Professional Tennis
Serena Williams won her 51st WTA title in Rome, as she defeated Victoria Azarenka in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3 to win the 2013 Internazionali BNL d’Italia championship. Serena lost just 10 games in her four matches en route to the final, and in the finals, blasted 41 winners to just 19 unforced errors to come out on top…
Tomas Berdych recorded his first win in three years over Novak Djokovic in dramatic fashion as he reached the semifinals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory over the world number one-ranked Djokovic. Berdych trailed 6-2, 5-2 before coming back to stun Djokovic, two-time Internazionali BNL d’Italia champion. The…
Novak Djokovic has reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 Internazionali BNL d’Italia after he recorded his 30th match win of the season over Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6-1, 6-4. Djokovic will next play sixth seed Tomas Berdych, who extended his perfect record to 8-0 against Kevin Anderson in a 7-5, 6-2 win. Berdych hit 25 winners and committed seven…
The USTA has announced that it has entered into a comprehensive media partnership with ESPN for the television and digital presentation of the U.S. Open and the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series. The 11-year agreement will begin in 2015 and extend through the 2025 US Open and provide professional tennis with more than 200 hours…
Andy Murray was forced retired from his second-round match with Spanish at the 2013 Italian Open on Wednesday against opponent Marcel Granollers in the second round. After winning the second set, Murray walked off the court. He took a long injury break early in the second set, getting his left thigh and lower back massaged. Murray, celebrating…
Locals Jamie Loeb of Ossining, N.Y. and 17-year-old Noah Rubin of Rockville Centre, N.Y. will participate in the 2013 French Open Junior Championships, June 2-8 at Roland Garros in Paris, France. Both Rubin and Loeb train out of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy in Randall’s Island. Rubin, who has been ranked as high as number six in the world…
Rafael Nadal captured his 23rd ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy and his third title at the Mutua Madrid Open on Sunday, a 6-2, 6-4 win over Stanislas Wawrinka. With the win, Nadal is tied for second with Thomas Muster in the Open Era with 40 clay-court titles and is 40-6 overall in clay court finals in…
Serena Williams captured the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open title on Sunday, beating Maria Sharapova in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4 to not only win her 50th career WTA title, but also keep hold of the top spot in the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings. Williams fell behind 3-1 early in the second set, but apart from that slight edge…
The first thing that strikes the viewer about the documentary Venus and Serena is how its totally front-loaded with sound bites and archival footage. While this isn’t dissimilar to most sports documentaries, the film is somewhat pedestrian in its opening minutes. Emphasizing their training regimen, the combination of multiple elements and disciplines really sheds some…
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have both advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open. Sharapova was a 6-2, 7-5 winner over Sabine Lisicki, while the top-seeded Serena was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over Maria Kirilenko. Serena is now 25-1 on clay since the start of last year’s clay court season. "She’s the kind of opponent…