Professional Tennis
Robin Soderling of Sweden will miss the 2012 Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, as he fights off the effects of mononucleosis. He has not played a match since mid-July. "My recovery has been longer than expected," said Soderling via his Twitter account, @RSoderling. "I am feeling better with each day, but it…
Ready for the football season Sabine Lisicki ♦ (@sabinelisicki): My favorite player is Drew Brees, so I’m going with the Saints! 🙂 But I still remember how great Packers played in the Super Bowl … John Isner ♦ (@JohnIsner): Patrick Peterson meet #89 Steve Smith. This ain’t LSU rook. Best in the league … What do they…
Novak Djokovic of Serbia has earned himself a record $12.6 million in prize money for the season. He won 10 titles in 2011 which included three Grand Slams beating the previous record of $10.1 million held by Nadal in 2010 and Federer in 2007. Djokovic has moved ahead of Andre Agassi to the fourth position…
Roger Federer has committed to play for Switzerland against the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup in 2012. The Swiss federation of tennis states that Federer has confirmed he will play in the Feb. 10-12 series. This will be the first time Federer plays a first round match since 2004. He…
Maria Sharapova had a good, but not spectacular, year in 2011 as she failed to win a major. However, the search engine Bing.com says the Russian tennis star, who is currently ranked number four in the world, has been the search engine’s "Most-Searched-For Athlete of 2011." Two other women on the tennis circuit, 12th-ranked American Serena…
Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 to take Spain’s third Davis Cup title in the past four years. This is his first title since winning the French Open and raised him up from a series of underperforming matches played on his part. This win gives Spain…
WTA number one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has hired Ricardo Sanchez as her new coach. Sanchez will replace her father, Piotr Wozniacki, who supposedly "wanted to get a little bit of time off the court." Sanchez’s first goal with Wozniacki will be to have her win the Australian Open in January. Wozniacki is yet to win a…
Rafael Nadal has given Spain a 1-0 lead over Argentina at the Davis Cup after defeating Juan Monaco 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. Nadal played on his prime surface of clay at the Olympic Stadium breaking Monaco seven times. "The best part of my game was I didn’t make mistakes," said Nadal. "The most important thing is…
Alex Bogomolov Jr. will play for Russia rather than the United States after the ITF confirmed his request. Bogomolov was born in Moscow and has played for the U.S. since he turned Pro in 2002, however has never played at a senior level in the Davis Cup. The Davis Cup Committee came to the conclusion…
The following is a interview between U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez: TIM CURRY: Thank you, everyone, for joining us today for this media conference call with Mary Joe Fernandez and Jim Courier. We want to talk both about the upcoming 2012 Fed Cup and Davis Cup seasons, which may seem…