Australia's Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has backed the bad boy of tennis Nick Kyrgios to "control" his image and break through for a grand slam trophy.
Third seed Rafa Nadal came within 2 points of defeat by Lukas Rosol before sparking into life and reaching the second round of the Swiss Indoors tournament.
New WTA CEO Steve Simon will make "fundamental" changes to the cramped end-of-year tennis calendar after Serena Williams withdrew from this year's event.
Maria Sharapova had not completed a match since losing at Wimbledon in July, so the Russian was naturally thrilled to emerge with a victory at the WTA finals.