Defending Olympic tennis champion Rafael Nadal pulled out of the London Games due to tendinitis in his knee. Nadal was set to carry the Spanish flag at the opening ceremony in London. He beat Fernando Gonzalez for the singles gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. "I am not in condition to compete in the London Olympics, and…
The USTA has announced that world number one and five-time U.S. Open singles champion Roger Federer, defending U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic, and 2010 U.S. Open and 2012 French Open champion Rafael Nadal lead the men’s singles field for the 2012 U.S. Open Tennis Championships. The player field also features former U.S. Open champions Andy…
James Blake defeated the number six seeded Ryan Harrison at the BB&T Atlanta Open 1-6, 6-3, 7-5. Blake is now 32-years-old and just came off knee surgery and entered this match with a sore right shoulder. This is Blake’s 350th overall ATP Tour match win which he took in two and one half hours after a rain…
Roger Federer began his 287th week as world number one on Monday. He first topped the rankings on Feb. 2, 2004. Federer has been absent from the top spot for two years, losing the top spot on May 31, 2010. He finally regained his ranking when he beat Andy Murray of Britain to win his record…
Top-seeded American John Isner successfully defended his grass-court title at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships with a 7-6(1), 6-4 victory over former world number one Lleyton Hewitt in Newport, R.I. Isner takes home $68,220 and 250 South African Airways ATP Ranking points as the champion, while Hewitt earns $35,920 and 150 points. “It feels…
Serena Williams defeated Coco Vandeweghe, 7-5, 6-1 on Sunday afternoon, defending her singles title at the Bank of the West Classic. Ranked number four in the world, Serena became the first repeat Bank of the West Classic champion since Kim Clijsters won the title back-to-back in 2005 and 2006. Sunday’s victory was even more special, considering Serena…
Third-seeded Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico & Scott Lipsky of Merrick, N.Y. lifted their second team trophy on Sunday at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in the men’s doubles finals, defeating the number two seeds, Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins of Great Britain, 7-6(3), 6-3. The Mexican/American tandem won on their team debut last year at…
Number two seed Marion Bartoli and third-seeded Dominika Cibulkova coasted to straight-set wins on Thursday, highlighting second-round main draw action at the Bank of the West Classic. Bartoli, the 2009 tournament champion, survived an early scare from Stanford senior Mallory Burdette and posted a 7-5, 6-0 victory in her first match of the tournament. With Burdette leading…
In Thursday action at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, R.I., Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and doubles partner Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico, the third-seeded doubles pairing, were 7-6(6), 6-7(3), 10-7 winners over the team of Russian Alex Bogomolov Jr. & Gilles Mueller of Luxembourg. With the win, Lipsky & Gonzalez advance to the semifinals on Friday where…
When John Isner and Nicolas Mahut step on court to play each other, it’s natural for fans to wonder how long they will be watching. However, in Newport R.I. on Wednesday, the match time was just one hour and 18 minutes—a far cry from the 11 hour and five minute battle the two competed in…