Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray on Wednesday night in Melbourne to reach the 2014 Australian Open semifinals, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3. The win marks Federer’s 11th consecutive trip to the Aussie Open semis. The win sets up a semifinals encounter with world number one Rafael Nadal, a winner himself on Wednesday over Grigor Dimitrov, 3-6,…
Agnieszka Radwanska overcame a seven-match losing streak to defending champ Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday to move into the semifinals at the Australian Open after her two-hour, 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 victory. "It's hard to play someone I've lost to so many times before—and she's a great player, especially here, she's playing amazing tennis," Radwanska said. "On…
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier have announced that top-ranked American and world number 13 John Isner, world number 51 Sam Querrey, along with the world’s top doubles team of Bob & Mike Bryan will represent the United States in the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas First Round tie against Great Britain. The best-of-five match series will…
Stanislas Wawrinka upset the top-seeded and defending champ Novak Djokovic on Tuesday night in Melbourne 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7 to reach his first Australian Open semifinal and end Djokovic’s hunt for a fourth consecutive title. It was Djokovic’s 19th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance and his 25-match winning streak at Melbourne Park came to…
Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard has upset Ana Ivanovic to advance to the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. Bouchard won the Wimbledon Junior title in 2012, and is fairly new on the WTA Tour, making her Grand Slam debut at the 2013 French Open. Ivanovic caused the biggest upset to date at…
In Australian Open mixed-doubles action, former Stanford star Scott Lipsky of Merrick, N.Y. and his partner Zheng Jie of China defeated the top-seeded duo of Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany & Alexander Peya of Austria 2-6, 7-6 (5) [10-5] to reach the quarterfinals. Lipsky, 32, won the 2011 French Open mixed-doubles title with Casey Dellacqua of Australia….
As an avid sports fan, I cannot help but notice that the greatest champions hate to lose more than they love to win. Elite professionals use their passion to avoid a loss as the fuel to drive an obsessive desire for the thrill of completion. As a coach, it's clear, however, that junior tennis dynamics…
The quarterfinals are set in Melbourne and the upsets continued at the Australian Open, as the number 20 seed Dominika Cibulkova was a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 upset winner over the number three seed, Maria Sharapova. After dropping the first set, Cibulkova took a commanding 5-0 lead in the second set, eventually closing out the set,…
Ana Ivanovic stunned Serena Williams in the Round of 16 at the Australian Open this weekend, defeating the top-seeded Serena 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Coming into the match, Ivanovic had never won a set against Serena in their four previous head-to-head matches. "I actually believed," Ivanovic said. "I had some confidence coming into today's match. I…
The Australian Open kicked off earlier this week, and with it a great deal of attention has been paid to the extreme weather rather than the play on the courts. For the first time since 2009, the Extreme Heat Policy was put in place at Melbourne Park due to the brutal heat that has swept through…