Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated American Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3) at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday at The O2 Arena in London, England in a three-hour-plus marathon match. Nadal overcame a stomach ailment to defeat Fish in opening round action in Group B. "I felt very bad from the stomach since the beginning of…
Venus Williams, who last played over three months ago after withdrawing from the U.S. Open, will play her sister Serena Williams in an exhibition match next week in Colombia. Venus, who recently slipped out of the top 100 and fell to number 103 in the WTA world rankings, withdrew from the 2011 U.S. Open citing…
Tennis Channel has nearly 60 hours of live match play lined up for its annual coverage of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 Arena in London next week, with more than 150 dedicated hours overall via same-day, prime-time replays. The network will again offer a complete, wall-to-wall telecast of the season-ending competition,…
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland is grouped with Spain’s Rafael Nadal in round-robin play at this year’s event at The O2 Arena in London. Also grouped together in first round action at the event is world number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic and Great Britain’s Andy Murray in Group A….
The ATP and WTA Tours have released their latest rankings, with Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki seated atop the women’s rankings and Serbian Novak Djokovic maintaining the top spot on the men’s side. On the women’s side, Wozniacki leads the pack with 7,485 points, followed by youngster Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, the 2011 Wimbledon winner,…
Twenty-one-year-old Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, has been named WTA Player of the Year for 2011 to cap off her amazing year. Currently, Kvitova has a 60-13 record, earning six singles titles, including her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon and the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships. She rose from…
Americans Robby Ginepri and Melanie Oudin are among the four women and three men who have been invited to participate in the 2011 Kia Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, set for Dec. 16-18 at the Racquet Club of the South, a USTA-Certified Regional Training Center in Atlanta. The complete field for the eight-man and eight-woman…
Roger Federer ended the 2011 season on the high side after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-1, 7-6, to win his first Paris Masters event title and the 69th title of his career. He has won 16 Grand Slams and has never reached the Paris final, however, gave it his all to save two break points after…
At the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, Roger Federer of Switzerland won his 800th career match, a 6-3, 7-5 win over Argentina’s Juan Monaco. The win advances Federer, currently ranked fourth in the world, to the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Masters. Awaiting Federer in the semis is Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, who…
Novak Djokovic, 2011 U.S. Open Champion, has withdrawn from the Paris Masters after suffering a shoulder injury prior to his quarterfinals match against France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Djokovic has said his injury intensity got worse after his comeback against Serbian Viktor Troicki. “Sadly I have to inform you that I have withdrawn from the tournament. I have…