Professional Tennis
In a battle of two of the best players from the baseline, second-seed Andy Murray moved past eighth-seed David Ferrer 6-3. 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the Australian Open semifinals. Ferrer entered this quarterfinal as the only player who hadn’t dropped a set, but that ended immediately against Murray. The Spaniard was…
Victoria Azarenka entered her quarterfinal matchup with Angelique Kerber as one of the hottest players on the tour having not even dropped a set in 2016. But the left-handed German came out on fire and never looked back, stunning the two-time champion 6-3, 7-5 to reach the third Grand Slam semifinal of her career. Kerber,…
The first halves of the men’s and women’s singles semifinals at the Australian Open were set yesterday. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska all booked their spots in the final four in Melbourne, and the other half of the semifinals will be determined today with four intriguing matchups: (2) Andy Murray (Great…
A week after scoring the biggest win of his career, a straight set win over 17th-seeded Benoit Paire in the first round of the Australian Open, Long Island’s Noah Rubin defeated Thibaud Berland 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 on Monday to reach the second round of the SportMaster Tennis Championships of Maui. Rubin secured one break point…
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer both won their respective quarterfinal matchups in straight sets on Tuesday to reach the Australian Open semifinals, setting up the 45th meeting between these two all-time greats. Federer was up first and he took on the sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych, and it was Berdych, the two-time semifinalist in Melbourne, who…
It wasn’t the best start for world number one Serena Williams, but the end result was just the same on Tuesday, as the American defeated fifth-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova for the 18th consecutive time with a 6-4, 6-1 victory to reach the Australian Open semifinals. Sharapova looked sharp early on, opening up a 2-0 advantage…
The ninth day of the Australian Open gets underway tonight as the first round of quarterfinals in the men’s and women’s singles draw will be played. There a lot of former champions vying for spots in the semifinals: Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, making for great tennis on day nine in…
Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, James Blake and Mardy Fish will compete in a PowerShares Series event—the circuit for champion tennis players over the age of 30—at the Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies, a WTA Premier event to be held Aug. 19-27, at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale, it was announced today by Tournament…
Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka pushed her way into the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday, moving past the Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova, 6-2, 6-4. While Strycova hit 23 winners to Azarenka’s 15, she also committed 33 unforced errors, and failed to capitalize on either of her two break point chances. On the other side,…
Canadian Milos Raonic held off an inspired comeback from fourth-seed and former champion Stan Wawrinka on Monday, beating the Swiss 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the second straight year. The 13th-seeded Raonic broke for a 5-4 lead in the opening set, and proceeded to consolidate that break with…