Professional Tennis
Maria Sharapova was a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 winner over Ana Ivanovic at the 2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix to reach the semifinals of the event. Sharapova watched a 4-1 third set lead even up at four-all, but a love break got her back on track and she held serve to close the match out. Sharapova has reached the…
Rafael Nadal played two matches on Friday to reach the semifinals of the 2013 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. In the semis, Nadal will face Milos Raonic for a shot at the finals and the opportunity to add an eighth Barcelona title to his trophy case. Nadal is looking to reach his sixth final in six tournaments…
Grand Slam champions Li Na and Petra Kvitova will meet in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix after the second-seeded Li defeated Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 6-1, 6-2, and Kvitova was a 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 winner over Julia Goerges. "It’s always tough when you change to a new surface so I’m excited to win my first…
At the 2013 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Thursday, three matches were completed before the rain set in and fourth seed Nicolas Almagro set a quarterfinal clash with Juan Monaco after he won an all-Spanish contest with Marcel Granollers, 6-3, 6-4. Almagro leads his head to head series with Monaco 4-3, but has lost his…
Caroline Wozniacki, the number seven seed at the 2013 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, was upset by Carla Suárez Navarro, 7-6(6), 6-1 in opening round action. Wozniacki led 3-0 in the first set and was two points from taking it with Suárez Navarro serving 4-5, 0-30, but the Spaniard hung tough every time and won the opening set. Also…
Rafael Nadal began his quest for an eighth Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell title on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Carlos Berlocq. Nadal is coming off a 2-6, 6-7(1) loss to Novak Djokovic on Sunday in the finals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. Nadal has not lost since he made his Barcelona debut in 2003,…
Wimbledon has announced a 40 percent increase in prize money for this year’s tournament and plans to build a retractable roof over Court #1. The All England Club says total prize money will be $34.4 million, an increase of 6.5 percent or $9.9 million over last year’s total prize money. “The latest prize money increases announced…
For as much as Venus Williams has accomplished, the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist achieved a first on Sunday when she defeated Johanna Larsson of Sweden, 6-3, 7-5, to clinch the United States’ Fed Cup World Group Playoff victory over Sweden at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Fla….
Top-seeded and world number one Novak Djokovic defeated the eight-time defending champion and third seeded Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6(1) in the finals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Sunday, breaking Nadal’s 46-match winning streak at the Monte-Carlo Country Club. Djokovic is the first player to beat Nadal three times in a clay-court final. He also ended Nadal’s 81-match…
Rafael Nadal survived his Friday match at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, defeating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals. An eight-time defending champion at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, Nadal had only lost six sets at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament since winning the title for the first time in…