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PRAGUE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - World number eight Petra Kvitova, dumped out in the second round at the Australian Open, will lead the Czech Republic in their Fed Cup title defence when they take on Australia in a first round tie next month.
MADRID, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The high-profile and much-delayed trial of a Spanish doctor accused of masterminding a doping ring in cycling got off to an anti-climactic start on Monday when his testimony was postponed until Tuesday.
Jan 28 (Reuters) - ATP World Tour rankings on Monday (Jan. 14 positions in brackets): 1. (1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 12920 points 2. (2) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 10265 3. (3) Andy Murray (Scotland) 8480 4. (5) David Ferrer (Spain) 6865 5. (4) Rafa Nadal (Spain) 5400 6. (6) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 4680 7. (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) 4210 8. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
PRAGUE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - A bad back has ruled Radek Stepanek, who helped lead the Czech Republic to the Davis Cup crown in 2012, out of the team's first round tie with Switzerland this weekend.
MADRID, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The high-profile and much-delayed trial of a Spanish doctor accused of masterminding a doping ring in cycling got off to an anti-climactic start on Monday when his testimony was postponed until Tuesday.
MELBOURNE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic's cheque for winning the Australian Open on Sunday was more than the entire annual budget for anti-doping in tennis, a programme many feel is woefully inadequate.
MELBOURNE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic came up with his best tennis when it mattered most to reassert his grand slam dominance over Andy Murray on Sunday and become the first man to win three successive Australian Open titles in the professional era.
MELBOURNE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - With the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup sitting a few centimetres away from his left hand, Novak Djokovic was a contented man at his post-match media conference.
