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Swiss legend Roger Federer spoke candidly about his past as he revealed on the Tennis court he is extremely competitive but off it, not so much. 36-year old Federer was recently included in American magazine weekly, TIMES' 100 most influential people in the world for the present year.`

The Indo-French pair of Rohan Bopanna and E. Roger-Vasselin earned a hard-fought win in their round of 16 match against the seventh-seeded pair of B. Soares and J. Murray in a 3-set match. The Bopanna-Vasselin duo won 3-6, 6-4, 11-9 to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters.

The Indian Davis Cup team suffered two shock defeats on the opening day of the second round tie against China of the Asia-Oceania Group I. In the absence of Yuki Bhambri, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal lost their respective singles’ matches in straight sets as China took a 2-0 lead.

Divij Sharan’s decision not to travel to China with the Indian Davis Cup team as a reserve has not gone down well with the AITA and the governing body may put up a code of conduct for players. The 32-year old is willing to travel Tianjin for the April 6-7 tie in case his services are required.

Andre Agassi, who had joined Novak Djokovic as a part-time mentor last year, has reportedly parted ways after a year of partnership. Talking about the decision, Agassi stated that the disagreement over various matters led to the end of the partnership between the two all-time greats of the game.