Professional Tennis
David Ferrer, the highest seeded Spaniard remaining at Wimbledon, beat fellow countryman Roberto Bautista Agut to make it to the third round for the sixth consecutive year. The scrappy Ferrer had a score of 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 to schedule a match in the next round with the 26th-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov. Ferrer was the French Open finalist,…
Because of Serena Williams’ dominance of the women’s game, Andy Murray has talked about what it would be like to challenge her to a match. Serena was able to avoid injury in her match on Thursday, unlike many other participants at Wimbledon 2013, and had an easy 6-3, 6-2 win over France’s Caroline Garcia. Andy…
Nick Bollettieri, along with Vic Braden and Steve Wilkinson, will be inducted into the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) Hall of Fame on Sept. 27 during the USPTA’s National Awards Luncheon at the World Conference at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Fla. The three legendary coaches will join only 13 others who have…
Serena Williams advanced to the third round of Wimbledon on Thursday after defeating 19-year-old Caroline Garcia, 6-3, 6-2. Two of Serena’s main competitors, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, were eliminated on Wednesday. Sharapova lost to Michelle Larcher de Brtio, and Azarenka withdrew due to an injury. "I still feel like I’m trying to adjust a…
Twenty-seven-year-old Sergiy Stakhovsky shocked defending Wimbledon champion Roger Federer, marking Federer’s earliest Grand Slam exit in 10 years on Wednesday evening at Wimbledon, eliminating Federer 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5, 7-6(5) in the second round. It was world number 116 Stakhovsky’s first top 10 win in 21 attempts and ended Federer’s run of reaching 36 successive Grand Slam…
Portugal’s Michelle Larcher de Brito upset number three seed Maria Sharapova in the second round of Wimbledon. Sharapova was the Wimbledon Champion in 2004, and she showed fight today by saving off four match points before finally succumbing. Larcher de Brito got the best of Sharapova by finally converting on one of those match points,…
Wednesday was a day riddled with injuries at Wimbledon, as five important players were forced out of the tournament with varying ailments. World number two Victoria Azarenka, Steve Darcis (who upset Rafael Nadal in the opening round), American John Isner, the 10th-seeded Marin Cilic and the six-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all had to pull out of the year’s third…
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic has advanced to the second round of Wimbledon after defeating 34th-ranked Florian Mayer of Germany, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4, on Tuesday. Djokovic hit a victorious forehand to end the match. Djokovic will challenge an American in the next round—either qualifier Bobby Reynolds or wild card Steve Johnson. The top seed has lost in the Wimbledon…
On Tuesday, American world number one Serena Williams beat Luxembourg’s Mandy Minella, 6-1, 6-3, in her first match of Wimbledon 2013. Serena has won the past 32 matches she’s played. Although Serena defeated Minella within an hour on the court, she lost her serve at the start of the second set to go 2-0 down,…
Just a few weeks after his win at the French Open, Rafael Nadal, 12-time grand slam champion, has been defeated in the first round of Wimbledon, falling to Steve Darcis 7-6(4), 7-6(8), 6-4. At last year’s Wimbledon, Nadal lost in the second round to Lukas Rosol, which will make this year’s loss the second earliest…