Professional Tennis
Venus Williams dominated Alize Cornet on Friday, rolling past the eighth-seed from France 6-1, 6-1 to reach the Hong Kong Tennis Open semifinals. The third-seeded American converted on all six of her break point chances and never gave Cornet any hope of getting into the match. “It’s never easy,” said Venus. “We had some tough…
Novak Djokovic made his way into the Shanghai Rolex Masters semifinals on Friday, defeating Australian Bernard Tomic 7-6(6), 6-1 to set up a matchup with familiar Andy Murray in the final four. Tomic was up for the Djokovic challenge early, rallying back from a 2-4 deficit to force a tie-breaker in the opening set. He…
Venus Williams cruised into the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Tennis Open on Thursday, steamrolling Yafan Wang 6-0, 6-2 in a little over an hour. The third-seeded American came out swinging and made sure she would not be on the court long. She won the first seven games of the match, and despite Wang getting…
Third-seeded Andy Murray came back from a set down to beat 13th-seeded American John Isner 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4 to reach the Shanghai Rolex Masters quarterfinals on Thursday. The first set was typical of an Isner match as neither play faced a break point on their own serve, forcing the opening frame into a tie-breaker. The American…
Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard has filed a lawsuit against the USTA, accusing the organization of negligence based on her slip and fall at the U.S. Open that left her with a concussion. Since the incident, which happened back on Sept. 4, has dealt with pain and economic loss as a result of her inability…
World number one Novak Djokovic cruised into the third-round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Wednesday, moving past Slovak Martin Klizan 6-2, 6-1. Djokovic was dominant from the start and looked to get off of the court early in this one. He converted on five of his ten break point chances, winning more than half…
Venus Williams got past a tough opponent on Tuesday, rallying to beat Ukrainian Yuliya Beygelzimer 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the Hong Kong Tennis Open second round. The third-seeded American had her hands full all-match long. Beygelzimer routed her 6-2 in the opening set, and even built break advantages in the third set. She opened…
U.S. Open champion Flavia Pennetta was ousted from the Tianjin Open first round on Tuesday. The 414th-ranked Lyudmyla Kichenok stunned the top-seed 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the second round and put a halt on Pennetta’s WTA Finals hopes. Pennetta was broken four times and never really got into a rhythm against Kichenok. “I think…
Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos-Vinolas recorded the first top 10 win of his career on Tuesday, ousting second-seeded Swiss Roger Federer 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3 in a stunning result in the Shanghai Rolex Masters second-round. Ramos-Vinolas was able to save a few break points in the opening set, and would go on to take it in a…
Novak Djokovic won the sixth China Open title of his career on Sunday, routing Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2 in just 91 minutes to win his 29th straight match in Beijing. From the start, the world number one from Serbia was on his game. He converted on his first break point chance in the opening game,…