The first thing that strikes the viewer about the documentary Venus and Serena is how its totally front-loaded with sound bites and archival footage. While this isn’t dissimilar to most sports documentaries, the film is somewhat pedestrian in its opening minutes. Emphasizing their training regimen, the combination of multiple elements and disciplines really sheds some…
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have both advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open. Sharapova was a 6-2, 7-5 winner over Sabine Lisicki, while the top-seeded Serena was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over Maria Kirilenko. Serena is now 25-1 on clay since the start of last year’s clay court season. "She’s the kind of opponent…
Kei Nishikori scored perhaps the biggest win of his career in Madrid on Thursday, a upset over defending champion Roger Federer 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 in the third round of the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open. It was Nishikori’s eighth Top 10 win and first since beating number six Tomas Berdych in the 2012 Tokyo quarterfinals. Two years…
Singapore will host the WTA Championships, the most prestigious event on the WTA calendar, from 2014 to 2018. Under terms of the five-year agreement, the top eight singles players and, for the first time, the top eight doubles teams, will compete for a share of a record prize money purse of $6.5 million. The announcement…
Rafael Nadal, seeking his fifth title in seven tournaments to date in 2013, defeated Benoit Paire of France 6-3, 6-4 on in the second round of the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open. "That’s an important victory today," said Nadal. "Each match in this kind of tournament is very demanding from the first round. He was a very…
Defending champion Roger Federer was a winner in his first match in two months at the 2013 Madrid Open, 6-3, 6-3 over Radek Stepanek. Also advancing in Madrid was defending women’s champion Serena Williams, a winner over Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-2, 7-5. "It was a really good clay-court tennis match for me," Serena said….
The United States Tennis Association has announced it has reached an agreement to return to New York City a portion of its currently leased Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (NTC) land in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in exchange for the parkland it proposes to add as part of its improvement plan for the NTC….
Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and his doubles partner Santiago Gonzalez were 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 winners over defending champions Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi & Jean-Julien Rojer to capture the 2013 Portugal Open Men’s Doubles title. Gonzalez improved to a 7-2 record in doubles finals, while Lipsky is now 9-7 overall. Lipsky captured the 2009 Oeiras title with Eric Butorac. “We played…
ATP has announced the passing of its Executive Chairman & President Brad Drewett on Friday in Sydney, Australia at the age of 54 following a battle with Motor Neurone Disease (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease). “We are deeply saddened to announce that Brad Drewett passed away at his home in Sydney, Australia,…
David Ferrer defeated world number 73 Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at the 2013 Portugal Open to advance to the quarterfinals. Ferrer is attempting to win his third ATP World Tour title of the year after wins at the Heineken Open in Auckland and the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires. He will next face Victor Hanescu, whom he has…