Novak Djokovic has set up a semifinal meeting against Juan Monaco at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open after defeating David Ferrer of Spain in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6. Djokovic won the first set in just 32 min. and broke Ferrer in the first of the second before he would mount an unsuccessful comeback. Ferrer broke…
World number two-ranked Maria Sharapova, a three-time runner-up at the Sony Ericsson Open, rallied to defeat Caroline Wozniacki in three sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, advancing to the finals of the event where she will meet Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska, a 6-4, 6-2 straight sets winner over France’s Marian Bartoli. Sharapova won the match in two hours…
World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus had her 26-match win streak halted Wednesday night at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open after a 3-6, 3-6 straight sets loss to France’s Marion Bartoli. The seventh-seeded Bartoli heads into the semifinals where she will meet the number five seed, Agnieszka Radwanska. Already headed to the finals is…
World number two-ranked Rafael Nadal defeated France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, to earn a place in the semifinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open. Nadal will now face fourth-seeded Andy Murray, who defeated Janko Tipsarevic in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Nadal made it as close as two points from victory…
Belgium’s Kim Clijsters has a tear in her hip muscle and now will require four weeks of rest and withdrawal from the WTA tour. Her management company stated that she has been plagued with hip pains throughout the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. after losing to Yanina Wickmayer on Saturday in straight sets,…
The following was part of an interview with Jim Courier, captain of the 2012 U.S. Davis Cup team, conducted recently by Tim Curry, director of Corporate Communications for the USTA, as Captain Courier prepares for the United States’ showdown in April with Team France … TIM CURRY: Thank you, everyone, for joining us today…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal had a straight set 6-4, 6-4 win over Japan’s Kei Nishikori to reach the quarterfinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Tournament in Miami. This match was the toughest yet in the tournament for Nadal, after he took a medical timeout in the opening set for treatment of his left knee. Nadal lost…
Serena Williams’s bid for a sixth Sony Ericsson Open title came to an end Tuesday after she lost in the quarterfinals to Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. The former world number one-ranked Wozniacki won 74 percent of her first serve points and converted three of her six break point opportunities. Serena hit 34…
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier have announced that world number eight Mardy Fish, number 10 John Isner, and the top-ranked doubles team of Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan will represent the United States in the 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinal tie against France, April 6-8, 2012. The tie will…
American Andy Roddick upset world number three-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland, 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-4, at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Since the U.S. Open this past September, Roddick held a 40-2 record, but came up short against Roddick who has slipped to 34th in the ATP Rankings. It marked just the third time…