Venus Williams once again battled back at the Elite Trophy tournament in Zhuhai on Thursday, this time downing China’s top player Zheng Saisai 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 to move into the tournament’s semifinals. The 35-year-old American fell into a deep hole right from the start, as Zheng opened up a 5-1 advantage in the first set….
Andy Murray rolled into the third-round of the Paris Masters, downing Croat Borna Coric 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday. The Scot dominated this match with his serve, winning 84 percent of his first serves, and converted two break points in each set to move past Coric routinely. “I lost to him quickly last time and today…
Top-seed Novak Djokovic made his way into the third-round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday, moving past Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci 7-5, 6-3. Djokovic actually fell down an early break in the first set, but immediately responded in the next game with a break back to even the opening frame at 3-3. The set would remain on…
Venus Williams staged a huge comeback in her opening-round match at the Elite Trophy tournament in Zhuhai, China on Tuesday, battling back to upend fellow American Madison Keys 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-1. It was Keys who came out strong early on, coasting through the opening set 6-3 in just a little over a half an hour….
Agnieszka Radwanska won the biggest title of her career on Sunday, downing Petra Kvitova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to win the WTA Finals in Singapore. It was a matchup many people did not expect to see, as both Radwanska and Kvitova dropped their opening two round-robin matches earlier in the week, but rallied to just qualify…
Roger Federer hung on to beat Rafael Nadal at the Swiss Indoors Final on Sunday, downing the Spaniard 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 for his seventh career title at the Basel tournament. Playing for the first time in nearly two years, these two all-time greats did not disappoint in their match on Sunday. Federer shook off a few…
Garbine Muguruza continued to play spectacular tennis at the WTA Finals in Singapore on Friday, outlasting former champion and Czech Petra Kvitova 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to book her spot in the semifinals. In her third match at the tournament, Muguruza once again took on a left-handed player in Kvitova (her first two matches were against…
Maria Sharapova powered into the semifinals of the WTA Finals on Thursday, downing U.S. Open champion Flavia Pennetta 7-5, 6-1 to win her third straight match in Sinagpore. Sharapova actually entered this match with a three-match losing streak to the Italian, and fell behind the early break and found herself down 2-4 in the opening…
Spaniard Garbine Muguruza won her second straight match at the WTA Finals in Singapore on Wednesday, defeating Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-4 to move closer to the semifinals. Muguruza rattled off the final three games of the opener to erase a 3-4 deficit and take the first set 6-4. In the second set, she secured…
Twenty-one-time Grand Slam Champion Serena Williams will take on close friend and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki, while Stan Wawrinka will square off with French star Gael Monfils at the 9th Annual BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, March 8. The entertaining one-night tennis event, which is being held on World…