Professional Tennis
World number one Serena Williams advanced to the semifinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Thursday, defeating the fifth-seeded Jelena Jankovic in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. Serena has yet to capture the the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Title, her best results to date were a pair of semifinals appearances, in 2005 when she…
Playing in his 800th career match, Rafael Nadal was a 6-3, 7-5 winner Tuesday over Daniel Gimeno-Traver in his first match at the 2014 Rio Open. Nadal joins six active ATP World Tour members with at least 800 career matches under their belt, including Roger Federer, Tommy Haas, Lleyton Hewitt, David Ferrer and Nikolay Davydenko….
Flavia Pennetta pulled off a major upset at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Wednesday, defeating the second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska to advance to round three, 6-4, 6-1. Pennetta had lost their last three encounters in straight sets and was on her way to a fourth defeat as Radwanska got out to a 4-1 lead in…
Caroline Wozniacki was an opening round winner over Sabine Lisicki Tuesday to advance to round two of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, dropping the first set before battling back for the a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory. Wozniacki will next meet Annika Beck, a 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 upset winner over Samantha Stosur. "I knew she…
WTA world number two Victoria Azarenka will return to Mylan World TeamTennis for the first time in four years after being selected second overall in the 2014 Mylan WTT Marquee Player Draft. Following the San Diego Aviators protecting the rights to number one-ranked men’s doubles team of Bob & Mike Bryan in the first slot, the Philadelphia Freedoms…
Tomas Berdych defeated Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-2 at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament finals in Rotterdam, his first trophy in 16 months, and his ninth ATP Tour-level championship in his 20th final outing. “I’m very happy to win this tournament,” said Berdych. “There are always strong competitors in Rotterdam. This year, there were five…
ESPN has signed John McEnroe to a radio contract and is "expanding his role beyond tennis," according to a press release: In addition to his work on tennis, McEnroe will serve as an analyst on SportsCenter discussing major topics of all sorts and handling sit-down interviews with top sports stars. He also will make regular appearances on ESPN2’s…
Simona Halep upset Angelique Kerber in straight sets to win the Qatar Total Open in Doha on Sunday, 6-2, 6-3 inn just over an hour. Halep's win over Kerber was her third top 10 win of the week, knocked off Sara Errani and Agnieszka Radwanska en route to the finals. "The first round was very…
Agnieszka Radwanska will meet Simona Halep in the semifinals of the Qatar Total Open on Saturday, after the two got past their quarterfinals matches to advance to the final four. Halep, seeded seventh, made quick work of the number four seed, dismissing Sara Errani in just over 50 minutes, 6-2, 6-0. The number two seeded…
Defending champ Juan Martin del Potro was defeated Friday by Ernests Gulbis at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, a 6-3, 6-4 win that sent the top-seeded del Potro home packing and Gulbis into the semis at Rotterdam in The Netherlands. “It’s nice to beat the defending champion, but I don’t care who won the…