Professional Tennis
A day after saving four match points in the best match of the ATP World Tour this year, Switzerland’s Roger Federer disappointedly withdrew from the championship match against Novak Djokovic on Sunday in London with a back injury. His withdrawal handed world number one Djokovic his third straight title at the year-end championships. Federer, who…
World number one Novak Djokovic will maintain his status atop the ATP Men’s Singles Rankings until at least the end of 2014 as the Serb routed Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-2 at the ATP Finals on Friday. The win moves Djokovic into the semifinals, and clinches the year-end number one ranking for the third time in…
Roger Federer had already qualified for the semifinals of the ATP Finals when he took to the court to play Andy Murray on Friday. Murray, on the other hand, needed to beat Federer in straight sets to advance into the semifinals. What happened might have surprised everybody though, as the Swiss handed the Scot one…
Romanian Davis Cup heroes Ion Tiriac and Ilie Nastase ruled the tennis world, reaching the finals in 1969, 1971 and 1972. What does that have to do with the best doubles tandem to ever step onto a tennis court? Tiriac and Nastase, 39 and 32 years older than twins Bob & Mike Bryan, respectively, created…
Kei Nishikori found himself playing a different opponent than he expected when he got up this morning, as Spaniard David Ferrer was called in to replace Canadian Milos Raonic who withdrew with a slight tear in his quad. The 24-year-old Nishikori outlasted Ferrer 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the first three-set match on the singles side all…
World number one Novak Djokovic put together one of his best performances of the season on Wednesday, rolling past Australian Open champion and third-seeded Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 6-0 in a second round-robin match at the ATP Finals in London. It did not appear that way early, as Wawrinka notched an early break in the first…
While the top men’s tennis players battle it out in the ATP Finals this week, two-time runner up Rafael Nadal will be receving stem cell treatment on his back. The Spaniard has dealt with an ailing back since he lost to Stan Wawrinka in the Australian Open final back in January. He is already out for…
Tomas Berdych responded from an embarrassing defeat to Stan Wawrinka on Monday by routing U..S Open champion Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1 to stay alive at the ATP Finals in London. The Czech lost his fifth straight opening round match at the ATP Finals in his loss to Wawrinka, but won his fifth straight second round-robin…
The Bryan Brothers stayed in the running for a semifinal spot at the ATP World Tour finals, coming back to defeat Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecau 6-7(4), 6-3, 10-6 on Wednesday. After losing their opening match, Bob & Mike Bryan struggled out of the gate against the Dutch-Romanian pair. The first set saw a number…
Roger Federer moved closer to a berth in the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday, rolling past Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-2 in the second round-robin match of the tournament. A six-time defending champion at the year-end finals, Federer has now won four straight sets in his two London matches, putting him in the Group…