Professional Tennis
Irina Falconi will make her fourth appearance in the main draw of the Australian Open after clinching the USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge this past weekend. Falconi clinched the wild card when Jennifer Brady, the only player who could surpass her in the standings, lost in semifinals of the $50,000 event in…
Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic opened up his ATP Finals run with a 6-1, 6-1 win over 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic. Djokovic, who is also seeking to end the season at number one for the third-time in his career, improved his career record to 11-0 against the big-serving Croatian. “Winning in straight sets…
The second day of the ATP World Tour Finals doubles tournament produced a big upset, as the eighth-seeded Lukasz Kubot & Robert Lindstedt upset Bob & Mike Bryan in the opening round-robin match from London on Monday. The Bryans entered the tournament as three-time defending champions and fresh off the pair’s 100th career title together,…
Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka channeled some of the form that helped him win the 2014 Australian Open in January, blowing past sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-1, 6-1 in the opening round of the ATP Finals on Monday. Wawrinka entered the tournament with losses in four of his last five matches, but came out firing in his…
Roger Federer began his London campaign on Sunday by defeating powerful Canadian Milos Raonic 6-1, 7-6(0) on the opening night of the ATP Year-End Finals. The six-time champion at the year-end event was able to exact some revenge on Raonic, who beat him in the Paris quarterfinals last month. The first set was an absolutely…
Playing in his first ever ATP Finals match, Japan’s Kei Nishikori showed no signs of inexperience, cruising to a 6-4, 6-4 win over Scotland’s Andy Murray in the opening match in London. The fourth-seeded Nishikori entered the match without even a set win in his previous three tries against Murray, but took advantage of some…
Simona Halep, the fourth-ranked player in the world, has split with her coach, Wim Fissette, she announced on her Facebook page Thursday.The coach-player relationship between the pair lasted less than a year. Fissette was hired in January after Halep parted ways with then coach Adrian Marcu. “My collaboration with Wim Fissette will come to an…
American Melanie Oudin will have an operation Thursday for a heart condition, she told the Associated Press Wednesday. She was diagnosed with a form of arrhythmia last month as well. The 23-year-old also said that she will also have surgery next month for an eye problem she has been dealing with. “I don’t think my…
The ATP World Tour Finals are right around the corner with the opening matches set to take place Sunday from London. The world’s top eight singles players will battle in the year-end event as a mix of young and old make for an intriguing field. With Rafael Nadal withdrawing from the event to have an…
Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan are seeking their fourth Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Doubles title when action gets underway in London, Nov. 9-16 at the O2 Arena. Fresh off their 102nd team title last week at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, the Bryans lead a field of eight teams vying for the honor…