Professional Tennis
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…
The best of the best on the ATP World Tour in 2016 will meet in London next week for the end of the year finals. The tournament begins Nov. 15 and will feature a bunch of familiar faces, with the big question heading in being: Can anyone take down Novak Djokovic? The world number one…
The ATP announced its annual awards on Wednesday, with Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Americans Bob & Mike Bryan taking home honors for their performances in 2015. Djokovic was named the ATP World Tour No. 1 for the second consecutive year and fourth time in his career. The Bryan Brothers were named the winners of the…
In the men’s standings for the 2015 USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge, American Noah Rubin took the early lead with 80 points by capturing his first career USTA Pro Circuit title at the $50,000 Charlottesville Men’s Pro Challenger in Charlottesville, Va., defeating fellow young American Tommy Paul, 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-3, in the…
World number one Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday to capture the BNP Paribas Masters title in Paris, Djokovic’s single-season record sixth title. "There was couple of games in the second set where Andy started turning things around, so things could have gone different way as they did maybe against Wawrinka [in…
The Charlottesville Men’s Pro Challenger concluded Sunday, and it was Long Island’s Noah Rubin defeating fellow American Tommy Paul in the finals to capture his first career pro title. Rubin saved two match points to defeat Paul 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-3, rallying from a 3-6, 1-5 deficit, breaking back twice in the second set and surviving…
Andy Murray made his way into the Paris Masters semifinals on Friday, hanging on to beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-3 to advance. Murray got off to a great start, breaking Gasquet in the second game of the match and quickly building a 3-0 advantage. But Gasquet recovered to even things up, forcing the…