Professional Tennis
Defending champion Maria Sharapova cruised into the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Tuesday, moving past Colombian Mariana Duque-Marino 6-1, 6-2. “It’s definitely nice to get another win today,” said Sharapova, who beat Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday. “It’s a little bit of a different opponent and different style of play against…
Gael Monfils got off to a winning start in Madrid, cruising past Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-0 to reach the Mutua Madrid Open second-round on Tuesday. Monfils used a dominant serve to get past Troicki, losing just 15 service points in the match, and broke Troicki five times in six chances to advance. The 13th-seeded…
American John Isner was one of three men from the United States to win their opener in the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday, defeating France’s Adrian Mannarino 7-6(2), 6-4 to advance to the second-round. Isner ripped 13 aces and didn’t allow a single break point to ease past the Frenchman. He will play Brazilian Thomaz…
Seventeen-year-old Frances Tiafoe of College Park, Md., will make his Grand Slam main draw debut after earning a main draw wild card into the French Open by winning the 2015 Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge. Tiafoe, who turned pro in early April and is currently ranked a career-high 381st in the world, clinched the wild card…
In his first time playing in the country of Turkey, world number two Roger Federer captured the Istanbul Open trophy, beating third-seeded Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 7-6(11) for his 85th career ATP World Tour title. Federer notched the lone break point of the opening set and went on to take it 6-3. He looked to…
Roger Federer survived a strong test from Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the Istanbul Open third-round on Friday, advancing with a 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-3 victory. Gimeno-Traver kept himself in the match by saving 10 of the 13 break points he faced, but the world number two from Switzerland was just too tough, breaking while up 4-3…
Roger Federer recorded his 200th career victory on clay Wednesday, knocking off Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 7-5 to reach the Istanbul Open third-round. It is the first time Federer has played at the Istanbul Open, and was the first match he ever played in the country of Turkey. “I’m happy that I won my first match…
With two weeks in the books, 17-year-old Frances Tiafoe is at the top of the men’s Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge Standings. He reached the semifinals of the $50,000 St. Joseph’s/Candler Savannah Challenger in Savannah, Ga. last week to move into the lead with 47 points (29 points for reaching the semifinals in Savannah and 18 points…
Defending champion and top-seed Kei Nishikori moved into the Barcelona Open semifinals on Friday, beating seventh-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. After dropping the second set, Nishikori broke twice in the final set and won 16 of his 18 service points to clinch the victory and move on. “It was [a] difficult match,” said…
Andy Roddick continued his dominance on the PowerShares Series circuit on Thursday night, beating James Blake 6-3 in the one-set final at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. The title is the seventh of Roddick’s season on the circuit, extending his record for the most titles in a single season. The previous record was held…