Waching daily Jan 3 2018

What is the Tie Break Tens? Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic to play in tennis tournament

The Tie Break Tens take place on January 10 in Melbourne. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have signed up for the event.

Nadal is hoping to use the tournament to boost his Australian Open preparations, which have been hampered by a knee injury. Djokovic has likewise been suffering from an elbow problem and withdrew from the Qatar Open.

Both tennis stars have already withdrawn from early-season tournaments in a bid to get fit for this month's first Grand Slam. They will clash in the Tie Break Tens and here is all you need to know about the event.

What is the Tie Break Tens? The Tie Break Tens is an eighteen tournament that takes place in Melbourne on January 10. Each match is comprised solely of super tie breaks to 10 points.

The knockout tournament provides a winner-takes-all purse of £185,000 ($250,000). Stan Wawrinka, Australias Nick Kyrgios, and former world number one Lleyton Hewitt are also playing in the event.

When is the Tie Break Tens taking place? The Tie Break Tens is an annual tournament and for the first time is taking place in Australia.

This will be the fourth edition of the event and is scheduled for January 10. The format has already changed from a group stage and knockout in 2015 and 2016 to a straight knockout since 2017.

Tie Break Tens previous winners Kyle Edmund beat Andy Murray 10-7 in the inaugural Tie Break Tens in London back in December 2015.

Murray also lost in the Tie Break Tens final a year later, when Dominic Thiem beat him 10-5 in Vienna. Madrid hosted the 2017 edition of the Tie Break Tens, where Grigor Dimitrov beat Feliciano Lopez 10-7.

That was also the inaugural women's edition of the competition and saw Simona Halep edge Svetlana Kuznetsova 10-6 in the final. Rafael Nadal at the Tie Break Tens Rafael Nadal confirmed his inclusion in the 2018 Tie Break Tens today.

He said: "Tie Break Tens is a great concept and we will see and play some exciting matches.

The field is fantastic and I expect some tough competition which will be great for the Aussie fans. Nadal had already withdrawn from an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi, this weeks Brisbane International and another event in Sydney, citing a lack of time to properly prepare for the Australian Open.

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Husband Sends Roses To Home, Wife Is Delighted Until She Reads Card & Learns Truth - Duration: 2:26.

Husband Sends Roses To Home, Wife Is Delighted Until She Reads Card & Learns Truth

After years of marriage, it's the little gestures that help keep things fresh and happy.

So when Debbie Cardone saw a bouquet of flowers being delivered to her home, she was overjoyed.

Debbie's husband works overseas in the Middle East, so she was delighted to see that he'd

sent her flowers out-of-the-blue.

Debbie is used to her husband sending her flowers so when she found a delivery at her

home she didn't think much of it…until she took a look at the card.

Now, any wife might be surprised to find her husband sending multi-colored roses to someone

named "Sebastian," but she knew immediately who the flowers were for.

Sebastian is the family's precocious bulldog who was recuperating from a recent surgery.

When he saw the flowers, Sebastian couldn't help but give them a little sniff.

He surely also loved the card, which read:

"Sebastian, Feel better you'll be back in the game very soon.

Love Daddy" A few weeks before the flowers arrived, the

vet found that Sebastian had some problems with the knees in his two front legs.

The poor pooch had to undergo surgery, and was apparently having a pretty tough time

with his recuperation.

Feeling bad that he was too far away to actually comfort his good boy, Debbie's husband thought

the dog might appreciate some flowers.

He did, but maybe not as much as he appreciates treats.

He is a pooch after all.

Debbie was amused by the mix-up, and shared images of the flowers and the card on Facebook.

Her daughter Lily, a student at the University of Florida, also shared the photos on Twitter.

Together the posts went viral, with everyone laughing at both Sebastian's reaction to

the flowers and Debbie's good humor about her disappointment.

However, these weren't the last flowers she and Sebastian received!

A few days later, six more bouquets arrived at the house for Sebastian, including two

bouquets of white flowers arranged in the shape of a dog!

"I guess they appreciated our viral post and how my husband uses 1-800-flowers all

the time!

I guess the celebration continues!

Thank you 1-800-flowers!

Sebastian loves them and the doggy flowers are SO cute!!"

Sebastian is one lucky dog!

We wish him a speedy recovery!