Roger Federer defeated a very tough Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3 to reach the Australian Open semifinals for a 10th consecutive year. The 17-time Grand Slam champion will next play U.S. Open winner Andy Murray, who advanced in straight sets over the unseeded Jeremy Chardy of France. Federer hadn’t dropped a service game…
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier has announced that world No. 13 John Isner, No. 22 Sam Querrey and 2012 Olympic doubles gold medalists Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan will represent the United States in the 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas First Round tie against Brazil, Feb. 1-3. The tie will…
Nineteen-year-old American Sloane Stephens shocked world number three-ranked and fellow American Serena Williams on Wednesday at the 2013 Australian Open, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. The 29th-seeded Stephens advances to her first-ever Grand Slam semifinal with the win where she will face defending Australian Open Champion, top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, who overcame some early jitters to beat Svetlana Kuznetsova…
(2) Roger Federer vs. (7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga The premier match of today’s schedule as two of world’s top seven men’s singles players will square off. Roger Federer is looking for his 18th Grand Slam title and leads their head to head meetings 8-3 lifetime. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is coming off a fourth round win against Richard Gasquet…
Even after top-seeded Novak Djokovic’s five-plus-hour marathon match against Stanislas Wawrinka, the world number one showed no signs of any lasting fatigue to overcome Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday and advance to the Australian Open semifinals. Djokovic, bidding to become the first man to win three successive Australian Open…
As Tennis Channel’s analysts Lindsay Davenport and Justin Gimelstob fulfill their current on-air duties during the network’s extensive coverage of the Australian Open, they will also debut their acting chops in a tennis-themed episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 10:00 p.m. ET. Davenport, a three-time Grand Slam champion, and…
Maria Sharapova continued her strong performance at the 2013 Australian Open with a straight-set win over Ekatrina Makarova en route to a semifinal matchup against Li Na. The number two-ranked Sharapova had a 6-2, 6-2 quarterfinal win over fellow Russian Makarova on Rod Laver Arena and has spent just five hours and15 minutes on court…
Today will begin the Quarterfinal round of both the mens and womens tournaments. On the mens side the big question is how Novak Djokovic will bounce back mentally when he faces 5th seeded Tomas Berdych. Djokovic, who is coming off a 5 hour epic win against Stanilas Wawrinka in the 4th round will need to be…
Serena Williams continued her run toward a third consecutive major title, beating Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-0 on Monday to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. Her 57-minute win over Kirilenko extended her current winning streak to 20 matches. Williams has lost only one match since her first-round exit at the French Open last year. Since…
Roger Federer advanced to reach a 35th straight Grand Slam quarterfinal, knocking off Milos Raonic in straight sets 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 in a little under two hours. Raonic had success against Federer in previous meetings, but this time around, Federer took control and kept it throughout of their fourth round clash in Rod Laver Arena….