In the world of tennis, the Australian Open is the first major stop of the new year. Players on both the men’s and women’s side will converge on Melbourne aiming for Grand Slam glory after a lengthy layoff. Will Serena regain her number one ranking from Angelique Kerber on the…
Johanna Konta captured the second title of her career on Friday, cruising past world number three Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-2 to win the Apia International Sydney title. Konta, who was born in Sydney, played aggressive tennis and used her power to neutralize Radwanska, defeating the Pole in an hour and 20 minutes. “I think I’m…
Agnieszka Radwanska entered Thursday’s semifinal at the Apia International Sydney having never lost to the Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova. That didn’t change on Thursday, as Radwanska dismissed Strycova 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour to advance to the Sydney final. “I think I’m playing better and better each match. I think I was doing…
Americans Jack Sock and Steve Johnson both won their respective quarterfinal matches at the ASB Classic on Thursday, setting up a matchup between the two Americans in the semifinals in Auckland, New Zealand. Johnson took on fellow American John Isner in his quarterfinal bout, edging Isner in a third-set tiebreaker to advance with the 6-3,…
Eugenie Bouchard continued her excellent start to the 2017 season, advancing to the Apia International Sydney semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Anastasia Pavyluchenkova on Wednesday. Bouchard saved the only break point she faced and converted on three break points to dismiss Pavlyuchenkova in one hour and 16 minutes. “I feel more and more…
Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons/Carine06 Daria Kasatkina scored the biggest win of her young career on Tuesday, downing world number one Angelique Kerber 7-6(5), 6-2 to reach the Apia International Sydney quarterfinals. While she enjoyed a fantastic season in 2016, Kasatkina was just 2-10 against top 10 players, and that trend continued early on…
Professional tennis returned to Brooklyn on Saturday night, as John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, James Blake and Jim Courier squared off in the PowerShares Series QQQ Cup at the Barclays Center, the final stop of the season for the North American tennis circuit for champion tennis players…
The opening week of the 2017 tennis season wrapped up over the weekend but not before delivering us with some highly entertaining tennis to open up the new year, none more exciting than Novak Djokovic’s three-set victory over world number one Andy Murray to win the ExxonMobil Open title in Doha, Qatar. Djokovic held off…
Novak Djokovic saved five match points on Friday, fighting back from a set down to beat Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 and reach the ExxonMobil Open final in Doha, Qatar. “I would like to say tough luck for Fernando, he was clearly the better player for the bigger part of the match and he…
The good opening week of the season for American women continued on Friday, as both Lauren Davis and Alison Riske moved into the finals of their respective tournaments. Riske advanced to the Shenzhen Open final, while Davis advanced to the ASB Classic title match. Davis took on seventh-seed Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, and dropped the opening…