Professional Tennis
Victoria Azarenka defeated world number one Serena Williams to capture the 2013 Western & Southern Open trophy on Sunday. It took her three sets to take down Serena 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(6). The players traded 6-2 sets, and the last set was a battle to the end. By winning the match, Azarenka prevented Serena from winning…
American John Isner is into the semifinals of the 2013 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, after his 7-6, 3-6, 7-5 win over the top-seeded and number one-ranked Novak Djokovic Friday afternoon. Isner came into Cincinnati with a 27-18 record in 2013, after lifting his second title of the year recently at the BB&T Atlanta Open. Djokovic had…
Roger Federer overcame a tough start and emerged the victor over Tommy Haas 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the 2013 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Federer’s win sets up a quarterfinal encounter with fourth-seeded Rafael Nadal on Friday night, the 31st time the two will square off. Nadal leads…
A court date of Dec. 17 has been set in South Florida for former tennis star Jennifer Capriati in a stalking and battery case involving her ex-boyfriend. Capriati is accused of punching ex-boyfriend Ivan Brannan while he worked out at a gym on Valentine’s Day. Authorities also say Capriati stalked Brannan for months earlier. Capriati’s attorney has…
Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has decided to retire from the sport of tennis, saying she could no longer deal with the continuous pain on the court. Her announcement came at the conclusion of her match at the 2013 Western & Southern Open, a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 loss to Simona Halep, less than two months after her Wimbledon…
The USTA has announced its plans for a sweeping transformation of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center that will include building a retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium, and the construction of two new stadiums. The transformation will be implemented in three phases to begin at the conclusion of the 2013 U.S. Open,…
American Sloane Stephens upset Maria Sharapova 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 at the 2013 Western & Southern Open on Tuesday. It was Sharapova’s first tournament back in a month and Stephens’ first win against Sharapova. Stephens was down a set and a break, and double faulted on two of her match points, but was able to come…
The USTA is set to build a retractable roof over the center court at Arthur Ashe Stadium as part of major renovations to the U.S. Open venue in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Bad weather has plagued the Open over the past few years, canceling full days of the event and condensing the schedule down to the…
Wimbledon champ Andy Murray won his second round match easily at the 2013 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati by beating Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-3. Murray’s aggressive return game allowed him to take control over Youznhy’s service games by earning seven break points against him and converting on five of them. This is the fourth…
Tommy Haas kicked off play at the 2013 Western & Southern Open on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over South African Kevin Anderson in Cincinnati. The 11th-seeded Haas broke serve once in each set for his 38th win of 2013. He is closing on winning 40 matches in a season for the first time…