Professional Tennis
A number of the world’s top players, including Stanislas Wawrinka and David Ferrer, will begin play at the Mutua Madrid open today. One top five player who will not be in action is Roger Federer who withdrew from the tournament to spend time with his wife, Mirka, as they await the birth of their third…
Former British number one women’s player Elena Baltacha passed away Sunday morning at the age of 30, two months after being diagnosed with liver cancer. She was surrounded by family and friends as she passed away peacefully. “We are deeply grieved to lose our friend Elena Baltacha in her battle with cancer,” said Stacey Allaster,…
Martin Klizan just barely qualified for the BMW Open by FWU AG final earlier in the week, but pushed through eight matches in nine days to lift the championship trophy on Sunday, defeating the 15th ranked player in the world, Fabio Fognini, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. Klizan struggled early, as he battled through a stomach issue that had him…
Former world number 15 and 2005 U.S. Open semifinalist Robby Ginepri of Kennesaw, Ga., will return to the highest level of the game after earning a main draw wild card into the French Open by winning the 2014 Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge. Taylor Townsend and Grace Min are tied in the women’s standings. Townsend would clinch the wild card…
Last year’s BMW Open by FWU AG title winner began his defense of that title on Thursday, as the 16th ranked player in the world Tommy Haas took down Alejandro Fallo. Haas cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 straight set victory over the Columbian to move into the quarterfinals of the tournament he won last year…
The final round is set in Oerias, Portugal, as the semifinals of the Portgual Open came to a close on Friday. Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro had to hold off the surprise of the tournament, 117th ranked Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania, while Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia beat fellow Russian Elena Vesnina to advance into the championship….
Last year’s BMW Open by FWU AG title winner began his defense of that title on Thursday, as the 16th ranked player in the world Tommy Haas took down Alejandro Fallo. Haas cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 straight set victory over the Columbian to move into the quarterfinals of the tournament he won last year…
The quarterfinals of the Portgual Open began on Thursday morning as a clash between young and old headlined the round in Oerias, Portugal. Former French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova battled with the young Canadian Eugene Bouchard, who was the second seed in the tournament, for the first time in the two player’s careers. The Russian…
Two of the lower seeds at the BMW Open by FWU AG in Munich, Germany moved on Wednesday afternoon as the second round of the tournament picked up. In the early match, third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, who won the Munich tournament back in 2010, faced qualifier Martin Klizan. Klizan used a powerful serve to control the…
Second seeded Eugenie Bouchard fought back after getting off to a slow start to defeat Yaroslava Shvedova in round two of the Portugal Open 6-4, 6-2 to move on to the quarterfinals. She defeated Yaroslava Shvedova to earn her trip to round two to face Shvedova, a two-time French Open quarterfinalist. Shvedova got off to…