Li Na of China fought back from a set down to win the 2012 Women’s Title at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, defeating Angelique Kerber of Germany 1-6, 6-3, 6-1. Li has been defeated in three finals this year, but this victory ends that streak, as just last week, Li lost to Petra Kvitova in Montreal. This…
Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska defeated American wild card entry Sloane Stephens, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in nearly two hours to advance at the 2012 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. For Agnieszka’s younger sister, Urszula Radwanska, the result was quite the opposite as she fell 4-6, 3-6 to the second seeded American and 2012 Olympic Gold Medal winner…
Former U.S. Open champion and 2012 Olympic Bronze Medal winner Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 Western & Southern Open on Friday in Cincinnati with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over France’s Jeremy Chardy. Just one short day ago, it was Chardy who ousted American Andy Roddick and defending champion…
World number one-ranked Roger Federer from Switzerland defeated Australia’s Bernard Tomic, 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday in Cincinnati to reach the 2012 Western & Southern Open quarterfinals. Federer dropped just 13 points on serve throughout and didn’t face a break point as he claimed victory in 62 minutes against the 49th-ranked Tomic. The 31-year-old Federer is chasing a…
The USTA has announced the 13 men and 13 women who will compete in the U.S. Open National Playoffs – Men’s and Women’s Championships, Aug. 17-20, at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale in New Haven, Conn. The tournament is held in conjunction with the New Haven Open at Yale presented by First Niagara, the…
The USTA has announced the eight women and men who have been awarded singles main draw wild card entries into the 2012 U.S. Open. The eight wild card recipients for the women include: Bethanie Mattek-Sands and 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin, both members of the U.S. Fed Cup team, 2012 NCAA singles champion Nicole Gibbs,…
Venus Williams battled through a two hour and 23 minute match to beat Maria Kirilenko of Russia 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 at the 2012 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Tuesday. Venus could have closed the match in the second set as she served twice for the win when she was up 5-4 and 6-5. However, Kirilenko…
Rafael Nadal continues to battle with knee tendinitis and has announced his withdrawal from the 2012 U.S. Open. Nadal, who has not played since suffering a second-round exit at Wimbledon at the hands of Lukas Rosol, broke the via Facebook and Twitter. "I am very sad to announce that I am still not ready to…
The USTA has announced that University of Southern California standout and two-time NCAA champion Steve Johnson has earned a main draw wild card into the 2012 U.S. Open. This year, the USTA awarded one men’s singles main draw wild card into the US Open to the American who earned the most ATP World Tour ranking…
Petra Kvitova defeated Li Na on Monday night, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, to capture the 2012 Rogers Cup in Montreal. It was Kvitova’s first WTA title of 2012, as the number five seed Kvitova needed more than an hour and five set points to take the first set. And after the 10th-seeded Li blazed through the second set…