Lives of great men remind us
We can make our lives sublime;
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time
-        (From Henry Wordsworth Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life")
 
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Rafael Nadal overcame a stiff test from compatriot David Ferrer to reach the Madrid Masters semi-finals on Friday while Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova stayed on course for a mouth-watering title showdown.

Ivan Lendl on Wednesday played down Andy Murray's chances of sealing back-to-back Grand Slams at the Australian Open, warning it was "very, very difficult to succeed" in a highly competitive era.

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World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic ended the year with the highest prize money earned on the ATP World Tour this season.

The Serb in total bagged $12,803,737 while World No.2 and London Olympics

Former world No.1 Rafael Nadal has returned to training at his Mallorca base after nearly five months on the sidelines with a knee injury.

"Today was my first training session after so many weeks out

Serb Novak Djokovic finishes as world number one for the second straight year, as he sits top of the final 2012 rankings released by the ATP on Monday.

Djokovic has 12,920 points with Swiss Roger Fed

Roger Federer will bid to back up his title from a year ago when he heads the field at the final event of the regular ATP season, the Paris Masters, starting on Monday.

The Swiss world number one sto

Juan Martin del Potro secured his place in the ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday after Rafael Nadal's injury-enforced withdrawal from the eight-man season-ender opened up another vacancy.

The Argenti

Rafael Nadal, out of action since June, will miss the ATP Tour Finals in London and also next week's Paris Masters owing to his injured left knee, virtually condemning him also to miss the Davis Cup f

Rafael Na­dal has admitted he is unlikely to play again this year as he set his sights on a return from injury at January’s Australian Op­en.
The former world No. 1 has been sidelined with tendonitis