Professional Tennis
American John Isner, currently ranked 16th in the world, advanced to the SAP Open quarterfinals at the HP Pavilion in San Jose after a 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-3 win over Vasek Pospisil. Isner, the top-ranked American in the Emirates ATP Rankings, broke Pospisil twice in the third set to beat the Canadian in one hour and…
The United States Fed Cup Team will host Sweden in the 2013 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff April 20-21 at a site to be determined. The International Tennis Federation announced the draws for the World Group and World Group II Playoffs on Wednesday. The USTA is finalizing the site selection process and plans…
This year’s Australian Open champ, the top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, breezed into the third round of the Qatar Open in Doha with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Romina Oprandi on Wednesday. The defending champion was joined by fourth-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Australian qualifier Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-2. "I felt pretty good out there today," Radwanska said….
Serena Williams can reclaim the top spot atop the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings at the Qatar Open, a spot the 15-time major champion has not held since October 2010. The second-ranked Williams will move up if she reaches the semifinals of the tournament, which begins Feb. 18, and features nine of the top 10 players. The 31-year-old…
Tennis Channel is ushering in 2013 by introducing three fresh faces for Court Report, its nightly news segment highlighting up-to-the-minute tennis content both on and off the court. Court Report will be anchored in turns by the newest members of the network’s on-air team: Jo Ankier, Jonathan Novack and Jessica Vilchis, all of whom are former…
World number 73 Horacio Zeballos upset top-seeded Rafael Nadal in his first comeback event, defeating the 11-time Grand Slam champion 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-4 to capture his first ATP World Tour trophy at the VTR Open in Vina del Mar. Zeballos notched his first top 10 win in three attempts, and in the process, became the first…
The United States Fed Cup team found itself in a fifth and decisive doubles rubber against Italy in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas First Round in Rimini, but came up short and lost to Italy, 3-2. After Varvara Lepchenko won her second consecutive singles match of the tie and Jamie Hampton lost a tough,…
The United States will face Italy in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group First Round action, beginning this Saturday, Feb. 9 at 3:00 p.m. local time on an indoor clay court at the 105 Stadium in Rimini, Italy. Opening the tie will be world number 64 Jamie Hampton, who will be making her live…
Rafael Nadal returned to singles action for the first time since Wimbledon on Wednesday at the VTR Open in Vina del Mar, defeating Argentina’s Federico Delbonis 6-3, 6-2 in the second round. Nadal, dressed in a purple shirt and grey shorts just above the knee, dropped the first two games against Delbonis. But Nadal reeled…
World number five Rafael Nadal made his long-awaited return to the ATP World Tour on Tuesday evening in Vina del Mar as he and Juan Monaco were 6-3, 6-2 winners over the second seeded team of Frantisek Cermak & Lukas Dlouhy in the first round of the VTR Open. Nadal, who has been sidelined for seven months…