Ninth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis reached his fifth ATP World Tour quarterfinal of 2016 on Wednesday at the Aegon Open Nottingham, defeating American Sam Querrey 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-4 in just under two hours. Baghdatis will next face second-seeded Pablo Cuevas, who rallied to beat Daniel Evans 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-4. Also moving on was the top seeded Kevin…
It was a day of upsets at the Aegon International Eastbourne, as some of the WTA’s top stars failed to advance to the quarterfinals, as Caroline Wozniacki, Eugenie Bouchard and Petra Kvitova all fell Wednesday in a final tuneup before Wimbledon. It was Monica Puig who continued her stellar season with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4…
Television network EPIX will debut the EPIX Original Documentary “Serena,” a portrait of four-time Olympic Gold Medalist and International sports icon Serena Williams, Wednesday, June 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, 7C. The feature-length documentary provides viewers with access inside the world of the athlete-designer-businesswoman, including day-in-the-life interactions with her family and friends, plus her most…
American Madison Keys won the second title of her career on Sunday, downing Barbora Strycova 6-4, 6-3 to capture the Aegon Classic championship. Despite playing a number of three-set matches throughout the week while Strycova had lost just one set in her week, Keys was the one who came out with more energy in Sunday’s…
Americans Coco Vandeweghe and Christina McHale both made their way into the Aegon Classis second round on Wednesday. Vandeweghe took out top seed Agnieszka Radwanska for the biggest win of her career, ousting the third ranked player in the world 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Resuming a match that began on Tuesday, Vandeweghe notched the lone break…
Playing in her first match since winning her maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, Spain’s Garbine Muguruza lost in the first round of the Mallorca Open on Tuesday as Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens upended her 6-3, 6-4. The first set was on serve at 3-3 when Muguruza set herself up with a couple of break…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) handed five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova a two-year ban on Wednesday resulting from her positive drug test during the Australian Open. An Independent Tribunal hired by the ITF under the Tennis Anti-Doping Program stated that Sharapova did not indicate her use of Mildronate between 2014-2016 in her forms before the…
Playing in her first match since a round of 32 loss in Miami, Caroline Wozniacki won her Aegon Open first round match on Tuesday, downing Cagla Buyukakcay 7-5, 6-3 in Nottingham. “It’s nice to be back,” said Wozniacki. “It felt nice to be back on court. There’s always things I’d like to do better, but…
World number one Serena Williams was named the World’s Highest Paid Female Athlete by Forbes on Monday, passing Maria Sharapova’s earnings for this past year. Over the last 12 months, Serena has raked in $28.9 million, $8.9 million of which came from prize money. Her total earnings are $7 million more than Sharapova, who was named second…
Djokovic the matchmaker Besides his own winning on the court, world number one Novak Djokovic helped a lucky fan ask his date to prom at the recent Miami Open. With help of Djokovic, she said yes. Townsend battles 69-year-old Gail Falkenburg has scored a major victory for senior citizens everywhere….