Professional Tennis
Last year’s US Men’s Clay Court Championships winner Jack Sock made his way into the quarterfinals of the 2016 tournament on Thursday, moving past qualifier Matthew Barton 6-2, 7-6(5). “It’s never easy playing a guy you’ve never faced before and who you haven’t seen,” said Sock. “He’s very athletic and has a pretty big serve….
Andy Murray has enjoyed a fantastic tennis career up to this point and is no doubt one of the top three players in the world. Murray led Great Britain to the 2015 Davis Cup championship and brought a Wimbledon championship back to Great Britain when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final, becoming the…
The USTA and United States Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez has announced that world number 22 Madison Keys, number 36 CoCo Vandeweghe, number 57 Christina McHale, and world number three doubles player Bethanie Mattek-Sands will represent the U.S. in the 2016 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoffs against Australia. The best-of-five match series will be played on an outdoor…
The USTA has announced the tournaments for the 2016 USTA Pro Circuit Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes the USTA Pro Circuit to award wild cards into the French Open. Three women’s events will be hosted in Dothan, Ala., Charlottesville, Va., and Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., and three men’s events will take place in…
Both Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka followed up their victories at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells a couple of weeks ago by triumphing at the Miami Open this past weekend, completing what is known as the Sunshine Double. On Saturday, Belarus’ Azarenka took on Svetlana Kuznetsova, the Russian who captured the Miami title…
World number one Novak Djokovic notched a fairly routine victory over 15th seed David Goffin on Friday afternoon, moving past the Belgian 7-6(5), 6-4 to book his spot in the Miami Open final. Djokovic fell behind early as Goffin broke for a 4-3 lead, but as he does so often, Djokovic broke right back immediately…
Victoria Azarenka continued her March onslaught on Thursday night, moving past Australian Open champion and second-seed Angelique Kerber 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the Miami Open final. The match got off to a shaky start for both players, with the first three games seeing breaks of serve. Azarenka finally broke through with a hold to…
Japan’s Kei Nishikori outlasted France’s Gael Monfils in what was the best match of the Miami Open up to this point on Thursday afternoon, saving five match points and holding on in a third-set tiebreaker for a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) win to book his spot in the semifinals. “When I was down 4-5, love-40, I…
Credit Photos to Tennis Australia Angelique Kerber entered the Australian Open as a relative unknown. Despite being a top 10 player, Kerber was only known to those who followed tennis closely. She was the only player ranked in the top 10 to have never played in a Grand Slam final. Kerber at one point in…
Novak Djokovic once again showed his dominance over Tomas Berdych on Wednesday, downing the Czech for the 10th consecutive time, a 6-3, 6-3 triumph, to reach the Miami Open semifinals. Djokovic is now 23-2 all-time against Berdych. Berdych simply did not play the type of tennis necessary to take down Djokovic. While he tried to hit…