Professional Tennis
Tommy Haas kept alive his chances of qualifying for next month’s ATP World Tour Finals, defeating Robin Haase 6-3 4-6 6-4 on Sunday to lift his 15th career title at the Vienna Open. It was Haas’ second trophy of the season after winning in Munich in May. "This victory is really something special," said Haas….
Rafael Nadal says he won’t play at next week’s Swiss Indoors due to exhaustion. Nadal posted on his Facebook Page that he’s "sorry to announce" that he won’t be playing. He added that he’s spent some "very exhausting weeks" and he has to ”regroup my fitness and my body.” He says he’ll try to play…
Tennis Channel will be live at the prestigious women’s year-end championships in Istanbul, Turkey, throughout next week, as tennis’ top-eight singles players and best-four doubles teams of the year compete for 2013 crowns. With daylong coverage Oct. 22-27, the network will offer close to 40 hours of round-robin and knockout-stage matches at the TEB BNP…
Andy Murray was on his way to receiving his nation’s highest honor, the Officer of Order of British Empire (OBE) on Thursday, but had a slight setback en route to Buckingham Palace. Tennis officials decided today was the day to randomly drug test Murray. In July, Murray became the first British male in 77 years…
After a first round bye, Ana Ivanovic defeated Klara Zakopalova in the second round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Thursday, 6-3, 6-1. Up next for Ivanovic is the seventh-seeded Sam Stosur, who won nine of 10 games from 3-4 in the first set to beat Alizé Cornet, 6-4, 6-1. Stosur leads Ivanovic in…
Former champion Janko Tipsarevic was upset on Wednesday in the Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow by 17-year-old Karen Khachanov, 6-4, 6-4 in 77 minutes to become the youngest quarterfinalist of the season. In July, he won the European Junior Championships in Switzerland. Qualifier Andrey Golubev also booked a spot in the quarterfinals after he…
Samantha Stosur has advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup, defeating Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday. Stosur will next play Alize Cornet. Also in Moscow, two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup by beating Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 7-5. Kuznetsova, currently ranked 23rd in the world,…
Roger Federer has ended his partnership with his coach of three-plus years, Paul Annacone, and has named Severin Luthi his new coach. Luthi was a co-coach of Federer with Annacone. Federer is currently in eighth position in the Emirates ATP Race To London with four spots remaining at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Federer…
Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated the sixth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(3) on Sunday to win the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters title, his sevnth title of 2013 and his win/loss record to 62-9 on the year. Djokovic earned $729,725 in prize money and 1,000 Emirates ATP Ranking points, while del Potro picked up…
Defending Shanghai Rolex Masters champion and top-seeded Novak Djokovic defeated Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the Shanghai semifinals on Friday. Djokovic ups his record in 2013 to 60-9, as he moves on to face another Frenchman, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Djokovic holds a 10-5 lifetime record over Tsonga, and is on a six-match…