Professional Tennis
Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova won the biggest title of her career on Sunday, downing world number one Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals in Singapore. “This is the biggest moment of my career,” the 27-year old said afterwards. “It’s hard to describe in words. I have to congratulate Angelique Kerber, you are an…
Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska continued her domination over Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, beating the U.S. Open finalist 7-5, 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the WTA Finals in Singapore. Radwanska, last year’s champion in Singapore, has now won all seven meetings against Pliskova in straight sets, winning all 14 sets against the big-serving Czech…
The round-robin action in the Red Group at the WTA Finals in Singapore wrapped up on Thursday, and it was world number one Angelique Kerber and Dominika Cibulkova who reached the semifinals with victories. Heading into Thursday, Cibulkova needed to notched a win against Simona Halep but also required some help from Kerber, who was…
The 10th anniversary of the BNP Paribas Showdown will bring past, current and future stars to the Madison Square Garden court for a terrific night of tennis, Monday, March 6, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Juan Martin del Potro, Kei Nishikori, Venus Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza, Nick Kyrgios, Jack Sock and a legends matchup to be named…
American Madison Keys won her first ever match at the WTA Finals in Singapore, downing Dominika Cibulkova 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday. Keys needed just over an hour to dispatch Cibulkova in a match that both players needed. From the start, Keys looked in form, cruising through service games early on and using her power to…
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Karolina Pliskova won their respective round-robin matches on Monday, wrapping up the second day of play at the WTA Finals in Singapore. Kuznetsova scored a huge win over last year’s champion Agnieszka Radwanska, fighting back from a match point down to upend the Pole 7-5, 1-6, 7-5. The Russian, who only qualified…
American Serena Williams has withdrawn from the BNP Paribas WTA Finals in Singapore on the medial advice of her doctors, who say the world number two needs more time to recover from the shoulder injury which forced her to pull out of the Asian swing. “I was looking forward to competing in Singapore this year…
Following the completion of its investigation into Nick Kyrgios’ second round match last week at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, the ATP has announced that Kyrgios has been found to have committed the player major offense ‘Conduct Contrary to the Integrity of the Game.’ The offense means that Kyrgios receives an additional fine of $25,000, and…
The ATP has fined Australia’s Nick Kyrgios $16,500 for his actions during his second-round match at the Shanghai Rolex Masters against Mischa Zverev on Wednesday. The fine was broken into three parts: $10,000 for showing a “lack of best efforts”, $5,000 for verbal abuse of a spectator and $1,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct. Zverev defeated Kyrgios…
Serbia’s Viktor Troicki upset Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6(3) in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, beating the Spaniard for the first time in his career to reach the third round. “I played really well. I was aggressive, I served well and I hit the ball nice,” said Troicki. “It was a great feeling…