SAP Open Tennis held in San Jose, California
Retired tennis great Pete Sampras returns a shot during an exhibition match with Tommy Haas the SAP Open tennis tournament at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California on February 9, 2009. (UPI Photo/ Terry Schmitt)
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Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka capped years in which each won six tournaments, including a Grand Slam event, with world No. 1 tennis rankings.
Novak Djokovic narrowed the rankings point differential with Roger Federer to the point where he could retake the No. 1 position in men's tennis this week.
Roger Federer has pushed his reign at the top of the world men's tennis rankings to a record 296 weeks as of Monday.
Top-seeded Roger Federer and No. 3 seed Andy Murray were among the first-round winners Monday on the rain-delayed opening day of the 2012 U.S. Open.
UPI Almanac for Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012.
Roger Federer has become the all-time leader in weeks at No. 1 in the men's world tennis rankings.
Roger Federer's record 17th Grand Slam title captured at Wimbledon moved him back to No. 1, tying Pete Sampras for most weeks on top of the world rankings.
Swiss superstar Roger Federer rallied for his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title Sunday, outplaying Britain's Andy Murray in four sets.
Roger Federer has a chance to regain the world No. 1 ranking with a record-tying seventh title at Wimbledon, where the draws were announced Friday.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, losing just two games, needed just more than an hour Saturday to post a third-round victory at the Australian Open.
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