Day Four of action at the 2013 Australian Open saw extremely hot temperatures in Melbourne Park. Seeded players certainly took to the courts looking to get back off the courts as soon as possible to preserve their energy and body for future matches. Some players were able to accomplish this feat, as on the men’s…
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The biggest upset on Day Three of the 2013 Australian Open came at the expense of the hometown favorite as Australian Samantha Stosur, who was up 5-2 in the third set, was broken three straight times and lost the final five games as she was knocked out by the unseeded Zheng Jie. Other seeded women…
American Brian Baker’s hopes of a run at the 2013 Australian Open were ended on Wednesday when he was forced to retire from his second round match with Sam Querrey with a knee injury. Baker, who returned last year after seven years off the professional circuit, had won the first set against Querrey in a…
There’s a new tennis tournament that doubles as family time. The 2013 National Family Tennis Championships offers thousands of amateur players all across America the opportunity to team up with a family member to earn the right to play for a national title in New York City from August 22-26, 2013. Tennis facilities interested in…
The third day of the 2013 Australian Open will bring some more great tennis, as the second round gets underway. Two American men will try to take down the big boys today, as Tim Smyczek will face fourth-seeded David Ferrer, and in the featured match of the day, Ryan Harrison will take on top-seeded Novak…
The Australian Open’s second day of action saw the top seeds roll through, but some other seeds go home. On the men’s side number three seed Andy Murray and second-seeded Roger Federer breezed through their matches with straight-set wins. Murray defeated Robin Haase, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3, as Federer was a 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 winner over Benoit…
On a beautiful day in Melbourne Park action got underway at the years first Grand Slam. Day One saw a few of the seeded players pushed to the brink (Nicolas Almagro, Fernando Verdasco) were extended to five sets and Julia Goerges three sets. In the end though the only seed to fall was 11th seeded…
Maria Sharapova may run a candy business, but last night in opening round action at the 2013 Australian Open, she went into the bagel business as she defeated Russian Olga Puchkova 6-0,6-0 (a double-bagel) to cruise into the second round of the first Grand Slam of 2013. Sharapova’s domination of the hapless Puchkova at the Rod…
The 2013 Australian Open will take place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from Jan. 14-27, the 101st edition of the Open. ATP top-ranked Novak Djokovic from Serbia will return to defend his men's singles title for a third time, as WTA top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus will defend the women's singles title. Here is…