After 10 months without a title, Roger Federer finally came through with a win in Halle, Germany at the 2013 Gerry Weber Open on Sunday. He overcame opponent, Mikhail Youzhny, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 to win his first title since last August, when he won at Cincinnati. Gerry Weber is a warm-up grass court tournament…
Third seeds Santiago Gonzalez & Scott Lipsky captured their fifth ATP World Tour title together on Sunday as they defeated Daniele Bracciali and Jonathan Erlich 6-2, 7-6(3) in the final of the 2013 Gerry Weber Open in Halle. Gonzalez & Lipsky are currently 11th in the race to London and will add another 250 Emirates ATP…
Taylor Townsend of Chicago, the number one-ranked junior in the world for 2012, will continue junior competition at Wimbledon, June 29-July 7 at the All-England Club in Wimbledon, London. Joining Townsend at the Wimbledon main draw will be two local products, number 45-ranked Jamie Loeb of Ossining, N.Y. and 17-year-old Louisa Chirico of Harrison, N.Y. Seventeen-year-old Katrine Isabel Steffensen…
In typical Roger Federer fashion, he easily beat his opponent, Mischa Zverev 6-0, 6-0 to reach the Gerry Weber Open semifinals on Friday. Zverev tried to stick to his strategy to serve and volley, but in the end, it did not pay off for him. Frenchman Richard Gasquet, also made the semifinals by beating Florian Mayer…
It was a tough day at the Queen’s Club in England for two favorites. Juan Martin del Potro and Tomas Berdych both fell in the quarterfinals in their tune-up for Wimbledon. To reach his first semifinal in almost a year, Lleyton Hewitt beat del Potro 6-2, 2-6, 6-2. Hewitt hit a backhand winner to put…
After two days of bad weather, second-seeded Tomas Berdych was the first player to reach the Aegon Championships quarterfinals on Thursday at The Queen’s Club. He defeated 16th-seeded Grega Zemlja, 6-3, 6-4, for a place in his ninth quarter-final this season. Berdych will face fifth-seeded Marin Cilic, who beat Feliciano Lopez, 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-5, hitting…
Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Li Na were recently unveiled by Forbes magazine on its Top 100 World’s Highest Paid Athletes list for 2013, the only women on the list. Sharapova, number 22 on the list, remained the top-earning female athlete for the ninth straight year with $29 million, followed by Serena at 68 with $20.5…
Frenchman Gael Monfils upset fifth seeded Milos Raonic at the 2013 Gerry Weber Open, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the event. Monfils advanced to the third-round at the 2013 French Open where he beat world number six Tomas Berdych in the first round. "It’s a great tournament. It’s a great spirit," said Monfils. "The stadium…
Sixth seed Sam Querrey recorded his 200th match win after a 7-6(11), 5-7, 7-6(5) win over Aljaz Bedene to advance to the third round of the 2013 Aegon Championships in London. Querrey saved a match point in the third set before winning the second-round contest, which had four rain delays and took more than five hours to…
With the French Open complete, the third major of the year, Wimbledon, is set to begin in two weeks and the grass court season is upon us, which should make some of the tour’s big servers very happy. Today, the ATP and WTA tours released their latest men’s and women’s singles rankings. Maintaining his hold…