Professional Tennis
World number one Serena Williams and world number three Simona Halep met in a much-anticipated semifinal contest on Thursday night at the Miami Open. Both players entered the match on fire: Halep has the most match wins on the WTA Tour this season, while Serena has yet to lose in 2015. The match did not…
American John Isner played arguably the best tennis of his career on Thursday afternoon, dominating fifth-ranked Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-3 to reach the Miami Open semifinals. Isner won his second straight match over a top 10 opponent following his defeat of sixth-ranked Milos Raonic in the fourth-round. “I played extremely well today,” said Isner. “I…
In the third installment of the 12-city 2015 PowerShares Series circuit, Andy Roddick defeated James Blake 6-1 in the championship of the Champions Cup at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb. on Wednesday night. The Nebraska native captured the fourth title of his career on the circuit. He also won the event in Los…
Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych will meet again in a tournament semifinal when they take to the Miami Open courts on Friday. The third-seeded Murray and eighth-seeded Berdych each won their respective quarterfinal bouts on Wednesday to set up a rematch of the Australian Open semifinals in January. Murray was first on court as he…
Serena Williams won the 700th match of her career on Wednesday afternoon, defeating Sabine Lisicki 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-3 to advance into the Miami Open semifinals. Serena edged out a first set tie-breaker to take the one set advantage, but was turned back in the second frame. After breaking to start the set, Serena dropped the…
Carla Suarez-Navarro stormed back to defeat Venus Williams 0-6, 6-1, 7-5 and reach the Miami Open semifinals on Tuesday. The 12th-seeded Spaniard won 13 of the final 18 games after getting bageled in the opening set to reach the final four. “It was a crazy match, a crazy first two sets, and Venus was unbelievable…
Andy Murray won the 500th match of his career on Tuesday afternoon, defeating 15th-seeded South African Kevin Anderson 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to move into the Miami Open quarterfinals. The win makes Murray the 46th man in the Open Era to reach the 500-win club. The two-time champion in Miami gave himself 11 break point opportunities…
Simona Halep booked the eighth and final quarterfinal spot at the Miami Open on Monday, beating Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 7-5 to reach the tournament’s final eight. The Romanian exercised some demons as she had never beaten Pennetta in any of the pair’s three previous meetings. However, those three matches came back in 2013 when…
American John Isner notched a huge win on Monday at the Miami Open, beating ninth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(2), 6-2 to reach the fourth-round. The 22nd-seeded Isner was dominant on serve, ripping 15 aces and saving the only two break points he faced to move past Dimitrov in straight sets. “I was a little nervous at…
It was a different chapter, but the same old story in the Venus Williams-Caroline Wozniacki saga as the two met in the Miami Open fourth round on Monday morning. The 16th-seeded American moved to 7-0 all-time versus the fourth-seeded Wozniacki, defeating her 6-3, 7-6(1) to reach the quarterfinals. The match started a bit strangely as…