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ITFWORLD SPRING 2016 1 www.itftennis.com Front cover photography by Corinne Dubreuil. EDITOR Joanne Burnham CONTRIBUTORS Ian Chadband has been a leading British sports writer over three decades as chief sports correspondent for the Press Association, Evening Standard and Daily Telegraph, as well as athletics correspondent at The Sunday Times. A multi-award winner for his feature writing in national sports journalism, he has written extensively on tennis. Stuart Fraser is a freelance sports journalist who has covered tennis for a number of different media outlets in the UK including the Daily Mail, The Sun and BBC Radio Scotland. He was a reporter for the London 2012 Olympic News Service at Wimbledon. Sandra Harwitt, the author of The Greatest Jewish Tennis Players Of All Time, has covered tennis and other sports for over 25 years. She is a regular contributor to ESPN.com and Associated Press. Suzi Petkovski is a Melbourne-based writer who has covered every Australian Open since 1988 for magazines and websites. Tennis specialist at Inside Sport magazine since 1996, she is also a contributor to the ITF's DavisCup.com and FedCup.com. Courtney Walsh is the chief tennis writer for The Australian newspaper. Leigh Walsh is a former Irish tennis player who switched her racket for a pen five years ago. Currently based in London, she now spends her time as a freelance sports writer, working for the ITF, Wimbledon, ATP World Tour, Australian Open, LiveWire Sport and Premier League, among others. Clive White is a former tennis correspondent of Britain's The Sunday Telegraph and was Team Leader for the London 2012 Olympic News Service at Wimbledon. He regularly writes for DavisCup.com and FedCup.com. PHOTO CREDITS Michael Baz, Roman Benicky, Phil Clark, Corinne Dubreuil, Gallo Images, Ray Giubilo, Andrei Golovanov/Sergiy Kivrin, Imagellan, Ian Jones/IOC, Nir Keidar, Daniel Kopatsch, Susan Mullane, Adam Nurkiewicz, Brad and Wendy Parks, Alexandr Purcel, Fabrizio Romiti, Martin Sidorjak, SMP Images, Dave Shopland, Giampiero Sposito, Srdjan Stevanovic, Steve Wylie, Paul Zimmer. DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Clarus · www.clarus-design.com ITFWorld is published by ITF Ltd, PO Box N-272, Nassau, Bahamas. All rights reserved throughout the world. No part of ITFWorld may be reproduced without the prior written permission of the publisher. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher. The publishers accept no responsibility for return of manuscripts, photos or artwork, but if you send material you must include an SAE. Whilst we make every effort to ensure that all editorial material is factually correct at the time of going to press, we cannot accept responsibility if any errors occur and for matters arising as a result. Views expressed in ITFWorld do not necessarily reflect official ITF policy. It should not be inferred that products advertised in this magazine are officially approved by the ITF. © 2016 ITF Ltd. Please address all correspondence regarding ITFWorld to Joanne Burnham, ITF Communications Department, ITF Licensing UK Ltd, Bank Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5XZ, UK. Email: joanne.burnham@itftennis.com IN THIS ISSUE 2 WELCOME MESSAGE From ITF President David Haggerty. 4 NEW STRUCTURE FOR ITF A structural reorganisation has created two new expanded departments at the ITF. 6 LET THE GAMES BEGIN Rio 2016 is nearly here, and excitement for the Olympics is building across the tennis world. ITFWorld rounds up the latest news. 10 PEAKING AGAIN Czech Republic will return to the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final in November, and will face France. Stuart Fraser reviews two close semifinal encounters, and the action from April's play-off ties. 14 ROLLING IT OUT Clive White profiles the unique Brad Parks, this year's recipient of the Philippe Chatrier Award, whose vision and perseverance led to the creation of the sport of wheelchair tennis. 18 UP AND RUNNING With July's Davis Cup by BNP Paribas quarterfinals containing ties to savour, Ian Chadband looks back at the first round drama that produced them. 22 SENIORS ROYALTY Ahead of receiving the prestigious ITF Seniors Award, King Van Nostrand spoke to Sandra Harwitt about his life spent in tennis. 24 CREAM RISING Hong Seong Chan and Anna Blinkova were the champions at the second ITF Junior Masters. Leigh Walsh was there. 26 DJOKOVIC STEAMS AND KERBER STUNS As Novak Djokovic continued his stunning Australian Open run, it was left to Angelique Kerber to spring a Melbourne surprise, as Suzi Petkovski reports. 30 JUNIOR SLAM SPOTLIGHT: THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN Stuart Fraser watched Oliver Anderson and Vera Lapko come out on top in the first junior major of the year. 32 AUSSIES RULE There was joy for the hosts at Hopman Cup, says Courtney Walsh, as an Australian team lifted the trophy. 34 NEWS ROUND-UP Recent stories from around the ITF. 36 LOOKING AHEAD Key events taking place in the coming months. CONTENTS SPRING 2016 THE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION'S OFFICIAL MAGAZINE 60 18 26 14 6

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