Professional Tennis
World number one Serena Williams added another trophy to her mantle Saturday, capturing her seventh Sony Open Tennis crown in just under two hours after a hard-fought 7-5, 6-1 win in Miami over Li Na. Li, currently ranked number two in the world, dominated Serena from the get-go, getting off to a strong 5-2 start…
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-3 in the Sony Open Tennis final Sunday, his fourth career title in Miami in just 84 minutes. Djokovic has won 18 of his past 19 matches in Miami since 2011—his only loss, a fourth round defeat last year at the hands of Tommy Haas. Having also won the…
Novak Djokovic is through to the finals of the 2014 Sony Open Tennis in Miami after a left groin injury forced his opponent Kei Nishikori to withdraw from their Friday semifinals match. “Very sorry to say that I have to pull out today,” said Nishikori via his Facebook page. “Very disappointed and I am obviously…
Rafael Nadal will meet Tomas Berdych in the semifinals of the 2014 Sony Open Tennis event in Miami after the two advanced on Thursday. The world’s top-ranked singles male Nadal needed two hours and 35 minutes to move past young Canadian Milos Raonic, while Berdych notched his 450th Tour-level win, a 6-4, 7-6(3) victory over…
Serena Williams advanced to the Sony Open Tennis finals Thursday, scoring a straight sets win over Maria Sharapova, 6-4, 6-3. The win marked Serena’s 16th career victory over Sharapova and put her into her ninth finals appearance in Miami. The world number one-ranked Serena is 6-2 in her previous eight Sony Open Tennis finals, winning…
There will be a new Sony Open Tennis champ in Miami this year as on Wednesday, defending champion Andy Murray fell to Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. Murray, a winner in Miami in 2009 and 2013, seemed to unravel after a non-call by the umpire as with Murray, serving to force a first-set…
Top-seeded Serena Williams advanced to the semifinals of the 2014 Sony Open Tennis in Miami after a 6-2, 6-2 straight sets win over Angelique Kerber in just 62 minutes. The win by Serena sets up a semis showdown with the number four seeded Maria Sharapova, a 7-5, 6-1 winner over the eight seed, Petra Kvitova….
At the Sony Open Tennis in Miami on Tuesday, the 22 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov upset world number three-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. Dolgopolov has climbed more than 30 spots in the Emirates ATP Rankings in just one month and will next face Tomas Berdych for a spot in the…
World number one Rafael Nadal was a 6-1, 6-0 winner Monday at the Sony Open Tennis event in Miami, ousting Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin and moving on to the Round of 16. A runner up in Miami in 2005, 2008 and 2011, Nadal is seeking his first ever title in Miami. Up next for Nadal is…
World number eight-ranked Juan Martin del Potro underwent successful surgery on his left wrist Monday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. According to del Potro’s doctor, Dr. Richard Berger, the damage to del Potro’s ligament was worse than initially thought, but the operation was a success as the damaged ligaments were repaired and reinforced….