Professional Tennis
Andy Roddick defeated Mark Philippoussis 6-4 at the Galen Center at the University of Southern California on Wednesday night, capturing his third career title on the PowerShares Series champions’ tennis circuit. “I had fun,” said Roddick. “It’s great to come out here and pretend to be a tennis player once in awhile.” Philippoussis won the…
Victoria Azarenka made her way into the second-round of the Miami Open on Wednesday, rolling past Spain’s Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-1, 6-3. The two-time former champion is playing at the event for the first time since 2012, after capturing titles in 2009 and 2011. “It’s been unfortunate the last couple of years for me, but I…
American teens Claire Liu, 14, and Francis Tiafoe, 17, both won their first professional singles titles on Sunday at USTA Pro Circuit events. Liu, at 14 years, nine months and 25 days old, became the youngest female player to win a USTA Pro Circuit tournament since Anna Kournikova in 1996 and the sixth-youngest to do so since the…
In the opening event of the 2015 PowerShares Series circuit, Australian Mark Philippoussis beat American Andre Agassi 7-6(4) in last night’s final from the Huntsman Center at the University of Utah. The event was groundbreaking in that it was the first pro event to only use Hawk-Eye technology for line calls. Players had to make…
The women’s draw of the Miami Open got underway on Tuesday afternoon, with a few Americans taking to the courts of Crandon Park in Miami. American teen CiCi Bellis captured her second career victory in a WTA main draw, cruising past the Netherlands’ Indy De Vroome 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the second-round. Bellis displayed…
The 2015 PowerShares Series champions tennis circuit gets underway on Tuesday night, as Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Mark Philippoussis and James Blake will partake in the first-ever pro tennis event where line calls are made solely by the Hawk-Eye system. The PowerShares series is a North American pro tennis tour for champion tennis players north…
Simona Halep fought off a tough first set defeat and rallied to beat former champion Jelena Jankovic 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 and win the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Sunday. The title is the 11th of Halep’s career and the biggest up to this point. “First of all I want to congratulate Jelena—you were…
World number one Novak Djokovic captured his fourth BNP Paribas Open title on Sunday, tying Roger Federer for most all-time titles in Indian Wells by defeating Federer 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2. It is the second consecutive season Djokovic has won the Indian Wells tournament, taking advantage of 43 unforced errors by Federer to edge the Swiss…
Andy Murray moved into first-place on Britain’s Open Era match win record on Thursday, defeating 12th-ranked Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4 for his 497th career victory, eclipsing Tim Henman’s 496 wins. The straight-set victory also pushes Murray into the BNP Paribas Open semifinals. “I thought I played a good match,” said Murray. “Every time he came…
Sabine Lisicki saved three match points to edge defending champion Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-6(4) and reach the BNP Paribas Open semifinals. The 24th seeded German needed two hours and 40 minutes to move past Pennetta and reach her first semifinal of the season. “It’s unbelievable. It’s such a great feeling to be part of…