Professional Tennis
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced the provisional list of the entries for both singles and doubles at the 2016 Rio Olympics Tennis Event, set to take place at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Barra Olympic Park from August 6-14. The defending champions in the men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles will…
French Open champion Garbine Muguruza’s run at Wimbledon came to a close on Thursday as the second-seeded Spaniard fell to Slovakia’s Jana Cepelova 6-3, 6-2 in the Wimbledon second round. Last year, Cepelova ousted Simona Halep at this tournament and the Slovak continued her giant-slaying ways on Wednesday. “I like to play against big stars,…
The fourth day at Wimbledon was kind to American men, as Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey advanced to the third round while John Isner and Donald Young made their way into the tournament’s second round. Querrey ousted Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to advance, winning 83 percent of the points on his first…
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova had no problems in her first round match on Wednesday, breezing past Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-4 to reach the second round in less than an hour. Kvitova got things started right away, winning the first four points of the match to break Cirstea at love and seize control. The Czech,…
Novak Djokovic won his 30th consecutive Grand Slam match on Tuesday afternoon, moving past France’s Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(5) to reach the third round. Djoker looked to be on his way to a routine victory through the first two sets. He notched one break point in both the first and second set, while winning 78…
Serena Williams got off to a somewhat slow start in her Wimbledon opener on Tuesday falling behind 15-40 in her opening service game. But that wouldn’t bother her, as the defending champion and world number one steamrolled past Swiss qualifier Amra Sadikovic 6-2, 6-4 to book her spot in the second round. “It was a…
Seeking his second career title at Wimbledon, Andy Murray began his journey with a routine straight set win in his first round match Tuesday, rolling past fellow Briton Liam Broady 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round. Murray dominated on serve, winning 77 percent of the points on his serve and faced just…
Newly crowned French Open champion Garbine Muguruza dodged a potential first round upset at Wimbledon on Monday, hanging on for the 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 win over Italy’s Camila Giorgi. “I think Wimbledon is a very tricky tournament because the grass sometimes, it can give you surprise,” said Muguruza afterwards. “I think all the matches are…
Photo Credit: Wimbledon.com Ranked 772nd in the world, Marcus Willis came into his first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday with low expectations to say the least. Willis shocked everyone when he upended 54th ranked Ricardas Berankis in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round and snag the biggest win of his career. Willis nearly…
The 130th edition of the Wimbledon Championships gets underway on Monday as the top tennis players in the world will battle for the sport's most prestigious trophy. While the men's tour currently consists of Novak Djokovic and then everybody else, we broke down some of the contenders, pretenders and sleepers for this year's tournament at…