World number two-ranked Maria Sharapova, who played her first match since pulling out of the quarterfinals in Tokyo with an ankle injury last month, was thoroughly outplayed by U.S. Open winner Samantha Stosur in their opening match in the White Group of the 2011 WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, falling to the Australian, 6-1, 7-5. Stosur breezed through…
The top-seed Frenchman Gilles Simon, along with the number three seed, Alexandr Dolgopolov from the Ukraine, have been knocked out in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open. Simon was defeated by Adrian Mannarino from France in three sets, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. On the other side, Dolgopolov was taken down by the Israeli wild-card…
John McEnroe has taken down Todd Martin in a 8-5 victory to win the HSBC Tennis Cup for his first title since 2009. "Wow! To finally get a win on the series this year feels amazing. I thought I had a chance tonight, and got off to a great start in the finals against Todd….
Maria Sharapova from Russia and Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark will front the two round-robin pools for the WTA Championships to be held in Turkey this upcoming week. In the red pool, Wozniacki will be joined by Petra Kvitova, Vera Zvonareva, and Agnieszka Radwanska. In the white pool, Sharapova will be joined by Victoria Azarenka, Li…
The United States women’s tennis team has won the gold medal and bronze medal in girls singles tennis at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. The number two seed, New York’s Irina Falconi captured the gold medal after defeating Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig, 6-3, 6-2. The last American woman to win a tennis gold…
Top-seeded Gael Monfils of France has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Stockholm Open, with a 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4 win over world-44th-ranked Bernard Tomic of Australia. Monfils will face South African Kevin Anderson, the number five seed, in the quarterfinals. Unseeded David Nalbandian of Argentina upset the seventh-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia, 6-1, 6-1,…
Ken Meyerson, a tennis agent who represented tennis greats, including Andy Roddick, Justin Henin and Chris Evert has passed away at the age of 48. He died on Oct. 19 at home in Florida with the cause of death not immediately known. "Ken was a very a hard worker and was always determined to do…
Robin Soderling has announced his withdrawal from next month’s Paris Masters due to illness. The sixth-ranked Swede has suffered from mononucleosis which has resulted in absence since last July. This withdrawal will ruin his chances of being able to compete in the ATP Tour Finals which will be held in London in November. Brazilian Thomaz…
The upset of the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open so far came at the expense of Russian Ana Ivanovic, who was a 3-6, 2-6 loser to Anne Viensouk Keothavong of Great Britain. Keothavong advances to face Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands, who was a 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 winner over Canada’s Rebecca Marino. Victoria Azarenka of…
U.S. Open officials are exploring the possibility of amending its schedule to switch its final day to a Monday. The three other Grand Slam events, the French Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon all wrap up their action on Sundays. USTA Tournament Director Jim Curley has told The Associated Press that the USTA has opened discussions with CBS…