There was plenty of high-class tennis to enjoy in London's O2 Arena on Sunday despite this match acting as a taster for the evening's main event between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

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Thanks to the emergence of world-class stars like Zheng, tennis is growing rapidly in China.

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Daoud has previously competed at a world-class level in swimming, tennis and soccer and also loves boxing and motorcross.

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Bollettieri also questions the failure of U.S. tennis to discover talent at grassroots level from working class backgrounds.

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Her tennis shoes had little things doodled on them from sitting in her class lectures.

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Staff members say the center, part of a network that includes several others in Spain, is managed by the regional government and works often with professional athletes, including cyclists, track-and-field athletes, soccer and tennis players, providing advice on nutrition and training regimes and top-class fitness equipment.

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The second class encompasses the relics of lesser figures--Mother Teresa's tennis shoes.

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