Professional Tennis
World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus narrowly got past Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, 1-6, 7-6, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Azarenka’s win, her 26th consecutive victory to begin the 2012 campaign, was a grueling two hour and 49 min. affair that sets up a quarterfinals match with Marion Bartoli of France. …
American Venus Williams defeated Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, to advance past the third round at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. She exhausted all her energy that one of her souvenir balls did not even reach the stands when hit. This is her comeback since she withdrew from the U.S….
I have known Alex Kuznetsov since he was 10 years old. I have seen him mature from a young, talented phenom, into a world class player. He showed amazing potential at a very young age and worked extremely hard both on and off the court. Alex had an illustrious junior career, as he reached the…
Tennis Channel hosted the 100 Greatest of All-Time, presented by Ally Bank, a five-night series intended to rank the top tennis players of all time. Roger Federer was named the greatest of all-time, and the series was hosted by Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, Lisa Leslie and Carl Lewis. The program aired for five…
In action on the men’s side of the draw at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open, U.S. wild card entry Ryan Harrison defeated Italy’s Potito Starace 6-7(6/8), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to face Switzerland’s Roger Federer, who has won his past three tournaments in a row including last week’s BNP Paribas Open title at Indian Wells, Calif….
American Serena Williams, the number 10 seed, returned from a left ankle injury and defeated China’s Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-3 at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open. Serena fired six aces and connected on 64 percent of her first serves, while dropping only one service break to advance in just one hour and 20 min. Serena advances to…
American Venus Williams won in her first singles match since August, a 6-0, 6-3 win over Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan in round one action at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Venus has not played an official match since the U.S. Open first round in September 2011, a 6-4, 6-3 win over Czech Vesna Dolonts….
Former Australian Open finalist Fernando Gonzalez of Chile has announced his retirement from the sport, after a 5-7, 6-4, 6-7(3) loss to Nicolas Mahut of France at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Gonzalez wants to be remembered as someone who gave “100 percent every single time when he went to the court. And,…
Tennis Channel’s 100 Greatest of All-Time, Presented by Ally Bank, a five-night series intended to rank the top tennis players of all-time, presented players ranked numbers 21-40 in Wednesday night’s episode. The series, hosted by all-time sporting greats Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, Lisa Leslie and Carl Lewis, will air for five consecutive nights…
American John Isner has joined the ranks of the world’s top 10 players atop the ATP World Rankings after beating world number one-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the semifinals of the 2012 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. this past weekend. Born in Greensboro, N.C. and currently residing in Tampa, Fla., Isner cracked the…