USTA Player Development has announced that Brian Baker of Nashville, Tenn., has earned a main draw wild card into the 2012 French Open. This year, the USTA awarded one men’s singles main draw wild card into the French Open to the American player who finished with the best combined results at two USTA Pro Circuit…
World number two-ranked Rafael Nadal of Spain has broken another record this weekend after winning the 2012 Barcelona Open final in straight sets against fellow countryman David Ferrer, 7-6, 7-5. He is now the first player in the Open era to claim two tournaments seven times. Nadal’s win in Barcelona marks his 21st straight victory…
Maria Sharapova, the second-ranked woman’s player, quickly defeated Victoria Azarenka in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, on Sunday to capture the Porsche Grand Prix for her first title of 2012. She lost in the finals of both the Australian Open and in Indian Wells earlier in 2012 at the hands of Azarenka. This is Sharapova’s 25th overall…
Germany’s Andrea Petkovic, currently ranked number 12 in the world, will be forced to miss the next three months due to an injured right ankle and torn ligaments, an injury suffered Thursday at the 2012 Porsche Grand Prix. Petkovic was forced to retire in her second round match against world number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus…
Canada’s Milos Raonic has recorded his first top four victory after he defeated Great Britain’s Andy Murray,6-4, 7-6 to advance to the semifinals at the 2012 Barcelona Open Sabadell. Raonic will now face either the third seed David Ferrer or the seventh-seeded Feliciano Lopez, depending on the outcome of their quarterfinal match. "It’s very, very…
The pros ring in 2012 … â–ºCaroline Wozniacki (@carowozniacki): Happy New Year from @McIlroyRory and me in Thailand 🙂 â–ºShahar Peer (@shaharpeer): Happy New Year everybody! I wish all a great 2012! I’m sure u will all celebrate big time! â–ºAnastasia Rodionova (@arodionova): HAPPY NEW 2012 YEAR!!!!! â–ºNovak Djokovic (@DjokerNole): L’Shannah Tovah 🙂 â–ºMardy Fish…
ATP World Tour tennis is headed to Rio de Janeiro, host city to the 2016 Olympic Games and co-host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The ATP Board of Directors last week in Monte-Carlo approved the sale of the Memphis membership to IMX to stage an ATP World Tour 500 event from 2014 in Brazil’s…
Top-ranked American Mardy Fish will headline the ATP World Tour 500 tennis tournament in Washington, D.C., to be played July 28-Aug. 5. The new-look event becomes the Citi Open and and will be played at an upgraded William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center. Fish has been eager to return to the tournament after being forced to withdraw…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal has opened his 2012 Barcelona Open run with a quick victory over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. He had 15 break point chances and converted six of them as he took the match in just 81 min. Nadal ended a 10-month title hiatus with his win over world number one-ranked…
Wimbledon officials have agreed to a substantial increase to the prize money for the 2012 Championships following talks with the world’s leading players. A majority of the prize monies will be directed to helping lower-ranked players. The men’s and women’s singles champions will each receive a record $1.85 million, while most of the $2.4 million increase to…