mail Online ]

The 2012 Wimbledon Title winner Swiss Roger Federer who had been sidelined by Djokovic and Nadal at no.3 place, moves up two slots to be the reining No.1 once again - a ranking he held from 2004-2008. Federer beat Djokovic in the semi finals and British Andy Murray in the finals. Nadal was ousted in the second round from the tournament.

Novak Djokovic and Nadal slip one slot down each to be the new world no. 2 and 3, while Andy Murray remains at no.4.

Victoria Azarenka [with her French Open 2012 trophy] regains her WTA no.1 ranking

In the WTA Ranking, Victoria Azarenka moves back to her no.1 ranking, which was temporarily held by Russian Maria Sharapova after she when the French Open Grand Slam earlier this year. 

Sharapova now moves down two slots to be the world no.3, while Polish Agnieszka Radwanska moves from no.3 position to no.2. Serena Williams after her 5th win of the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles title moves up two notches from no. 6to no.4. Czech Petra Kvitova, the unsuccessful defending champion moves to no. 6 from no.4. Australian Samantha Stosur remains firm on her no. 5th ranking. 

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Novak Djokovic vs C. Stebe ATP Dubai: Free Live Streaming

Dubai is hot these days with many international players in town to play a number of tournaments / matches that are going on for the entertainment of the sports enthusiasts both at home and abroad.

In the ongoing Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, world number 1 Novak Djokovic makes his presence felt today when he meets German Cedrik Stebe in the first round match of ATP. The German who is currently ranks 72 in the singles may feel awesome when facing the world number 1.

Djokovic remains unbeaten in 2012 and if he manages to win the Dubai title for a record fourth straight time this year, he is going to make a mark that may many envy him.  Djokovic has his spirits and morale skyhigh at this time of the year, having won his fifth Grand Slam in Melbourne, Australia January 2012 - his third Australian title in the process. With the win, he has become the fourth man in the Open Era to claim three or more Australian Open titles, joining Andre Agassi, Federer and Mats Wilander. 

As for today's match, though Stebe is having good tennis lately, there are no speculations for him to over power Djokovic, who is expected to win the match in straight sets. But in a game no one can really be sure of anything. 

So let us all watch the match that commences 1500 GMT live from Dubai.

The live streaming links for the match are given as herein under:

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