Professional Tennis
World number one Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday to capture the BNP Paribas Masters title in Paris, Djokovic’s single-season record sixth title. "There was couple of games in the second set where Andy started turning things around, so things could have gone different way as they did maybe against Wawrinka [in…
The Charlottesville Men’s Pro Challenger concluded Sunday, and it was Long Island’s Noah Rubin defeating fellow American Tommy Paul in the finals to capture his first career pro title. Rubin saved two match points to defeat Paul 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-3, rallying from a 3-6, 1-5 deficit, breaking back twice in the second set and surviving…
Andy Murray made his way into the Paris Masters semifinals on Friday, hanging on to beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-3 to advance. Murray got off to a great start, breaking Gasquet in the second game of the match and quickly building a 3-0 advantage. But Gasquet recovered to even things up, forcing the…
American John Isner outlasted world number two Roger Federer at the Paris Masters, picking up a huge 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-6(5) to reach the tournament’s third-round on Thursday. In typical Isner fashion, the big-server won both of his sets in tiebreakers and didn’t notch a single break point throughout the match. The lone break of the…
Venus Williams once again battled back at the Elite Trophy tournament in Zhuhai on Thursday, this time downing China’s top player Zheng Saisai 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 to move into the tournament’s semifinals. The 35-year-old American fell into a deep hole right from the start, as Zheng opened up a 5-1 advantage in the first set….
Andy Murray rolled into the third-round of the Paris Masters, downing Croat Borna Coric 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday. The Scot dominated this match with his serve, winning 84 percent of his first serves, and converted two break points in each set to move past Coric routinely. “I lost to him quickly last time and today…
Top-seed Novak Djokovic made his way into the third-round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday, moving past Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci 7-5, 6-3. Djokovic actually fell down an early break in the first set, but immediately responded in the next game with a break back to even the opening frame at 3-3. The set would remain on…
Venus Williams staged a huge comeback in her opening-round match at the Elite Trophy tournament in Zhuhai, China on Tuesday, battling back to upend fellow American Madison Keys 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-1. It was Keys who came out strong early on, coasting through the opening set 6-3 in just a little over a half an hour….
Agnieszka Radwanska won the biggest title of her career on Sunday, downing Petra Kvitova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to win the WTA Finals in Singapore. It was a matchup many people did not expect to see, as both Radwanska and Kvitova dropped their opening two round-robin matches earlier in the week, but rallied to just qualify…
Roger Federer hung on to beat Rafael Nadal at the Swiss Indoors Final on Sunday, downing the Spaniard 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 for his seventh career title at the Basel tournament. Playing for the first time in nearly two years, these two all-time greats did not disappoint in their match on Sunday. Federer shook off a few…