Professional Tennis
The USTA has announced that the U.S. Open National Playoffs will be held for the sixth season this year, expanding the footprint of the U.S. Open to cities nationwide by providing the opportunity for all players 14 years of age and older to earn a berth into the U.S. Open. New this year, the US…
Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic drew a matchup with a familiar opponent in the first-round of the Abierto Monterrey Afirme on Tuesday. The Serb took on qualifier and old rival Nicole Vaidisova, beating the Czech 6-1, 7-6(4) to advance to the second-round. Because of rain-postponed matches on Monday, former world number seven and two-time Grand Slam semifinalist…
ESPN3 will present live the 2015 BNP Paribas Showdown from Madison Square Garden in New York on March 10, at 7:30 p.m. ET, with two intriguing matchups featuring stars of yesterday, today and tomorrow: Hall of Famers Monica Seles and Gabriela Sabatini will play, marking the 25th anniversary of their memorable five-set final at the season-ending 1990 WTA Championships played…
For the second time in three weeks, Eugenie Bouchard has withdrawn from a tournament, something that has become a bit of a trend for her recently. The 21-year old Canadian announced on Monday that an arm injury will keep her out of the Abierto Monterrey Afirme this week, where she was scheduled to be the…
Caroline Wozniacki rolled in the first-round of the Malaysian Open on Tuesday, beating Chinese qualifier Wang Yafan 6-3, 6-1. The Dane lost in her only other appearance in Kuala Lumpart, a first-round exit two years ago, but made sure that wouldn’t be the case on Tuesday. Wozniacki secured an early break point and never looked…
Rafael Nadal won his first title in almost nine months on Sunday, rolling past Argentina’s Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-1 to capture the Argentina Open crown. Nadal earned the crucial break late in the opening set and served out the rest to take it 6-4. He would then rattle off six of the seven games in…
David Ferrer won the Abierto Mexicano Telcel title on Saturday, beating top-seeded Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-5 to win his fourth Acapulco title. The Spaniard improved his record thus far in 2015 to 18-1. “I played my best match this week. For sure, I played very aggressive, without mistakes,” said Ferrer. “I’m very happy. To win here…
Lucie Safarova beat Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-3 to win the Qatar Total Open in Doha. The win is the biggest of the Czech’s career and gives her the first Premier-level championship. “I felt really good all week here and my performances were better and better, and I just wanted to use the opportunity to really…
Roger Federer won his seventh Dubai Duty Free Championships title on Saturday night, beating world number one Novak Djokovic 6-3, 7-5. The Swiss improves to 84-42 in ATP Finals and notched his second title of the young season. “I think the first set belonged to me; whereas the second set belonged to him more,” said…
Victoria Azarenka won her 14th consecutive match at the Qatar Total Open on Friday, battling back from a set down to beat Venus Williams 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. Things did not look good for the Belarus native early on as Venus took advantage of some Azarenka double-faults and rolled 6-2 in the opening frame. “I had…