Professional Tennis
Top-ranked American John Isner was bounced from the first round of the Delray Beach Open, falling to Australian Marinko Matosevic who fought off 16 aces for a 6-4, 6-4 victory. “I felt like I was the better player out there,” said Matosevic, who had lost to Isner in their last three meetings. “My second serve…
While Tuesday saw the majority of the top seeds advance at the Duty Free Championships in Dubai, Wednesday was just the opposite as five of the top 10 seeds in the tournament were eliminated in third-round action. American Venus Williams had won 16 straight matches at the Dubai tournament but was unable to outshine Czech…
The number two and three seeds at the Dubai Duty Free Championships survived potential upsets on Tuesday, as second-seeded Petra Kvitova and third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki needed all three sets to come out victorious in the tournament’s second-round. Wozniacki was playing in her first match since her loss to Victoria Azarenka at last month’s Australian Open,…
Stan Wawrinka knocked off defending champion Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to capture the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Swiss was able to pick up break points at big spots in the second and third frames to fight back from a set down and knock off the Czech. “It’s been an…
Kei Nishikori captured his third consecutive Memphis Open title on Sunday, beating second-seeded South African Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-4. It was the first straight set match Nishikori played in the tournament, having to go the distance in his first three contests of the event. He fought off 12 aces and was able to capitalize on…
2014 Grand Slam Champions Australian Open â–ºMen’s Singles: Stanislas Warwinka defeated Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 (winners’ prize money: $2,395,000) â–ºMen's Doubles: Robert Lindstedt & Lukasz Kubot defeated Eric Butorac & Raven Klaasen 6-3, 6-3 (winners’ prize money: $470,000) â–ºWomen's Singles: Li Na defeated…
Andy Murray was ousted at the ABD AMRO World Tennis Tournament in the Netherlands on Friday, falling to eighth-seeded Gilles Simon for the first time since 2007. Simon knocked off Murray rather easily, rolling 6-4, 6-2 over the Scot. He hung tough on his service game, saving four of six break points and took advantage of some…
Eugenie Bouchard followed up her solid run to the Australian Open quarterfinals last month by losing in her first match since Melbourne, falling to Mona Barthel of Germany in the BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium. Barthel took advantage of nine Bouchard double-faults to come from a set down and win 4-6, 6-1,…
South African Kevin Anderson put his big serve on display to dispose of Australian Sam Groth 6-3, 6-2 at the Memphis Open Thursday night. The second-seeded Anderson fired six aces and won 24 of his 25 first serve points to cruise past Groth in straight-sets. Anderson also notched three break points in the process. “He…
Italian players Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace were handed a 40 day suspension by the Italian tennis federation on Wednesday after a match-fixing inquiry was conducted on the two. The inquiry was opened after an alleged July 2007 phone conversation revealed Braccial discuss a match fixing with an account who was later arrested in 2011….