Professional Tennis
World number one-ranked Maria Sharapova overcame a second-set bump in the road before finishing off Tsvetana Pironkova, 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-0 on Thursday to reach the third round at Wimbledon. Fresh off her win at Roland Garros and clinching the final piece to her career Grand Slam, Sharapova is aiming for a second Wimbledon crown after winning…
In Thursday action at Wimbledon 2012, Andy Murray gave the home crowd at Centre Court some concern when he was broken in his first service game, but held the rest of the way and broke Ivo Karlovic four times for a 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(4) win to reach the third round. Murray has reached the semifinals at the…
World number three-ranked Roger Federer cruised into the next round of Wimbledon with a dominating performance against Italy’s Fabio Fognini, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. Fognini began to show more effort in the second and third sets, but Federer dominated in just 74 minutes. Federer hit 35 winners and 13 aces throughout the match. He also won 21…
Samantha Stosur was defeated by Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4, making her the highest seed to be knocked out of this year’s Wimbledon so far. The fifth-seeded Stosur, the 2011 U.S. Open champion, surrendered the first set by losing six games in a row, but came back to win the next six games…
Playing his first match since having a medical procedure on his heart, Mardy Fish of the United States hit 24 aces and beat the oldest competitor in the men’s singles draw, 34-year-old Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo of Spain, 7-6, 7-5, 7-6 at Wimbledon on Tuesday to advance to the second round. The 30-year-old Fish hadn’t played a…
Former champion Rafael Nadal of Spain is seeking a third Wimbledon title and started things off on the right foot with a 7-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci in the first round of action on Tuesday. A winner in 2008 and 2010, Nadal appeared to be suffering from his record-breaking seventh French Open triumph…
The USTA has announced the 12 players nominated to the U.S. Olympic Tennis Teams for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, set for July 28-Aug. 5. U.S. women’s tennis coach Mary Joe Fernandez nominated a six-person team, with four singles entries and two doubles teams. Thirteen-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams will compete in the…
There will be no re-match of the epic 11 hour, five minute five-setter between American John Isner and France’s Nicolas Mahut at this year’s Wimbledon as Isner, the 11th seed, fell to Alejandro Falla of Colombia, 6-4, 6-7(7), 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-5 in the first round. In 2010, Isner won the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon…
Number three seeded Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Albert Ramos of Spain 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 in just 79 minutes to reach the second round of Wimbledon. As a record 16-time Grand Slam title winner, Federer is seeking his seventh Wimbledon title this year and will face Italian Fabio Fognini in round two action. Ramos, who is ranked…
Wimbledon’s defending champion, world number one-ranked Novak Djokovic, defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, to easily win his first round match on Monday. With good defense and accurate groundstrokes, Djokovic won the first set despite being broken in the third game. The number one-seeded Djokovic opened Centre Court in the first round. He broke…