Professional Tennis
Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka, third seeded at Roland Garros, defeated Maria Kirilenko of Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-2, at the French Open on Wednesday. Azarenka is the first woman to represent Belarus in the semifinals of the French Open. Azarenka won five consecutive points, leading 6-1 in the tiebreaker, and then hit a backhand…
Although a lower back injury from the Italian Open caused Andy Murray to miss the 2013 French Open, Murray will be ready to play at the Wimbledon warm-up event at Queen’s Club. The French Open was the first Grand Slam event that Murray has missed since 2007 when a wrist injury caused his absence at…
Roger Federer will not advance to the semifinals of the French Open for the second time in nine years as he was defeated by Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. It has been 12 months since Tsonga blew four match points at the same stage against Novak Djokovic, but Tsonga made…
Sara Errani defeated Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 7-6(6), advancing to the semifinals of the 2013 French Open. The second set of the match included eight breaks of serve and Errani raised her arms in celebration after winning the match. Errani’s 81 matches is double that of anyone else in the top 10 this year. Errani secured her first…
The 12th-seeded Maria Kirilenko has reached her first French Open quarterfinal after defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 7-5, 6-4. In both 2010 and 2011, Kirilenko lost in the fourth round at Roland Garros. While Mattek-Sands was ahead 5-4, she called for medical attention. After that, Kirilenko won four straight games. Up next for Kirilenko is the number three…
At the French Open on Monday, Tommy Haas defeated Mikhail Youzhny, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. Youzhny, known for overtly his expressing his frustration on the court, could be faced with a fine after smashing his racket on a bench. Haas, with the win, became the oldest Roland Garros quarterfinalist since 1971 and the oldest…
Status: Currently ranked 55th in the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings. A 2012 U.S. Olympian with wins over Caroline Wozniacki, Marian Bartoli, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova, Daniela Hantuchova and Victoria Azarenka. Trains at Gordon Uehling’s Court Sense Facility in Tenafly, N.J. Height: 5’ 7” Weight: 130 lbs. ♦ Date of birth: May 11, 1992 in Teaneck, N.J. First…
Rafael Nadal came from behind for the second match in a row Friday at the French Open, dropping the first set before he came to beat Martin Klizan 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Nadal had lost only 14 sets in 53 matches at the French Open, and now has a 54-1 lifetime record at Roland Garros. Last year,…
American John Isner played an epic five-setter against fellow countryman Ryan Harrison at the 2013 French Open Friday, pulling off a 5-7 6-7 (7) 6-3 6-1 8-6 in three hours 50 minutes. A year to the day that he lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu in a 76-game battle, the most ever played in a men’s match at…
At the 2013 French Open, American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, currently ranked 67th in the world, scored the biggest upset of the event so far, rallying past 2011 French Open champion Li Na 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round. Mattek-Sands won seven consecutive games to take a 5-0 lead in the final set after the second rain…