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…
The final round is set in Oerias, Portugal, as the semifinals of the Portgual Open came to a close on Friday. Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro had to hold off the surprise of the tournament, 117th ranked Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania, while Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia beat fellow Russian Elena Vesnina to advance into the championship….
Last year’s BMW Open by FWU AG title winner began his defense of that title on Thursday, as the 16th ranked player in the world Tommy Haas took down Alejandro Fallo. Haas cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 straight set victory over the Columbian to move into the quarterfinals of the tournament he won last year…
The quarterfinals of the Portgual Open began on Thursday morning as a clash between young and old headlined the round in Oerias, Portugal. Former French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova battled with the young Canadian Eugene Bouchard, who was the second seed in the tournament, for the first time in the two player’s careers. The Russian…
Two of the lower seeds at the BMW Open by FWU AG in Munich, Germany moved on Wednesday afternoon as the second round of the tournament picked up. In the early match, third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, who won the Munich tournament back in 2010, faced qualifier Martin Klizan. Klizan used a powerful serve to control the…
Second seeded Eugenie Bouchard fought back after getting off to a slow start to defeat Yaroslava Shvedova in round two of the Portugal Open 6-4, 6-2 to move on to the quarterfinals. She defeated Yaroslava Shvedova to earn her trip to round two to face Shvedova, a two-time French Open quarterfinalist. Shvedova got off to…
ATP Monte Carlo Rolex Masters April 13-20 Monte Carlo, Monaco Surface: Clay Stan "The Man" Wawrinka continues his torrid 2014 with a victory at the Monte Carlo Masters. The win also further diminishes the grip of the Big Four on the tour’s top hardware, as the group had won 34 of the last 36 Masters…
The Portugal Open kicked off in Oeiras, Portugal on Tuesday as the WTA continued its European clay court season. Canadian Eugenie Bouchard picked up her first victory of the clay court season as she knocked off Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. The second-seeded Bouchard, who is just 20-years old, has been one…
Former world number one Maria Sharapova picked up her 30th career WTA title on Sunday as she defeated Serbian Ana Ivanovic in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Sharapova had to scratch and claw to pull off the victory as she came back to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, and capture her third consecutive Porsche Grand Prix…