Victoria Azarenka won her 14th consecutive match at the Qatar Total Open on Friday, battling back from a set down to beat Venus Williams 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. Things did not look good for the Belarus native early on as Venus took advantage of some Azarenka double-faults and rolled 6-2 in the opening frame. “I had…
American qualifier Ryan Harrison continued his stellar run at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico on Thursday night, defeating sixth-seeded Ivo Karlovic 4-6, 7-6(0), 7-6(4) to reach the semifinals. In a match that saw just one break point throughout, Harrison was able to edge the big-serving Croat in tiebreakers in the second and third…
The Dubai Duty Free Championships title match is all set and will feature the top two players in the world, as world number one Novak Djokovic and world number two Roger Federer each won their semifinal contests on Friday. Federer was on court first and schooled 18-year old Croatian Borna Coric in a 6-2, 6-1…
Borna Coric of Croatia pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the young year on Thursday, storming past world number three Andy Murray 6-1, 6-3 to reach the Dubai Duty Free Championships semifinals. “One of the biggest wins, for sure,” said the 18-year-old Coric. “I was just trying to maintain my level, stay in…
American qualifier Ryan Harrison notched the first top 10 win of his career on Wednesday, knocking off the 10th-ranked Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 4-6, 6-0 at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel. Harrison entered the match with a 0-22 record against top 10 opponents, but converted on five of nine break point chances to move past the Bulgarian…
Novak Djokovic rolled into the quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Championships on Wednesday, defeating Russia’s Andrey Golubev 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour. “Having one match under my belt before today’s encounter helped me to feel a bit more comfortable to move around on the court quicker, and I tried to take away…
Playing in his first match since rising to number three in the world rankings, third-seeded Andy Murray knocked off Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller 6-4, 7-5 on Monday night to advance to the second-round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. In the opening set, Murray and Muller battled through some extremely long games. In the third game,…
The USTA and United States Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier have announced that top-ranked American and world number 20 John Isner, world number 45 Donald Young, and the world’s number one doubles team of Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan will represent the U.S. in the 2015 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group First Round against Great Britain. The best-of-five match series…
Simona Halep beat Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 7-6(4) to capture the Dubai Duty Free Championships on Saturday, winning her second title of this season. “I’m very happy right now. I cannot explain in words how I feel,” said Halep. “It’s an amazing title for me. It’s very important for my career. I’m really happy and just…
Roger Federer began his attempt for a seventh Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Mikhail Youzhny in the first-round Monday. The world number two seized the reins on this match by breaking Youzhny in the seventh game of the opening set to go up 4-3. The Swiss consolidated it with…