Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have both advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open. Sharapova was a 6-2, 7-5 winner over Sabine Lisicki, while the top-seeded Serena was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over Maria Kirilenko. Serena is now 25-1 on clay since the start of last year’s clay court season. "She’s the kind of opponent…
Kei Nishikori scored perhaps the biggest win of his career in Madrid on Thursday, a upset over defending champion Roger Federer 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 in the third round of the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open. It was Nishikori’s eighth Top 10 win and first since beating number six Tomas Berdych in the 2012 Tokyo quarterfinals. Two years…
Singapore will host the WTA Championships, the most prestigious event on the WTA calendar, from 2014 to 2018. Under terms of the five-year agreement, the top eight singles players and, for the first time, the top eight doubles teams, will compete for a share of a record prize money purse of $6.5 million. The announcement…
Rafael Nadal, seeking his fifth title in seven tournaments to date in 2013, defeated Benoit Paire of France 6-3, 6-4 on in the second round of the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open. "That’s an important victory today," said Nadal. "Each match in this kind of tournament is very demanding from the first round. He was a very…
Defending champion Roger Federer was a winner in his first match in two months at the 2013 Madrid Open, 6-3, 6-3 over Radek Stepanek. Also advancing in Madrid was defending women’s champion Serena Williams, a winner over Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-2, 7-5. "It was a really good clay-court tennis match for me," Serena said….
Saturday, May 4 was opening day at the New York Tennis Club, as the weather cooperated for a great day of tennis, and loads of players came out to enjoy the facility as a great time was had by all. Set in the shadow of the Throgs Neck Bridge, New York Tennis Club has been fully restored…
The United States Tennis Association has announced it has reached an agreement to return to New York City a portion of its currently leased Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (NTC) land in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in exchange for the parkland it proposes to add as part of its improvement plan for the NTC….
Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and his doubles partner Santiago Gonzalez were 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 winners over defending champions Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi & Jean-Julien Rojer to capture the 2013 Portugal Open Men’s Doubles title. Gonzalez improved to a 7-2 record in doubles finals, while Lipsky is now 9-7 overall. Lipsky captured the 2009 Oeiras title with Eric Butorac. “We played…
As the next milestone its ongoing resurgence, World TeamTennis has announced that tennis champions and global sports icons Venus Williams and Andy Roddick have become part owners of the business and of the professional team tennis league co-founded by Billie Jean King. Both longtime Mylan WTT players, Williams and Roddick will help lead the organization forward…
ATP has announced the passing of its Executive Chairman & President Brad Drewett on Friday in Sydney, Australia at the age of 54 following a battle with Motor Neurone Disease (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease). “We are deeply saddened to announce that Brad Drewett passed away at his home in Sydney, Australia,…