Canadian Milos Raonic held off an inspired comeback from fourth-seed and former champion Stan Wawrinka on Monday, beating the Swiss 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the second straight year. The 13th-seeded Raonic broke for a 5-4 lead in the opening set, and proceeded to consolidate that break with…
If there was any doubt that Novak Djokovic was the best player in the world heading into 2015, those doubts were not only erased, but obliterated from the minds of tennis fans and aficionados. The 28-year-old Serbian put together one of the best seasons in the history of the men’s game in 2015. He won…
While we here on the East Coast will be getting out our jackets and shovels ahead of Winter Storm Jonas making its landing, the tennis world will have its eyes on the other side of the world on the Australian summer, as the third round of the men’s and women’s singles comes to a close…
The Columbia women’s tennis team headed south to play 66th ranked Maryland as a part of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Kick-Off Weekend, and swept all of the matches, beating the Terrapins 7-0 on Friday. The Lions won two of the three doubles matches to capture the doubles point, and the singles play did its…
Four-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer made his way into the fourth round in Melbourne, moving past Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena on Friday, capturing the 300th win in his career at the four Grand Slams. “I’m pleased. It wasn’t easy,” said Federer. “I didn’t expect it to be…
Former champion Maria Sharapova dominated the third set to hold off American Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-0 to win the 600th match of her career and reach the Australian Open fourth round. Sharapova cruised through the opening set 6-1 in just 26 minutes, and opened up an early break advantage in the second to look…
We have reached the point of the Australian Open where you will begin to see some star-studded matchups, and that is the case on Day 5 in Melbourne as the third round of both the men’s and women’s singles draw gets underway. Below are some of the men’s matchups to watch: (3) Roger Federer (Switzerland)…
Called "The Third Game of Tennis," One-On-One Doubles held its 11th annual prize money tournament at the ITA Coaches Convention in December. The tournament's compact, round-robin format allowed for every player in the draw to compete against three opponents in short sets (first to win four games, no-ad scoring). The draw included five female and…
Eight years ago, Alona Bondarenko paired up with her sister, Kateryna, and won the 2008 Australian Open Women’s Doubles Championship, defeating the team of Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Peer in the finals. The sisters from the Ukraine battled back from a set down to beat the Belarusian/Israeli duo to become the first players from Ukraine…
Lleyton Hewitt’s career was hoping to have a stay of execution when he took to the court at Rod Laver Arena to play eighth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer in the Australian Open second round on Thursday. But Ferrer put an end to that quickly, and went on to defeate Hewitt 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 to earn his…