Problem: (CNN) -- The fledgling International Premier Tennis League suffered a blow when two of the world's most recognized female athletes snubbed the event.

Max Eisenbud, the agent of both Maria Sharapova and Li Na, told CNN on Thursday that neither would be appearing in the team tournament that is set to make its debut in Asia this November.

Sharapova transcends tennis and has long been a magnet for sponsors -- the Russian is perennially listed as the world's richest female athlete by Forbes -- while China's Li is one of the marquee names in Asia, having captured a second grand slam title at the Australian Open in January.

Li was "confirmed" as one of the entrants by the League in a press release last May.

"Maria and Li Na will not be participating," Eisenbud said in an email.

Mahesh Bhupathi, a grand slam doubles winner and the main man behind the project modeled after cricket's highly successful Indian Premier League, will now be hoping he can secure the likes of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

Roger Federer, the 17-time grand slam champion and still the biggest name in the sport, told Gulf News this week he generally backed the idea.

The player list is expected to be revealed Friday.

"Firstly, I want to see whether it takes off or not," Federer told Gulf News. "I know a lot of people have invested in it or are part of it. Anywhere where tennis grows is a good thing, so I hope it takes off and becomes very successful.
1. Who are Maria and Li?
2. Who represents them?
3. What happened in May?
4. Will she be joining?
5. IS everyone else staying on?
6. Who else pulled out?
7. Who is Roger Federer?
8. Is he well known?
9. What happens at the end of the week?
10. Where is the team going?
11. When?
12. For what?
13. Has Li won any special events?
14. What?
15. Where?
16. When?
17. Is she from Australia?
18. Where then?
19. Who makes the most money?
20. Where is she from?
Answer: 1. female tennis players
2. Max Eisenbud
3. Li was "confirmed" as one of the entrants
4. no
5. no
6. Maria
7. 17-time grand slam champion
8. yes
9. The player list is expected to be revealed
10. Asia
11. this November.
12. the team tournament
13. yes
14. grand slam title
15. at the Australian Open
16. in January.
17. no
18. China
19. sharapova
20. Russia

Problem: Jonny Jones was a nice and popular boy, who everyone loved.He was so much fun, so good and so kind to everyone that they treated him wonderfully. But as everything he needed was given to him without asking, Jonny became a _ . He was so spoiled by everyone that he couldn't stand any hardship.

One day Johnny heard a mother saying to her son "Come on, my boy, get up and stop crying. You are behaving like Johnny Jones." That made Johnny feel very ashamed. But he was sure that he would prefer to be known as a good boy rather than a fool. Worried, he spoke to his father about all this, though he was afraid that maybe he would be laughed at for having such worries. His father, far from laughing at Johnny, told him that a teacher had taught him a secret trick to turn him into the toughest boy off all. "Eat a candy less, study a minute more, and count to five before crying." Johnny asked, "Just that? " "Yes, just that," said his father, "It's very simple, but I warn you that it won't be easy."

Johnny was happy like a bird, ready to follow the advice. He went to see his mother, and she noticed how happy he was when she offered him candies. "One candy less", thought Johnny, so he only took one. That afternoon he had another chance to put it into practice by studying one minute more. The result was that he missed the first minute of his favorite program! But having achieved this gave him a great feeling of satisfaction. The same happened when he ran up against the corner of the kitchen table. He only managed to count to four before crying, but that was left deeply in his mother's memory.

Over the following days Johnny kept using the motto in his life as his father told him. And the more he put this into practice ,the easier it got. Before long he realized that he could also do things that would seem impossible before.
1. Who did Johnny get advice from?
2. What did he tell him about sweets?
3. How long should he study?
4. What should he do prior to bawling?
5. How did he feel about this advice?
6. What happened when he studied longer?
7. How did he feel?
8. What happened that made him want to cry?
9. How long did he last before crying?
10. Was he a nice kid?
11. Did people treat him well?
12. why?
13. Was he spoiled?
14. by who?
15. How did he fare when things went bad?
16. What did a mother compare her child to?
17. Why
18. How did johnny feel?
19. How did he think his father would react?
20. did he?
Answer: 1. his father
2. Eat less
3. a minute more
4. count to five
5. happy
6. He missed part of a show
7. satisfied
8. he ran into the kitchen table
9. a count of four
10. yes
11. yes
12. he was fun and kind
13. yes
14. everyone
15. he couldn't stand it
16. Johnny Jones
17. he was crying
18. ashamed
19. by laughing
20. no

Problem: Columbus is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the 14th-largest city in the United States, with a population of 860,090 as of 2016 estimates. This makes Columbus the third-most populous state capital in the United States, and the second-largest city in the Midwestern United States, after Chicago. It is the core city of the Columbus, Ohio, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses ten counties. With a population of 2,021,632, it is Ohio's third-largest metropolitan area.

Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County. The city proper has also expanded and annexed portions of adjoining Delaware County and Fairfield County. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816.

The city has a diverse economy based on education, government, insurance, banking, defense, aviation, food, clothes, logistics, steel, energy, medical research, health care, hospitality, retail, and technology. Columbus is home to the Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest private research and development foundation; Chemical Abstracts Service, the world's largest clearinghouse of chemical information; NetJets, the world's largest fractional ownership jet aircraft fleet; and The Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in the United States. , the city has the headquarters of five corporations in the U.S. Fortune 500: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, American Electric Power, L Brands, Big Lots, and Cardinal Health. The food service corporations Wendy's, Donatos Pizza, Bob Evans, Max & Erma's and White Castle and the nationally known companies Red Roof Inn, Rogue Fitness, and Safelite are also based in the metropolitan area.
1. Is Columbus' economy dependent upon one thing?
2. If I was working in steel could I find a job in Columbus?
3. What if I was a major league baseball player?
4. What big university is in Columbus?
5. How many Fortune 500 companies have their main offices there?
6. Is Apple one of them?
7. What is one?
8. Is Cincinnati the capital of Ohio?
9. What is?
10. How many U.S. cities are larger than Columbus?
11. Does it have over a million people?
12. Is it the largest state capital in the country?
13. How many are bigger?
14. What Midwestern city is larger than Columbus?
15. What metropolitan area is Columbus a part of?
16. How many counties does that include?
17. Is that the largest metropolitan area in Ohio?
18. True or False: Columbus is named after the famous explorer
19. When was the founding of the city?
20. Was it the state capital right away?
Answer:
1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. The Ohio State University
5. Five
6. No
7. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
8. No
9. Columbus
10. Thirteen
11. No
12. No
13. Two
14. Chicago
15. Columbus, Ohio
16. Ten
17. No
18. True
19. 1812
20. No