Professional Tennis
Kei Nishikori scored perhaps the biggest win of his career in Madrid on Thursday, a upset over defending champion Roger Federer 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 in the third round of the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open. It was Nishikori’s eighth Top 10 win and first since beating number six Tomas Berdych in the 2012 Tokyo quarterfinals. Two years…
Singapore will host the WTA Championships, the most prestigious event on the WTA calendar, from 2014 to 2018. Under terms of the five-year agreement, the top eight singles players and, for the first time, the top eight doubles teams, will compete for a share of a record prize money purse of $6.5 million. The announcement…
Rafael Nadal, seeking his fifth title in seven tournaments to date in 2013, defeated Benoit Paire of France 6-3, 6-4 on in the second round of the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open. "That’s an important victory today," said Nadal. "Each match in this kind of tournament is very demanding from the first round. He was a very…
Defending champion Roger Federer was a winner in his first match in two months at the 2013 Madrid Open, 6-3, 6-3 over Radek Stepanek. Also advancing in Madrid was defending women’s champion Serena Williams, a winner over Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-2, 7-5. "It was a really good clay-court tennis match for me," Serena said….
The United States Tennis Association has announced it has reached an agreement to return to New York City a portion of its currently leased Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (NTC) land in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in exchange for the parkland it proposes to add as part of its improvement plan for the NTC….
Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and his doubles partner Santiago Gonzalez were 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 winners over defending champions Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi & Jean-Julien Rojer to capture the 2013 Portugal Open Men’s Doubles title. Gonzalez improved to a 7-2 record in doubles finals, while Lipsky is now 9-7 overall. Lipsky captured the 2009 Oeiras title with Eric Butorac. “We played…
ATP has announced the passing of its Executive Chairman & President Brad Drewett on Friday in Sydney, Australia at the age of 54 following a battle with Motor Neurone Disease (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease). “We are deeply saddened to announce that Brad Drewett passed away at his home in Sydney, Australia,…
David Ferrer defeated world number 73 Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at the 2013 Portugal Open to advance to the quarterfinals. Ferrer is attempting to win his third ATP World Tour title of the year after wins at the Heineken Open in Auckland and the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires. He will next face Victor Hanescu, whom he has…
Maria Sharapova defeated Li Na in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3 to win the 2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Sunday in just over 90 minutes. Sharapova not only collected her 29th WTA title, she extended her clay court winning streak to 16 consecutive matches, a stretch that includes the Rome and French Open titles from last year….
Rafael Nadal won his eighth Barcelona trophy in nine years, defeating fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3 in the finals of the 2013 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, his 39th clay-court crown. It was Nadal’s 39th straight match win at the ATP World Tour 500 event, taking 80 of the 82 sets he’s played, and remained…