Professional Tennis
Playing in her first match since winning her maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, Spain’s Garbine Muguruza lost in the first round of the Mallorca Open on Tuesday as Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens upended her 6-3, 6-4. The first set was on serve at 3-3 when Muguruza set herself up with a couple of break…
Photo courtesy of AndyMurray.com World number two Andy Murray announced over the weekend that he and Ivan Lendl will rejoin forces, beginning at the Queen’s Club in London this week. “I had two very successful years working with Ivan, he’s single minded and knows what it takes to win the big events,” said Murray. “I’m looking…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) handed five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova a two-year ban on Wednesday resulting from her positive drug test during the Australian Open. An Independent Tribunal hired by the ITF under the Tennis Anti-Doping Program stated that Sharapova did not indicate her use of Mildronate between 2014-2016 in her forms before the…
Playing in her first match since a round of 32 loss in Miami, Caroline Wozniacki won her Aegon Open first round match on Tuesday, downing Cagla Buyukakcay 7-5, 6-3 in Nottingham. “It’s nice to be back,” said Wozniacki. “It felt nice to be back on court. There’s always things I’d like to do better, but…
World number one Serena Williams was named the World’s Highest Paid Female Athlete by Forbes on Monday, passing Maria Sharapova’s earnings for this past year. Over the last 12 months, Serena has raked in $28.9 million, $8.9 million of which came from prize money. Her total earnings are $7 million more than Sharapova, who was…
Djokovic the matchmaker Besides his own winning on the court, world number one Novak Djokovic helped a lucky fan ask his date to prom at the recent Miami Open. With help of Djokovic, she said yes. Townsend battles 69-year-old Gail Falkenburg has scored a major victory for senior citizens everywhere….
Photo credit: Twitter/ @rolandgarros Novak Djokovic made history on Sunday morning, becoming the first man in almost 50 years to win four consecutive Grand Slam titles. Djokovic won the one major that had previously eluded him, overcoming a slow start to defeat Andy Murray in 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 for his first career French Open…
Spaniard Garbine Muguruza shocked American Serena Williams Saturday, 7-5, 6-4 to win the 2016 French Open Women’s Singles Championship in just over 90 minutes. With the win, Muguruza captured her first career Grand Slam title and denied Serena a 22nd career Grand Slam in dethroning the defending champ. "Match point was really weird,” said Muguruza…
The USTA has announced that tickets to the 2016 U.S. Open will go on sale to the general public Monday, June 6, beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. The 2016 U.S. Open will be played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29 through Sunday, Sept. 11. Arthur Ashe Kids Day presented by Hess, a…
Novak Djokovic will get a chance at a personal record Sunday in the finals of the 2016 French Open when he meets Andy Murray for the Roland Garros title which has so far eluded him. Djokovic took care of Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 to advance, while Murray unseated defending champ Stan Wawrinka 6-4,…