Professional Tennis
Spaniard Garbine Muguruza shocked American Serena Williams Saturday, 7-5, 6-4 to win the 2016 French Open Women’s Singles Championship in just over 90 minutes. With the win, Muguruza captured her first career Grand Slam title and denied Serena a 22nd career Grand Slam in dethroning the defending champ. "Match point was really weird,” said Muguruza…
The USTA has announced that tickets to the 2016 U.S. Open will go on sale to the general public Monday, June 6, beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. The 2016 U.S. Open will be played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29 through Sunday, Sept. 11. Arthur Ashe Kids Day presented by Hess, a…
Novak Djokovic will get a chance at a personal record Sunday in the finals of the 2016 French Open when he meets Andy Murray for the Roland Garros title which has so far eluded him. Djokovic took care of Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 to advance, while Murray unseated defending champ Stan Wawrinka 6-4,…
World number one and 21-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams defeated the unseeded Kiki Bertens 7-6(7), 6-4 Friday in one hour and 40 minutes to reach the finals of the 2016 French Open. Bertens got out to a 5-3 before Serena saved a set point to recover and force a tie-break. Serena is seeking her…
Pursuing the one Grand Slam that has eluded him, world number one Novak Djokovic moved into the semifinals of the 2016 French Open Thursday with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 win over the seventh-seeded Tomas Berdych. An 11-time Grand Slam champion, Djokovic, who will be playing for the third consecutive day Friday due to rainy conditions…
Defending French Open champion Serena Williams completed a comeback in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros on Thursday, coming back from a set and a break down to defeat 60th-ranked Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. Serena survived two break points at 4-4 in the second set, which she eventually won when world number 60 Putintseva…
World number one and defending champion Serena Williams bulldozed her way into the French Open quarterfinals, moving past Elina Svitolina 6-1, 6-1 in just 62 minutes on Wednesday. “I think it’s definitely a whole new ballgame,” said Serena. “I didn’t play my best in the third round and I really wanted to come out and…
Resuming a match originally started on Tuesday, world number one Novak Djokovic knocked off Spain’s Roberto Bautista-Agut 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 on Wednesday to reach the French Open quarterfinals, the 28th consecutive Grand Slam where he has advanced to the final eight. Djokovic and Bautista-Agut had split the first two sets and Djokovic opened up…
Two of the French Open’s top six seeds were ousted from the tournament on Tuesday morning, as second-seed Agnieszka Radwanska and sixth-seed Simona Halep both lost their respective fourth-round matches. After play was suspended on Sunday due to rain, Radwanska began Tuesday with a commanding 6-2, 3-0 lead over Tsvetana Pironkova, a player ranked 100…
Hometown favorite Richard Gasquet upset the fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori on Sunday, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to move into the French Open quarterfinals. Gasquet had lost in the Round of 16 at Roland Garros four times previously (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015), but found success Sunday to advance to face Andy Murray, a winner Sunday over…