Professional Tennis
American Lauren Davis followed up her stunning victory over top-seed Eugenie Bouchard on Wednesday by ousting 15th-seeded Mona Barthel on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Family Circle Cup. The 21-year-old posted a 6-4, 3-0 lead on Barthel before the German had to retire due to dizziness. The retirement put Davis into her second…
American Sam Querrey beat compatriot Steve Johnson 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 on Wednesday to move into the third-round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas. Querrey fired 18 aces to move past his fellow American and good friend Johnson. After a back and forth first two sets, Querrey blitzed Johnson in the decider,…
American Lauren Davis notched one of the biggest wins of her career on Wednesday afternoon, beating top-seeded Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-1 to reach the third round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. Davis was the aggressor and more tactful player all match long. After notching two break points in the opening set…
The USTA and United States Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez have announced that world number one and 19-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, former world number one and world number 15 Venus Williams, number 45 Alison Riske, and number 63 Christina McHale will represent the U.S. in the 2015 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff against Italy. The best-of-five match…
Fresh off reaching a career high in the rankings, Russian Ekaterina Makarova had to come back from a set down to beat Zhang Shuai of China 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. Makarova moved up to eighth in the world rankings at the start of the week, the highest ranking…
Americans Jack Sock and Steve Johnson made their way into the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships second round with victories on Tuesday. In one of the earlier matches of the day, Johnson took out fellow American and 45th-ranked Donald Young 7-5, 6-4. In what was a tight match, Johnson notched the lone break in the…
Novak Djokovic won his fifth Miami Open title on Sunday, beating familiar foe Andy Murray 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-0 on an extremely humid Easter Sunday afternoon. The title also means that for the third time in his career, Djokovic has completed the Indian Wells and Miami sweep, becoming the only player ever to do so. Djokovic…
Serena Williams put on a dominant performance Saturday afternoon, beating Spaniard Carla Suarez-Navarro 6-2, 6-0 to win the eighth Miami Open title of her career. It did not look as if Serena would blow out Suarez-Navarro early on as both players exchanged holds through the first four games. With the opening set even at 2-2,…
Andy Roddick won his third event on the 2015 PowerShares Series, defeating John McEnroe 6-3 in the championship match of the PowerShares QQQ Challenge from the Sears Centre in Chicago, Ill. on Thursday night. Playing in his third event on the circuit this season, Roddick displayed the dominant serve that made him such a force…
World number one Serena Williams and world number three Simona Halep met in a much-anticipated semifinal contest on Thursday night at the Miami Open. Both players entered the match on fire: Halep has the most match wins on the WTA Tour this season, while Serena has yet to lose in 2015. The match did not…