World number one Angelique Kerber will no longer hold that distinction after this week as she fell to former finalist Garbine Muguruza on Monday. Muguruza came back from a set down to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and book her spot in the final eight. Muguruza ripped 55 winners to upend Kerber, and going for her…
Five-time champion Venus Williams powered her way into the Wimbledon Round of 16 on Friday, moving past Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka 7-6(3), 6-4, becoming the oldest player, at 37 years and 29 days old, to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon since Martina Navratilova in 1994. Venus opened up a 4-1 lead in the first…
World number one Angelique Kerber advanced to the Wimbledon third round for the fourth straight year on Thursday, defeating Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 7-5, 7-5. Kerber will play American Shelby Rogers next. Rogers came back to beat Lucie Safarova 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3. Unfortunately, the biggest story of the day came from Safarova’s doubles partner, American…
Novak Djokovic cruised into the third round of Wimbledon on Thursday, defeating Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in just one hour and 34 minutes. “It’s perfect; exactly what I want. I don’t want to have any five-set matches. I had enough match play in Eastbourne,” said Djokovic afterwards. “I felt very…
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka continued her return back to the tour in impressive style on Wednesday, upending 15th seed Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-3, 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon third round. Azarenka played her best tennis in what was her fourth match back since she gave birth to her first child last year….
World number one and defending champion Andy Murray rolled into the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday, moving past Germany’s Dustin Brown 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. “It was a good match from my end,” Murray said afterwards. “I served well until the last few games. I returned well. I didn’t make many mistakes and hit a lot…
It seems strange to start an article about warm-ups with a note about cooling down (many teaching plans include a period for warming up and cooling down during a lesson). The New York Times recently printed a piece outlining how cooling off after athletic exercise was mostly unnecessary. For high-level athletes training to the max,…
Caroline Wozniacki hung on to defeat Heather Watson on Friday, beating the Briton 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 to reach the Aegon International final in Eastbourne, England. The 2009 champion needed just 30 minutes to wrap up the first set, breaking three times to take the early lead. Watson responded in the second set, fighting back from…
Venus Williams was found to be at fault for a fatal car crash that caused the death of a 78-year old man back on June 9 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, according to TMZ who obtained a copy of the police report. According to the driver of the other car, the man’s wife, she was approaching…
For 10 years, Chris Lewit spent a month each summer living in Barcelona, traveling around Spain to learn from the country’s legendary tennis coaches. “It was an interesting evolution for me to study and travel to Spain, I spent about 10 years doing that,” said Lewit, who grew up a very good basketball…