Professional Tennis
Top-seeded Gael Monfils of France has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Stockholm Open, with a 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4 win over world-44th-ranked Bernard Tomic of Australia. Monfils will face South African Kevin Anderson, the number five seed, in the quarterfinals. Unseeded David Nalbandian of Argentina upset the seventh-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia, 6-1, 6-1,…
Ken Meyerson, a tennis agent who represented tennis greats, including Andy Roddick, Justin Henin and Chris Evert has passed away at the age of 48. He died on Oct. 19 at home in Florida with the cause of death not immediately known. "Ken was a very a hard worker and was always determined to do…
Robin Soderling has announced his withdrawal from next month’s Paris Masters due to illness. The sixth-ranked Swede has suffered from mononucleosis which has resulted in absence since last July. This withdrawal will ruin his chances of being able to compete in the ATP Tour Finals which will be held in London in November. Brazilian Thomaz…
The upset of the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open so far came at the expense of Russian Ana Ivanovic, who was a 3-6, 2-6 loser to Anne Viensouk Keothavong of Great Britain. Keothavong advances to face Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands, who was a 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 winner over Canada’s Rebecca Marino. Victoria Azarenka of…
U.S. Open officials are exploring the possibility of amending its schedule to switch its final day to a Monday. The three other Grand Slam events, the French Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon all wrap up their action on Sundays. USTA Tournament Director Jim Curley has told The Associated Press that the USTA has opened discussions with CBS…
Unseeded American James Blake defeated second-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2011 Stockholm Open in Sweden. Also advancing was South Africa’s Kevin Anderson, the number five seed, a 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4 winner over Germany’s Tommy Haas. Canada’s Milos Raonic, the number six seed,…
For the first time in eight years, Switzerland’s Roger Federer has fallen out of the top three in the ATP rankings. Great Britain’s Andy Murray rises from fourth to third in the new ATP Rankings, with Federer dropping from third to fourth. Serbian Novak Djokovic, the 2011 U.S. Open champ, remains in the top spot…
Andy Murray defeated David Ferrer 7-5, 6-4 to claim the title at the Shanghai Masters Tournament. This win will guarantee a ranking jump above the currently third-ranked Roger Federer. Murray has made it his goal to become the number three ranked player in the world by the end of the season which is a goal…
Andre Agassi has taken the Champion Series event at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America Championships held at the Thomas & Mack Center. He defeated Pete Sampras 8-5, who defeated John McEnroe to set up the finals match held on Oct. 15. "This was the best, most energized crowd of the entire series so far…
Spain’s David Ferrer has defeated American Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6. Ferrer had many errors which led to him dropping the first to Roddick. Roddick had the chance to lead in the third set, but dropped three break points on Ferrer’s first service game of the set. After…