Professional Tennis
Rafael Nadal continued his run at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Friday, coming back to defeat fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4 to finish round-robin play with a 3-0 record. Although Nadal had already qualified for the semifinals before this match, the 14-time Grand Slam champion came out firing. He built…
Serena Williams’ semifinal loss to Roberta Vinci at the 2015 U.S. Open has been called "the greatest upset in tennis history." Indeed, who could have predicted that Serena's dominance of Grand Slams would be derailed by a player ranked 43rd in the world. With the omniscience of time, perhaps this grand upset makes a little…
In what was probably the best match of the ATP World Tour Finals thus far, six-time champion Roger Federer outlasted multiple comeback attempts from Kei Nishikori, eventually defeating the Japan native 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 at the O2 Arena in London on Thursday. The opening set saw numerous breaks as both players came out aggressive on…
Rafael Nadal moved to 2-0 in the Ilie Nastase Group at the ATP World Tour Finals in London, needing just 92 minutes to defeat Andy Murray 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday. Nadal began his run in London with a straight-set win over Stan Wawrinka in his first-round robin match, and looked every bit as strong in…
Kei Nishikori hung on to beat Czech Tomas Berdych 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in a round-robin match to earn his first victory of in the Stan Smith Group at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London on Tuesday. The eighth-seed from Japan broke late in the opening set to take a 6-5 lead, and after…
The reason we as fans love sports so much is because it often times plays as a mirror to life. The ups and downs of an athlete often serve as metaphors for life’s trials and tribulations. That is no more evident than in the story of American Venus Williams. The seven-time Grand Slam champion is…
The 2015 U.S. Open was supposed to be a celebration of American Serena Williams, who was going after the Calendar Grand Slam and trying to tie Steffi Graf’s record of 22 career Grand Slams in the Open Era, but the show was stolen by Italian Flavia Pennetta, who dazzled the Queens crowd for two weeks…
Andy Murray won his opening round-robin match at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Monday, defeating Spaniard David Ferrer 6-4, 6-4 in an Ilie Nastase Group matchup. Murray had multiple opportunities to break Ferrer early in the opening set, but failed to capitalize on three chances in the eighth game. But in Ferrer’s following…
The Czech Republic battled back to defeat Russia 3-2 over the weekend, winning the nation’s second consecutive Fed Cup title and ninth overall. “We are feeling unbelievable. We can’t describe it. I’m speechless,” said Barbora Strycova. “This atmosphere, playing here at home with such a crowd, it’s just unbelievable.” The two nations entered Sunday tied…
The Czech Republic will look to defend its Fed Cup championship this weekend when it takes on Russia. The two nations have met five times in Fed Cup history, with three of those encounters coming when the countries were Czechoslovakia and the USSR. The Czechs lead the head-to-head series 3-2. The Czech Republic team…