Professional Tennis
Tomas Berdych became the sixth player to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals on Friday, defeating Kevin Anderson 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4 to move into the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. It is the fifth consecutive year that Berdych has made it to end of the year finals, and is the eighth…
Andy Murray secured a spot in the ATP World Tour Finals in November, defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-3 at the BNP Paribas Masters on Thursday. Murray becomes the fifth player to qualify for this year’s finals, behind Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic. It is the seventh consecutive season in which the…
Stan Wawrinka’s struggles continued on Thursday as the Australian Open champion was ousted in Paris in the third-round of the BNP Paribas Masters by 14th seeded South African Kevin Anderson. Wawrinka had snapped a three-match losing streak with his second-round win over Dominic Thiem yesterday, but was unable to close out Anderson on Thursday. The…
Tomas Berdych defeated the 12th-seeded Feliciano Lopez at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris on Thursday, moving him into the quarterfinals. The Czech’s win also puts him one victory away from qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals for the fifth consecutive year, which he will accomplish if he can move into the semifinals this…
Roger Federer is still on his climb to catch Novak Djokovic for that number one world ranking, but almost destroyed those chances as he took on home favorite Jeremy Chardy in Paris. The second-seeded Federer was able to hold off the upset attempt by Chardy, squeaking by the Frenchman 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4 in what was a…
Andy Murray defeated Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-4 in the second-round of the BNP Paribas Masters on Wednesday, moving him within one win of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Murray entered the Paris tournament this week needing a trip to the quarterfinals to qualify for year-end finals. The win over Benneteau moves him…
Stan Wawrinka moved into the third-round of the BNP Paribas Masters on Wednesday, rolling past Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-4, 7-6(6) in his first match this week in Paris. The third-seeded Switzerland native avenged a defeat he suffered at the hands of Thiem at the Mutua Madrid Open earlier this year, and was looking to snap…
World number one Novak Djokovic was a 6-3, 6-4 second-round winner Tuesday over Philipp Kohlschreiber at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris to advance to round three. The defending champ in Paris, it was Djokovic’s return to action after the birth of his son Stefan last week with his wife Jelena. "It feels great! It's different,…
Roger Federer captured his sixth Swiss Indoors Basel title on Sunday, defeating David Goffin 6-2, 6-2. In doing so, the Switzerland native moves closer to Novak Djokovic for the year-end number one spot. “It would be very special to reclaim number one,” said Federer. “World number one is what it’s all about in our game….
Serena Williams exacted revenge for her embarrassing loss to Simona Halep earlier in the week by defeating the Romanian 6-3, 6-0 in Singapore to win her third straight WTA Finals. Serena suffered her worst loss in 16 years to Halep in the second round of the WTA Finals’ round-robin stage from Singapore. She won just…