World number one Serena Williams came out a little sluggish and got a strong test from Russian qualifier Margarita Gasparyan on the first day of Wimbledon on Monday, but walked away with a 6-4, 6-1 victory to advance. Gasparyan entered this match without ever winning one on the WTA circuit, but gave the best player…
The Wimbledon draws were released on Friday, as the tournament’s participants got a glimpse at their first-round matchups and possible matchups later down the line. The main draw begins action Monday, June 29. Below is the list of first-round matchups for both the men’s and women’s singles draws: Men’s Singles…
Ninth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland defeated American Sloane Stephens 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-2 on Friday to reach the Aegon International Championship. After cruising in the first set, Radwanska had a chance to serve out the match while up 6-5 in the second set. But Stephens hung tough and broke back to force the set into a…
Just like his quarterfinal match on Thursday, American Sam Querrey had to come back from a set down in his semifinal match on Friday, beating Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. At 5-5 in the final set, Querrey nailed down the only break point of the frame to jump ahead 6-5. And after a couple…
American Sam Querrey came back from a set down to beat second-seed Gilles Simon 5-7, 7-6(8), 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Aegon Nottingham Open semifinals. Simon actually won more points than Querrey in this one, but was unable to put the American away in a second-set tiebreaker. In the third, Querrey managed to get…
The men’s field The contenders Novak Djokovic The world number one from Serbia is an outstanding 41-3 on the year. He has been close to unbeatable to say the least. Spending 152 straight weeks as the number one player in the world, Djokovic must be considered the favorite to win every tournament he competes in….
Second-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki moved into the Aegon International semifinals on Thursday, cruising past 10th-seeded German Andrea Petkovic 7-5, 6-1 in the day’s final match. The first set was a strange one, as there were nine break points overall. With neither player able to find rhythm on their serve, the set was even at 5-5,…
Caroline Wozniacki came back from a set down to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova on Wednesday, beating the Russian 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the Aegon International quarterfinals. The Dane built a 5-1 advantage in the first set and seemed to be on her way to a comfortable victory. But Kuznetsova recovered, and came all the…
American Sam Querrey made his way into the Aegon Nottingham Open quarterfinals on Wednesday, defeating fifth-seed Pablo Cuevas 7-6(7), 7-6(3) to advance. Querrey saved all seven of the break points he faced. He will now play second-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon, who downed 14th seed Joao Sousa 6-4, 6-1, for a chance to reach the semifinals…
Just days before the start of Wimbledon, world number three Simona Halep has announced that she and coach Victor Ionita have split. Halep and Ionita have been working together over the last eight months, following her split from then coach Wim Fissette. The Romanian will now work with Daniel Dobre and Darren Cahill, who she…