Professional Tennis
Novak Djokovic showed why he is the class of the ATP World Tour right now, blowing past red-hot Andy Murray 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0 for his fifth-career Australian Open title, the first man to do so in the Open Era. The win also marked the third-time he has defeated Murray in the Melbourne final. “I’m…
The unseeded duo of American Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Czech Lucie Safarova captured the Australian Open women’s doubles title on Friday, defeating 14th-seeded Chan Yung-jan & Zheng Jie 6-4, 7-6(5). It was the first tournament the two played together as a doubles tandem, becoming the first duo win a Grand Slam title in their first tournament…
World number one and four-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic took advantage of 69 unforced errors from fourth-seeded Stan Wawrinka, ousting the defending Australian Open champion 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 to advance into the final. While Wawrinka had by far more unforced errors with 69, Djokovic had 49 of his own which kept this…
The Memphis Open, presented by ServiceMaster, has announced that Jared Donaldson and Stefan Kozlov, two promising American teenagers, received wild cards into the main draw of the event, set for Feb. 7-15 at the Racquet Club of Memphis. The wild cards give Donaldson, 18, and Kozlov, 16, direct entry into the singles field of 28, where they’ll compete alongside top pros…
Andy Murray has reached the Australian Open final for the fourth-time in his career, coming back from a set down to beat seventh-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-7(6), 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 in the night match Thursday. In a very testy match that saw words exchanged between Berdych and Murray after the first set, Murray was able…
The first Grand Slam final of the year will feature the top two players in the world on the women’s side, as both Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova bullied their ways into the Australian Open title match. Sharapova played the earlier match in Melbourne and took on fellow Russian, 10th-seeded Ekaterina Makarova. The world number…
Serena Williams had to fight back from a set down to win each of her last two matches entering Wednesday’s quarterfinal versus 12th seeded Dominika Cibulkova. With a short turnaround looming in the semifinals and coming off two three-set matches, Serena wasted no time, powering past Cibulkova 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour to…
The USTA and United States Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez have announced that world number one and 18-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, former world number one and world number 18 Venus Williams, number 30 Varvara Lepchenko and number 35 and 2015 Australian Open semifinalist Madison Keys will represent the U.S. in the 2015 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World…
The reigning champion at the Australian Open Stan Wawrinka continued his run to defend that title on Wednesday, defeating fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(6) to advance to the final four in Melbourne. “I think I’m playing better [than last year],” said Wawrinka. “But I think we all improve every year. I’m more…
When Venus Williams made her pro debut in 1994, Madison Keys had yet to be born. Fast-forward to 2015, and the 19-year-old Keys finds herself into her first Grand Slam semifinal after knocking off Williams 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals Wednesday. “First of all, I’m very happy I’m into the semifinals, but the moment’s definitely…