Professional Tennis
Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic defeated Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova in the Aegon Classic final on Sunday to notch the first grass-court title of her career. She cruised past Zahlavova-Strycova 6-3, 6-2 in a little over an hour in what was a very cleanly played match. After Ivanovic had her serve broken early in the first set, she regained…
Roger Federer captured the Gerry Weber Open for the seventh time in his career on Sunday, defeating Colombian Alejandro Falla 7-6(2), 7-6(3) in Halle, Germany. The Gerry Weber Open is one of the first grass-court tournaments of the year and prepares its participants for the upcoming Wimbledon, which the Swiss native has also won seven…
Second-seeded Tomas Berdych was knocked out of the Aegon Championships at The Queen’s Club in London on Friday, as tenth-seeded Feliciano Lopez pulled off the upset 6-4, 7-6(7) in a quarterfinal matchup. The Spanish Lopez used a powerful serve to dispose of Berdych, smashing 13 aces over the course of the match. With the match…
In one of the more exciting matches of the season so far, German Philipp Kohlschreiber hung on to defeat fellow German Dustin Brown 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(16) to reach the Gerry Weber Open semifinals in Halle, Germany on Friday. The unseeded Kohlschreiber saved five match points in the third set tiebreaker to capture the match. He…
Third-seeded American Sloane Stephens was sent home from the Aegon Classic on Friday, falling to China’s Zhang Shuai 3-6, 1-6 in the quarterfinals from Birmingham, England. Zhang looked poised from the onset, smashing a couple of nice returns early in the first set to put Stephens back on her heels. She broke Stephens which turned…
French Open champion and top-seed Rafael Nadal fell in his first match since Roland Garros as he was stunned by German Wild Card Dustin Brown 6-4, 6-1 in the Gerry Weber Open on Thursday. Brown broke Nadal’s serve in his fifth try late in the first set to jump ahead and capture the opening frame…
American Sloane Stephens advanced to the quarterfinals of the Aegon Classic on Thursday, defeating fellow American Alison Riske, 7-6(4) 2-6, 6-1. Riske, who is the fourth highest ranked American behind the Williams sisters and Stephens, is one of the rising American stars on the women’s side and provided a tough challenge for the third-seeded Stephens….
Andy Murray has announced the appointment of French coach and former world number one Amelie Mauresmo as his new coach, initially for the grass court season. Amelie, current captain of the French Fed Cup team, has won two Grand Slam singles titles, Wimbledon and the Australian Open along with a Silver Medal at the 2004 Olympics. She has also worked with several…
The Aegon Championships and the Aegon Classic got underway this week from The Queens Club in London, England and the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, respectively. A number of American players on both the men’s and women’s sides are taking the court in these two tournaments as some opened up on Monday, while a few…
With two weeks to go until the world’s top players take to the grass courts at Wimbledon for the third Grand Slam of the 2014 season, a number of Wimbledon hopefuls are in Halle, Germany for the Gerry Weber Open. The tournament is one of the first grass-court events prior to the start of Wimbledon,…