Professional Tennis
Great Britain won its first Davis Cup title since 1936 over the weekend, winning three of the weekend’s first four matches to clinch the victory over host Belgium in Ghent. With a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series, Great Britain’s Andy Murray downed Belgium’s David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday afternoon to seal the…
Great Britain visits Belgium this weekend in the 2015 Davis Cup Final at the Flanders Expo in Ghent. This is a matchup between two nations who haven’t had much Davis Cup success in their history. Belgium has never won the title, and hasn’t even played in a final since 1904, while Great Britain last played…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that Betway, a top online betting company, will sponsor both the men’s and women’s events for the Davis Cup and Fed Cup for the next three years through 2008. ITF President David Haggerty acknowledged the potential conflict of interest, but ensured that the partnership will maintain the cleanliness…
Each year since 1954, Sports Illustrated nominates a number of athletes for its Sportsman of the Year Award to honor the excellent achievements of athletes across all sports. Both Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams had historic seasons, and each is a leading contender for the prestigious honor. Djokovic put together one of the best seasons…
Long Island’s Noah Rubin will begin his 2016 campaign in Melbourne at the Australian Open after winning the USTA’s Australian Open Wild Card Challenge to earn a main draw spot in the year’s first Grand Slam. After winning his first title on the Challenger tour in Charlottesville a few weeks ago, he clinched the Wild…
The team of Horia Tecau & Jean-Julien Rojer captured the doubles crown at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday, downing the eighth-seeded Rohan Bopanna & Florin Mergea 6-4, 6-3. The second-seeded duo secured the only break of the opening game of the first set as Bopanna dropped serve, and the two would go on…
In a match that essentially symbolized the year that was 2015 in the ATP World Tour, Novak Djokovic dispatched Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour Finals in London for the fourth straight year on Sunday afternoon. The win capped off a fantastic year for the Serb, who reached all four Grand…
Rafael Nadal continued his run at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Friday, coming back to defeat fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4 to finish round-robin play with a 3-0 record. Although Nadal had already qualified for the semifinals before this match, the 14-time Grand Slam champion came out firing. He built…
Serena Williams’ semifinal loss to Roberta Vinci at the 2015 U.S. Open has been called "the greatest upset in tennis history." Indeed, who could have predicted that Serena's dominance of Grand Slams would be derailed by a player ranked 43rd in the world. With the omniscience of time, perhaps this grand upset makes a little…
In what was probably the best match of the ATP World Tour Finals thus far, six-time champion Roger Federer outlasted multiple comeback attempts from Kei Nishikori, eventually defeating the Japan native 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 at the O2 Arena in London on Thursday. The opening set saw numerous breaks as both players came out aggressive on…