Professional Tennis
American Brian Baker’s hopes of a run at the 2013 Australian Open were ended on Wednesday when he was forced to retire from his second round match with Sam Querrey with a knee injury. Baker, who returned last year after seven years off the professional circuit, had won the first set against Querrey in a…
The third day of the 2013 Australian Open will bring some more great tennis, as the second round gets underway. Two American men will try to take down the big boys today, as Tim Smyczek will face fourth-seeded David Ferrer, and in the featured match of the day, Ryan Harrison will take on top-seeded Novak…
The Australian Open’s second day of action saw the top seeds roll through, but some other seeds go home. On the men’s side number three seed Andy Murray and second-seeded Roger Federer breezed through their matches with straight-set wins. Murray defeated Robin Haase, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3, as Federer was a 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 winner over Benoit…
On a beautiful day in Melbourne Park action got underway at the years first Grand Slam. Day One saw a few of the seeded players pushed to the brink (Nicolas Almagro, Fernando Verdasco) were extended to five sets and Julia Goerges three sets. In the end though the only seed to fall was 11th seeded…
Maria Sharapova may run a candy business, but last night in opening round action at the 2013 Australian Open, she went into the bagel business as she defeated Russian Olga Puchkova 6-0,6-0 (a double-bagel) to cruise into the second round of the first Grand Slam of 2013. Sharapova’s domination of the hapless Puchkova at the Rod…
The 2013 Australian Open will take place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from Jan. 14-27, the 101st edition of the Open. ATP top-ranked Novak Djokovic from Serbia will return to defend his men's singles title for a third time, as WTA top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus will defend the women's singles title. Here is…
In the women’s draw of the 2013 Australian Open, Serena Williams will start her bid for a sixth Melbourne title against the unseeded Edna Gallovits-Hall of Romania, with a potential quarterfinal meeting with former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova. The 31-year-old Serena, the favorite to win her 16th Grand Slam singles title and third in a row…
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic will begin his quest to become the first man to win three consecutive Australian Open titles in the Open Era against Paul-Henri Mathieu, while second-ranked Roger Federer and third-ranked Andy Murray have been drawn in the bottom half of the 2013 Australian Open. Djokovic, the top seed, will make his season…
Current world number four-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Dominika Cibulkova in the finals of the Apia International Sydney, 6-0, 6-0, the first double bagel WTA final since Québec City in 2006. Cibulkova had a dream run to the final of the tournament, taking out three top 10 players at the same WTA event for the first time,…
The ATP and Rolex, the leading brand of the Swiss watch industry, have announced a new multi-year partnership in which Rolex becomes the Official Timekeeper of the ATP World Tour. In addition, Rolex has extended its existing sponsorship of the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 in London. Rolex has a long-standing…