Professional Tennis
Roger Federer began his London campaign on Sunday by defeating powerful Canadian Milos Raonic 6-1, 7-6(0) on the opening night of the ATP Year-End Finals. The six-time champion at the year-end event was able to exact some revenge on Raonic, who beat him in the Paris quarterfinals last month. The first set was an absolutely…
Playing in his first ever ATP Finals match, Japan’s Kei Nishikori showed no signs of inexperience, cruising to a 6-4, 6-4 win over Scotland’s Andy Murray in the opening match in London. The fourth-seeded Nishikori entered the match without even a set win in his previous three tries against Murray, but took advantage of some…
Simona Halep, the fourth-ranked player in the world, has split with her coach, Wim Fissette, she announced on her Facebook page Thursday.The coach-player relationship between the pair lasted less than a year. Fissette was hired in January after Halep parted ways with then coach Adrian Marcu. “My collaboration with Wim Fissette will come to an…
American Melanie Oudin will have an operation Thursday for a heart condition, she told the Associated Press Wednesday. She was diagnosed with a form of arrhythmia last month as well. The 23-year-old also said that she will also have surgery next month for an eye problem she has been dealing with. “I don’t think my…
The ATP World Tour Finals are right around the corner with the opening matches set to take place Sunday from London. The world’s top eight singles players will battle in the year-end event as a mix of young and old make for an intriguing field. With Rafael Nadal withdrawing from the event to have an…
Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan are seeking their fourth Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Doubles title when action gets underway in London, Nov. 9-16 at the O2 Arena. Fresh off their 102nd team title last week at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, the Bryans lead a field of eight teams vying for the honor…
While there is still much tennis left to be played over the next couple of weeks, the ATP has announced its 2014 ATP World Tour Awards, presented by Moet & Chandon, honoring its top players and ambassadors from 2014. The Bryan Brothers were named the number one doubles team for the sixth consecutive year. The…
Irina Falconi took the lead in the women’s standings after the second week of the 2014 USTA Pro Circuit Australian Open Wild Card Challenge. Falconi won the $50,000 women’s event in New Braunfels, Texas, this past weekend, defeating fellow American Jennifer Brady, 7-6(3), 6-2, for Falconi’s first USTA Pro Circuit singles title since 2010. Falconi now holds 109 points in…
With the field of eight all set for the ATP World Tour Finals in London next week, the ATP released the group draws for the tournament. As expected, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer earned the top seed in each respective group. Since 2003, Federer and Djokovic have combined to win all but two ATP Finals, and…
Caroline Wozniacki completed the New York City Marathon on Sunday, running the 26.2 mile race in three hours, 26 minutes and 33 seconds. The Dane had entered the race with a goal of finishing in under four hours, and changed that goal to three and a half hours as the race went on, finishing ahead of…