Professional Tennis
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…
BNP Paribas Open champion Victoria Azarenka powered her way into the semifinals of the Miami Open, moving past Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon. The opening set saw both players demonstrate their power and big hitting, but it was Azarenka who secured the set’s lone break. While Konta converted 87 percent of her first…
Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova came back from a set down to beat world number one Serena Williams on Monday afternoon, holding on for the 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-2 victory, her first against Serena since 2009, to book her spot in the Miami Open fourth round. “I’m really happy with my performance,” said Kuznetsova. “I tried to stay…
Grigor Dimitrov notched a huge victory on Monday afternoon in Miami, coming back from a set down to upend second-ranked Andy Murray 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-3 and reach the Miami Open fourth round. The win was Dimitrov’s first against a player inside the top 10 since he defeated Stan Wawrinka in Madrid in May 2015. “To…
In a battle of Americans at the Miami Open on Thursday, it was world number one who outlasted her compatriot Christina McHale 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 to reach the tournament’s third round. Serena secured two breaks in the first set to take the opener, and built a 5-4 lead in the second set where she had…
American teenager Taylor Fritz continued his meteoric rise with a routine 6-4, 6-2 victory over Italy’s Simone Bolelli on Wednesday to reach the second round of the Miami Open. Fritz got things going early, putting together some excellent baseline play to secure a break point in the opening game. It was all he needed in…
BNP Paribas Open Tournament Director and CEO Raymond Moore has announced his resignation following his comments that women’s pro tennis players have ridden the coattails of and should be thanking the men’s players for the growth of the sport. “Ray let me know that he has decided to step down from his roles as CEO…
Novak Djokovic won his fifth men’s singles title at Indian Hills on Sunday, dominating Canadian Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-0 in the finals of the BNP Paribas Open. Djokovic extends his record to 46-6 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, having captured the title in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016. "Once I was here I…
Former champion and 13th-seeded Victoria Azarenka bulldozed her way into the BNP Paribas Open semifinals, blitzing Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova 6-0, 6-0 at Indian Wells on Thursday. Azarenka, who won this title in 2012, completely dismantled Rybarikova from the start. She took advantage of Rybarikova failing to get 59 percent of her first serves in and…