Professional Tennis
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive Fed Cup coverage of Italy'sand Russia's championship competition in Cagliari, Italy, this weekend, with comprehensive telecasts Saturday, Nov. 2, and Sunday, Nov. 3. The countries find themselves in a rematch of the 2007 Fed Cup final. Russia, however, will be without several of the top players who helped the team reach its sixth final in 10 years earlier this year: Maria…
The eight-player singles field for the 2013 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals was set Thursday, as Stanislas Wawrinka and Richard Gasquet have clinched the final two berths following Milos Raonic’s third-round loss to Tomas Berdych at the BNP Paribas Masters. Wawrinka and Gasquet join Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Juan Martin del Potro, Tomas Berdych and Roger Federer next week at The O2 Arena in London….
On Thursday at the 2013 he Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Brussels, it was 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic who was victorious over 2011 U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Just two weeks ago, it was Stosur who advanced to the finals of the Kremlin Cup…
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saw his bid to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals come to an end on Tuesday night at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, falling to Kei Nishikori, 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-7(7). Nishikori can continue to play the role of spoiler, as he faces another Barclays ATP World Tour Finals contender, Richard…
Maria Kirilenko retired against Alizé Cornet in her first match at the 2013 Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria and then withdrew from the event on Wednesday. Kirilenko was trailing the seventh-seeded Cornet in the first set, 5-0, when she was forced to stop play due to a left knee injury. She…
Richard Gasquet kept alive his chances of qualifying for the 2013 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the first time since 2007 reaching the third round of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, France, defeating Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-3 in two hours and 41 minutes. Gasquet could meet fellow London contender Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the 2008 Paris champion, in the third…
Two-time champion Ana Ivanovic began her campaign at the Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions with a straight-sets victory Tuesday, defeating Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-0, 6-2. Ivanovic, who warmed up for her season finale with a run to the final in Linz and quarterfinals in Moscow, set the tone at the start of the match with a love hold before breaking the Bulgarian with a…
Juan Martin del Potro successfully defended his Basel title on Sunday, defeating five-time former champion Roger Federer 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-4 in a rematch of last year's finals match. Del Potro improved to a 23-1 record at ATP World Tour 500 tournaments this season, and has already qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Federer must defeat Kevin Anderson or Mikhail Youzhny in his second round match…
Serena Williams was a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 winner Sunday, defeating Li Na to win the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships for the fourth time in her career. A day after Serena's 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 semifinal win over Jelena Jankovic, Serena returned to the courts of Istanbul to cap off her very successful 2013 where she became the oldest ever champ at Istanbul, at…
Roger Federer moved to within two match wins of qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Friday when he reached the Swiss Indoors Basel semifinals after a 6-3, 7-6(2) win over Grigor Dimitrov. Federer is looking to qualify for the year-end event for the 12th consecutive year, and will lock upo a spot…