Defending champion and top-seed Kei Nishikori moved into the Barcelona Open semifinals on Friday, beating seventh-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. After dropping the second set, Nishikori broke twice in the final set and won 16 of his 18 service points to clinch the victory and move on. “It was [a] difficult match,” said…
Andy Roddick continued his dominance on the PowerShares Series circuit on Thursday night, beating James Blake 6-3 in the one-set final at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. The title is the seventh of Roddick’s season on the circuit, extending his record for the most titles in a single season. The previous record was held…
Two of the top three seeds at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany were eliminated on Thursday, as top-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova and third-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova were both bounced from the tournament. Kvitova was the first of the two to fall as she met American Madison Brengle in the early slate of…
Italian Fabio Fognini upset second-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal on Thursday, beating the eight-time champion 6-4, 7-6(6) to reach the Barcelona Open quarterfinals. The 13th-seeded Fognini was able to secure the lone break of the opening set and was able to serve out the remainder to take the one set advantage on Nadal. In the second…
James Blake defeated John McEnroe 7-5 in the one-set final of the Champions Cup at the Agganis Arena at Boston University on Wednesday night, capturing his first title on the 2015 PowerShares Series circuit. Blake handed Andy Roddick his first loss on the circuit in 2015 in the semifinals, defeating his compatriot 6-3 to reach…
Rafael Nadal opened up his Barcelona Open campaign with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro on Wednesday. Nadal broke twice in the opening set, with the key one coming in the seventh game, to capture the first frame. He opened the door a bit in the second set as he lost his…
Caroline Garcia beat Ana Ivanovic for the third consecutive time on Tuesday in Stuttgart, Germany, knocking the Serb out of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix first-round with a 7-6(6), 6-4 victory. After falling behind in the opening set, Ivanovic looked as if she would get the better of Garcia. She came back from a 3-5…
World number five Kei Nishikori moved into the third-round of the Barcelona Open on Tuesday, moving past Russia’s Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-4. The defending champion Nishikori needed just 69 minutes to push past Gabashvili. He capitalized on two of his three break point chances, one in each set, to dictate the pace of the match….
Italians Sara Errani & Flavia Pennetta beat Americans Serena Williams & Alison Riske 6-0, 6-3 on Sunday afternoon to give Italy a 3-2 victory over the United States in the Fed Cup playoff matchup. The United States actually held a 2-1 advantage heading into the final two matches on Sunday, but dropped the last singles…
World number one Novak Djokovic won his third consecutive ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament on Sunday, beating Czech Tomas Berdych 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to win the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Championship. With the victory, Djokovic becomes the first player ever to win the first three Masters 1000 tournaments in a season. “The fact that…