Thursday, January 2, 2014

Year-end rankings; TV schedule; calendar

PRO RANKINGS
     Following are the year-end world rankings of professional players with Northern California ties (change from last week in parentheses):
Men
   Bob Bryan, 35 years old, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Mike Bryan, 35 years old, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Mardy Fish, 32 years old, Sacramento Capitals of World TeamTennis (2012-13) -- No. 373 in singles (+1), No. 125 in doubles (no change).
   Bradley Klahn, 23 years old, 2010 NCAA singles champion and 2011 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- Career-high No. 97 in singles (no change), No. 147 in doubles (no change).
   Scott Lipsky, 32 years old, 2002 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- No. 31 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Sam Querrey, 26 years old, San Francisco native, Capitals (2012-13) -- No. 46 in singles (no change), No. 216 in doubles (no change).
   Ryan Sweeting, 26 years old, Capitals (2012-13) -- No. 667 in singles (-1), No. 1,112 in doubles (-3).
   Dmitry Tursunov, 31 years old, trains at Gorin Tennis Academy in Sacramento suburb of Granite Bay -- No. 29 in singles (no change), No. 139 in doubles (-1).
Women
   Mallory Burdette, 22 years old, NCAA singles runner-up in 2012 and NCAA doubles champion in 2011 and 2012 from Stanford -- No. 140 in singles (no change), No. 690 in doubles (-2).
   Nicole Gibbs, 20 years old, NCAA singles champion in 2012 and 2013 and NCAA doubles champion in 2012 from Stanford -- No. 185 in singles (no change), No. 438 in doubles (-1).
   Macall Harkins, Redding resident -- No. 287 in doubles (-1), No. 694 in singles (no change).
   Raquel Kops-Jones, 31 years old, 2003 NCAA doubles champion from Cal -- No. 23 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Megan Moulton-Levy, 28 years old, Capitals (2013) -- No. 56 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Maria Sanchez, 24 years old, Modesto product -- No. 144 in doubles (no change), No. 176 in singles (-1).
   Taylor Townsend, 17 years old, Capitals (2013) -- No. 197 in doubles (-1), No. 365 in singles (-3).
TV SCHEDULE
   Friday
(All times PST)
   Brisbane (women), semifinals, Tennis Channel, 2:30-4:30 a.m. (live), 7-11 a.m. (replay).
   Brisbane (men), quarterfinals, Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (delay).
   Auckland (women), semifinals, Tennis Channel, 5-7 p.m. (delay).
   Chennai (men), quarterfinals, Tennis Channel, 7-11 p.m. (delay).
Saturday
   Brisbane (women), final, Tennis Channel, 9-11 a.m. (repeat).
   Brisbane (men), semifinals, Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (delay).
   Auckland (women), final, Tennis Channel, 3-5 p.m. (delay).
   Hopman Cup, United States vs. Czech Republic, women's singles, 5-7 p.m. (delay); men's singles, 7-9 p.m. (delay); mixed doubles 9-10:30 p.m. (delay).  
Sunday
   Chennai (men), final, Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (delay).
   Brisbane (men), final, Tennis Channel, 1-3  p.m. (delay).
   Hopman Cup, final, women's singles, 5-7 p.m. (delay); men's singles, 7-9 p.m. (delay); mixed doubles 9-10:30 p.m. (delay). 
CALENDAR
   Jan. 13-26, 2014 -- AUSTRALIAN OPEN, Melbourne, www.australianopen.com. 2013 champions: Novak Djokovic, Victoria Azarenka, Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan, Sara Errani-Roberta Vinci, Jarmila Gajdosova-Matthew Ebden.
   Jan. 14 -- College spring season begins. Pacific men at Stanford, 1:30 p.m. 
   Jan. 31-Feb. 2 -- Davis Cup, first round, Great Britain vs. United States in San Diego, www.daviscup.com.
   Feb. 8-9 -- Fed Cup, first round, defending champion Italy vs. United States in Cleveland, www.fedcupcom.
   Feb. 26 -- Champions Shootout (Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Jim Courier, James Blake), 7 p.m., Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, Calif., www.powersharesseries.com.
   March 3-16 -- BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, Calif., www.bnpparibasopen.com. 2013 champions: Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan, Ekaterina Makarova-Elena Vesnina.

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