Professional Tennis
Andy Murray needed three sets, but hung on to beat Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the Aegon Championships from London on Friday. Muller came out of the gate firing, breaking in the fourth game to take a 3-1 lead in the opening set. After Murray failed to capitalize on…
Top-seed Roger Federer reached the Gerry Weber Open semifinals on Friday, beating Germany’s Florian Mayer 6-0, 7-6(1). Federer needed just 19 minutes to get through the opening set, breaking Mayer times. “I was too nervous in the beginning,” Mayer admitted. “You look over and you see him there radiating confidence. He gave me no chance.”…
The Aegon Classic’s top-seed saw her tournament come to an end on Friday, as Kristina Mladenovic defeated world number three Simona Halep 2-6, 6-0, 7-6(4) in Birmingham, England. After being handled in the opening set, Mladenovic won 11 of the next 14 games to even the match at one set a piece and take a…
Seeking his fourth career title at The Queens Club, Andy Murray continued his winning ways on Thursday, defeating Spain’s Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-4 to reach the Aegon Championships quarterfinals. He nailed down two break points in the opener to take the first set. After holding serve to go up 5-4 in the second, Murray broke…
Fourth-seeded Gael Monfils edged Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(1), 6-4 to reach the final eight of the Gerry Weber Open on Thursday. After taking the first set in a tie-breaker, Monfils nailed down the lone break of the second set and went on to close out the match in straight sets. The Frenchman will meet Italian Andreas…
Top-seeded Simona Halep needed just 50 minutes to move into the Aegon Classic quarterfinals on Thursday, moving past Czech Klara Koukalova 6-1, 6-3. Halep dominated the match from the start, hitting 14 winners to just 12 unforced errors. On serve, she put together a 79 percent first-serve percentage and didn’t allow Koukalova any opportunity to…
Roger Federer cruised into the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany on Wednesday, beating Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 7-5. Federer, the tournament’s top seed, improved his record to 3-2 over Gulbis by securing the lone break of the first set, and then nailed down a crucial break point at 5-5 in the…
Defending champion Ana Ivanovic was bounced from the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, falling to Michelle Larcher de Brito in the second round on Wednesday. The Portugal native beat Ivanovic 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6) to move on. “It’s an unbelievable feeling—it was so nerve-racking towards the end of the tie-break,” said Larcher de Brito. “I felt a…
A day after top-seeded Rafael Nadal was bounced from the Aegon Championships, second-seed and French Open champion Stan Wawrinka saw his tournament run come to an end. South African Kevin Anderson beat Wawrinka 7-6(4), 7-6(11) on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Queens Club tournament. The win is the fourth straight for Anderson over…
The USTA has announced the three men and three women named to represent the United States at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, July 10-26. World number 63 Lauren Davis, world number 111 Louisa Chirico, and world number 112 Sachia Vickery were named to the women’s tennis team. The men’s tennis team will be comprised of Dennis Novikov, Jean-Yves Aubone and Gonzales Austin….