Serena Williams picked up her 650th career win on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open, moving into 11th place on the all-time match wins list. The 32-year-old Serena knocked off Carla Suarez-Navarro 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals in Madrid. Williams becomes the 11th player in WTA history to win 650 career matches, and now…
Rafael Nadal withstood a strong second set fight from Jarkko Nieminen to come out victorious and reach the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open. The world number one beat Finland’s Nieminen 6-1, 6-4 in a match that lasted 80 minutes. After coasting through the first set, Nadal blew a 3-1 second set lead that nearly…
Serena Williams moved another step closer to winning her third straight Mutua Madrid Open title as she beat China’s Peng Shuai 6-2, 6-3 in the second round matchup. Serena won eight of the first nine points of the match, making her mark felt early. She wrapped up the first set with a powerful serve that forced…
The third ranked player in the world and defending Australian Open Champion Stanislas Wawrinka saw his Mutua Madrid Open tournament come to a halting stop on Tuesday night as Austrian qualifier Dominic Thiem pulled off a major upset and defeated Wawrinka 1-6, 6-2, 6-4. Wawrinka seemed in control early on, racing out an early first set lead…
Top seed Rafael Nadal got off to a strong start in round one of the Mutua Madrid Open on Wednesday, a 6-1, 6-0 win over Argentina’s Juan Monaco in the second round. The defending champ Nadal is seeking his fourth Madrid title. Nadal moves on to face Finland’s Jarko Nieminen, a 6-3, 6-2 winner over…
The action in Madrid, Spain heats up today as Day 3 and the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open rolls on. While many of the sport’s big names will take to the court later today, a number of matches have concluded so far. In the early matches of the day, BMW Open by FWU…
A number of the world’s top players, including Stanislas Wawrinka and David Ferrer, will begin play at the Mutua Madrid open today. One top five player who will not be in action is Roger Federer who withdrew from the tournament to spend time with his wife, Mirka, as they await the birth of their third…
Former British number one women’s player Elena Baltacha passed away Sunday morning at the age of 30, two months after being diagnosed with liver cancer. She was surrounded by family and friends as she passed away peacefully. “We are deeply grieved to lose our friend Elena Baltacha in her battle with cancer,” said Stacey Allaster,…
Martin Klizan just barely qualified for the BMW Open by FWU AG final earlier in the week, but pushed through eight matches in nine days to lift the championship trophy on Sunday, defeating the 15th ranked player in the world, Fabio Fognini, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. Klizan struggled early, as he battled through a stomach issue that had him…
Former world number 15 and 2005 U.S. Open semifinalist Robby Ginepri of Kennesaw, Ga., will return to the highest level of the game after earning a main draw wild card into the French Open by winning the 2014 Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge. Taylor Townsend and Grace Min are tied in the women’s standings. Townsend would clinch the wild card…