American Serena Williams hit 12 aces and repeatedly hit her groundstrokes extremely hard past 13-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia to win 6-1, 6-0 and reach the quarterfinals of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Seeded fourth, Serena hit 32 winners to just three for Zvonareva, who also lost when they met in the 2010 Wimbledon finals. Serena hit…
Former world number one-ranked Martina Hingis of the New York Sportimes and Bobby Reynolds of the Washington Kastles were named as WTT Most Valuable Players for the World TeamTennis Pro League presented by GEICO. John-Patrick Smith of the Orange County Breakers and Kristyna Pliskova of the Philadelphia Freedoms were named as WTT Rookies of the Year, while…
Second-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2012 London Olympics after his 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt on Wednesday. Djokovic’s win took just under two hours and was interrupted by a brief rain shower on Centre Court at the All England Tennis Club. Djokovic will next play fifth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals,…
Novak Djokovic needed just 54 minutes to beat American Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-1 on Centre Court at a wet All England Club, Wimbledon, for a place in the third round of the 2012 London Olympics. Djokovic, a 2008 Beijing Olympics singles bronze medalist, hit 14 aces and lost 14 points on serve against Roddick. Djokovic converted all…
Serena Williams will not participate in mixed-doubles action at the 2012 London Olympics, and the two U.S. teams will instead feature four doubles specialists—The Bryan Brothers and Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond. Raymond & Mike Bryan will be reunited after winning their third Grand Slam title together at Wimbledon 2012. Serena, who is competing in singles and…
Serena Williams of the U.S. defeated fellow former number one-ranked Jelena Jankovic in her first match of the 2012 Olympic Tennis Event, 6-3, 6-1. Serena, the number four seed, offset 11 unforced errors with 20 winners during the 61-minute rout, serving particularly well, hitting eight aces in the match. "I was a little nervous in the…
Tuesday, July 31 marks the fourth day of the 2012 Olympic Tennis Championships in London. Back at the grass courts of the All-England Club the world’s top competitors will compete for a title that holds the same prestige as a Grand Slam title, an Olympic gold medal and national pride. Five Americans have passed the…
Andy Roddick took to Olympic grass Monday, winning his first-round match at Wimbledon 7-5, 6-4 against Martin Klizan of Slovakia. Roddick converted only two of 13 break-point chances, but dominated with his serve. The Olympic match, delayed a day by rain, was Roddick’s first Olympic match in eight years. He lost in the third round at the…
How is it that most “developmental players” show up with a decent forehand grip and stroke, but it ends right there. How is it that they have a hard time grasping the concept of a Continental Grip? How is it that they miss out on learning a grip that will help them execute a variety…
Members of the British Olympic tennis team, including Andy Murray, have been told to skip Friday’s opening ceremony. Like many other athletes who skip the ceremony, a team official told them to rest up before the tournament begins Saturday morning. Paul Hutchins, the British tennis team leader, gave the order to skip the ceremony. The ceremony…