Professional Tennis
While there is still much tennis left to be played over the next couple of weeks, the ATP has announced its 2014 ATP World Tour Awards, presented by Moet & Chandon, honoring its top players and ambassadors from 2014. The Bryan Brothers were named the number one doubles team for the sixth consecutive year. The…
Irina Falconi took the lead in the women’s standings after the second week of the 2014 USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge. Falconi won the $50,000 women’s event in New Braunfels, Texas, this past weekend, defeating fellow American Jennifer Brady, 7-6(3), 6-2, for Falconi’s first USTA Pro Circuit singles title since 2010. Falconi now holds 109 points in…
With the field of eight all set for the ATP World Tour Finals in London next week, the ATP released the group draws for the tournament. As expected, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer earned the top seed in each respective group. Since 2003, Federer and Djokovic have combined to win all but two ATP Finals, and…
Caroline Wozniacki completed the New York City Marathon on Sunday, running the 26.2 mile race in three hours, 26 minutes and 33 seconds. The Dane had entered the race with a goal of finishing in under four hours, and changed that goal to three and a half hours as the race went on, finishing ahead of…
World number one Novak Djokovic defended his BNP Paribas Paris Masters title on Sunday, cruising past Canadian Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-3 to capture the championship and win the 600th match of his career. The Serb’s victory in Paris also gives him some breathing room over Roger Federer, who was gaining ground on Djokovic for world…
Tomas Berdych became the sixth player to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals on Friday, defeating Kevin Anderson 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4 to move into the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. It is the fifth consecutive year that Berdych has made it to end of the year finals, and is the eighth…
Andy Murray secured a spot in the ATP World Tour Finals in November, defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-3 at the BNP Paribas Masters on Thursday. Murray becomes the fifth player to qualify for this year’s finals, behind Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic. It is the seventh consecutive season in which the…
Stan Wawrinka’s struggles continued on Thursday as the Australian Open champion was ousted in Paris in the third-round of the BNP Paribas Masters by 14th seeded South African Kevin Anderson. Wawrinka had snapped a three-match losing streak with his second-round win over Dominic Thiem yesterday, but was unable to close out Anderson on Thursday. The…
Tomas Berdych defeated the 12th-seeded Feliciano Lopez at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris on Thursday, moving him into the quarterfinals. The Czech’s win also puts him one victory away from qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals for the fifth consecutive year, which he will accomplish if he can move into the semifinals this…
Roger Federer is still on his climb to catch Novak Djokovic for that number one world ranking, but almost destroyed those chances as he took on home favorite Jeremy Chardy in Paris. The second-seeded Federer was able to hold off the upset attempt by Chardy, squeaking by the Frenchman 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4 in what was a…