Top-seeded and world number one Novak Djokovic defeated the eight-time defending champion and third seeded Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6(1) in the finals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Sunday, breaking Nadal’s 46-match winning streak at the Monte-Carlo Country Club. Djokovic is the first player to beat Nadal three times in a clay-court final. He also ended Nadal’s 81-match…
Rafael Nadal survived his Friday match at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, defeating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals. An eight-time defending champion at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, Nadal had only lost six sets at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament since winning the title for the first time in…
The United States will face Sweden in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff, with play beginning this Saturday, April 20 at 2:00 p.m. EST at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Fla. The United States brings a strong Fed Cup team to Delray Beach, a squad including Serena Williams, who regained…
Stanislas Wawrinka upset world number two Andy Murray 6-1, 6-2 in the third round of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, as Wawrinka won 75 percent of his service points and broke Murray five times to record his fifth win in 13 meetings with Murray. With the loss, Murray will drop to number three in the Emirates ATP Rankings…
World number one Novak Djokovic survived a second-round scare at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, defeating Mikhail Youzhny 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Djokovic twisted his ankle a week earlier on Davis Cup duty for Serbia, and is lacking in match practice on clay, having been restricted to one hour a day in the lead-up to protect…
Most news stories on men’s tennis in the past two years have been scraping the thesaurus for new ways to eulogize the current state of the game. And fair enough, it’s undeniable that in Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, we are privileged to be witnessing three of the greatest players of all time…
French number one Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was a winner over former world number three Nikolay Davydenko 7-6(3), 6-2 in the second round of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. Tsonga, who did not lift a racquet last week after his long trip to Argentina for France’s Davis Cup tie, said, “It was a pretty good start, but I can…
The USTA announced that the Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge has kicked off with the $100,000 Sarasota (Fla.) Open and the $50,000 Dothan (Ala.) Pro Classic. The challenge will last three weeks and awards a main draw wild card into the French Open to the American man and American woman who earned the…
American John Isner captured the 2013 U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston with a 6-3, 7-5 win over top-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro. For fifth seeded Isner, the runner-up in Houston last year, the title is his sixth on the ATP Tour but his first on clay and his performance drew the praise of his opponent. …
Bob Bryan recorded his 800th career win after he and Mike Bryan cruised through their two matches at the 2013 US Men’s Clay Court Championship. The top seeded and four-time champions closed out a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Oliver Marach & Andre Sa in the first round, having won the first seven games Wednesday afternoon before…