Professional Tennis
On Friday, Serena Williams became the first player into the semifinals of the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul, defeating Petra Kvitova, 6-2, 6-3, to improve to 3-0 in her group in just 72 minutes. With the win, Serena now has 13 consecutive TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championship wins. Martina Navratilova holds the record…
Roger Federer was able to advance at the 2013 Swiss Indoors Basel on Wednesday, defeating Denis Istomin 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. With a win in the finals, which would be Federer’s sixth Basel title, he would qualify for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Federer won the title in 2006-08 and…
Angelique Kerber defeated Agnieszka Radwanska on Thursday at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships-Istanbul, 6-2, 6-2, eliminating Radwanska from the event. "It's not easy to play well against Aga—you need to be focused on every point—so that's what I tried to do," Kerber said. "I was playing very well from the first point to the…
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has announced its annual award recipients for the 2012-13 Olympic and Paralympic athletes and teams of the year, which included the U.S. men’s doubles tennis team of Bob & Mike Bryan, who were honored as Team of the Year. The six awards will be presented during an awards reception…
Serena Williams got off to a strong start at the 2013 TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul, beating Angelique Kerber, 6-3, 6-1. Serena fired 31 winners to just 11 unforced errors in the 64-minute match, finishing off Kerber with winner number 31, a backhand down the line into the open court. “I feel really…
Tomas Berdych will make his fourth straight appearance at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals after becoming the latest player to qualify for the season finale, to be held at The O2 in London from Nov. 4-11. Following the first round results at the Swiss Indoors Basel, the Czech is guaranteed his spot among the…
Top seed and defending champion Juan Martin del Potro defeated Switzerland’s Henri Lakksonen 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday at the Swiss Indoors Basel. Del Potro is closing in on his 300th match win and improved to a 298-120 career lifetime record. He will next face Marcos Baghdatis, and has reached the finals at his past two…
Victoria Azarenka defeated Sara Errani in a tight two-setter in the first match of the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul on Tuesday, 7-6(4), 6-2. After reaching the finals of the 2013 U.S. Open, Azarenka went on to lose her opening matches at her only two fall tournaments, in Tokyo to Venus Williams and…
Roger Federer opened his campaign for a sixth Swiss Indoors Basel title on Monday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Adrian Mannarino. Federer improved to a 48-8 record overall at the event where he once served as a ballboy. Federer has two tournaments remaining with which to secure his place at the season-ending Barclays ATP…
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark won her first tournament of the year, beating German teenager Annika Beck, 6-2, 6-2 in Sunday’s final of the 2013 Luxembourg Open. Wozniacki, ranked ninth in the world, lost one set in the tournament. Wozniacki dominated her 19-year-old opponent and completed the match in just one hour, 14 minutes. The…