Professional Tennis
Kei Nishikori found himself playing a different opponent than he expected when he got up this morning, as Spaniard David Ferrer was called in to replace Canadian Milos Raonic who withdrew with a slight tear in his quad. The 24-year-old Nishikori outlasted Ferrer 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the first three-set match on the singles side all…
World number one Novak Djokovic put together one of his best performances of the season on Wednesday, rolling past Australian Open champion and third-seeded Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 6-0 in a second round-robin match at the ATP Finals in London. It did not appear that way early, as Wawrinka notched an early break in the first…
While the top men’s tennis players battle it out in the ATP Finals this week, two-time runner up Rafael Nadal will be receving stem cell treatment on his back. The Spaniard has dealt with an ailing back since he lost to Stan Wawrinka in the Australian Open final back in January. He is already out for…
Tomas Berdych responded from an embarrassing defeat to Stan Wawrinka on Monday by routing U.S Open champion Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1 to stay alive at the ATP Finals in London. The Czech lost his fifth straight opening round match at the ATP Finals in his loss to Wawrinka, but won his fifth straight second round-robin…
The Bryan Brothers stayed in the running for a semifinal spot at the ATP World Tour finals, coming back to defeat Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecau 6-7(4), 6-3, 10-6 on Wednesday. After losing their opening match, Bob & Mike Bryan struggled out of the gate against the Dutch-Romanian pair. The first set saw a number…
Roger Federer moved closer to a berth in the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday, rolling past Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-2 in the second round-robin match of the tournament. A six-time defending champion at the year-end finals, Federer has now won four straight sets in his two London matches, putting him in the Group…
Irina Falconi will make her fourth appearance in the main draw of the Australian Open after clinching the USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge this past weekend. Falconi clinched the wild card when Jennifer Brady, the only player who could surpass her in the standings, lost in semifinals of the $50,000 event in…
Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic opened up his ATP Finals run with a 6-1, 6-1 win over 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic. Djokovic, who is also seeking to end the season at number one for the third-time in his career, improved his career record to 11-0 against the big-serving Croatian. “Winning in straight sets…
The second day of the ATP World Tour Finals doubles tournament produced a big upset, as the eighth-seeded Lukasz Kubot & Robert Lindstedt upset Bob & Mike Bryan in the opening round-robin match from London on Monday. The Bryans entered the tournament as three-time defending champions and fresh off the pair’s 100th career title together,…
Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka channeled some of the form that helped him win the 2014 Australian Open in January, blowing past sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-1, 6-1 in the opening round of the ATP Finals on Monday. Wawrinka entered the tournament with losses in four of his last five matches, but came out firing in his…