Professional Tennis
Lucie Safarova booked a spot in the first Grand Slam final of her career on Thursday, downing seventh-seeded Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 7-5 to reach the French Open championship. Safarova trailed big early, as Ivanovic broke in the second game and build a 4-1 advantage. Ivanovic then build a 5-2, and even served for the match…
Bob & Mike Bryan notched their 60th career victory at the French Open Thursday, downing Australian Open champions Simone Bolelli & Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-3 to reach the Men’s Doubles Finals at Roland Garros. The top-seeds had to fight off an early break of serve to get themselves back into the opening set. The Americans…
It was probably the most anticipated match of 2015, as world number one Novak Djokovic took on the greatest player ever on clay, Rafael Nadal, in the French Open quarterfinals on Wednesday. Nadal entered the match with a 70-1 career record on the courts of Roland Garros, but ran into the man who is currently…
The United States Fed Cup Team will kick off their 2016 Fed Cup campaign by hosting Poland in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II First Round, Feb. 6-7, 2016. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) conducted the draws for the World Group and World Group II today at the FFT Museum at Roland…
After being forced to come back from a set down in her previous three matches at Roland Garros, world number one Serena Williams did not want to go down that path again. She came out firing early and often against Italy’s Sara Errani, beating the 17th-seed 6-1, 6-3 to move into the French Open’s final…
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga marched into the French Open semifinals on Tuesday, beating fifth-seed Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3. The hometown favorite Tsonga came out firing from the very start of the match, breaking twice in the opening games en route to taking the opening set 6-1. The 14th seed then built a 5-2…
Bob & Mike Bryan made their way into the French Open semifinals on Tuesday, downing Marcin Matkowski & Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4. The top duo in the world nailed down a key break early in the third set which proved to be the difference, finishing off the Polish and Serbian pair in one hour…
Ana Ivanovic’s run at the French Open continued on Tuesday as the former world number one defeated the Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Roland Garros semifinals. Ivanovic battled through some windy conditions throughout the match, even double-faulting on her opening service game, to stay with it and cruise into the final four….
When the French Open draw was released, tennis fans salivated at the prospect of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic facing off in the quarterfinals. The Spaniard and the Serb each took care of business on Monday, winning their respective matches relatively easily to set up one of the more intriguing Grand Slam matchups in recent…
Serena Williams hasn’t made things look easy in her French Open matches thus far, but the end result is all that matters. That was true again on Monday, as the world number one came back from a set down to beat fellow American Sloane Stephens 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 and reach the Roland Garros quarterfinals. Coming…