Professional Tennis
Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday due to a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month. The 2012 U.S. Open champion met with specialists this week after being forced to pull out of his second match against Marcel Granollers of Spain at…
Maria Sharapova’s popularity has skyrocketed as she surpassed 10 million fans on Facebook this past week. Sharapova currently has 10,006,973 fans, securing her spot as the top female athlete on Facebook. Sharapova was the most searched athlete on Bing in 2011 and she also gained 221,000 followers on Twitter after only four months of having a…
Tennis Channel will begin its first day of 2013 French Open coverage with nine consecutive hours of matches, followed by a another nine hours of interview-and-encore show French Open Tonight. This daily balance—long blocks of competition followed by an all-night review of the day’s play—will be the template for much of the network’s two-week telecast,…
Serena Williams won her 51st WTA title in Rome, as she defeated Victoria Azarenka in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3 to win the 2013 Internazionali BNL d’Italia championship. Serena lost just 10 games in her four matches en route to the final, and in the finals, blasted 41 winners to just 19 unforced errors to come out on top…
Rafael Nadal captured his 24th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title and seventh Internazionali BNL d’Italia championship in Rome on Sunday, defeating the second-seed Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3. "If you told me four or five months ago that after eight tournaments I would have won six titles from eight finals, I would say you are crazy," said…
Tomas Berdych recorded his first win in three years over Novak Djokovic in dramatic fashion as he reached the semifinals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory over the world number one-ranked Djokovic. Berdych trailed 6-2, 5-2 before coming back to stun Djokovic, two-time Internazionali BNL d’Italia champion. The…
Novak Djokovic has reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 Internazionali BNL d’Italia after he recorded his 30th match win of the season over Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6-1, 6-4. Djokovic will next play sixth seed Tomas Berdych, who extended his perfect record to 8-0 against Kevin Anderson in a 7-5, 6-2 win. Berdych hit 25 winners and committed seven…
The USTA has announced that it has entered into a comprehensive media partnership with ESPN for the television and digital presentation of the U.S. Open and the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series. The 11-year agreement will begin in 2015 and extend through the 2025 US Open and provide professional tennis with more than 200 hours…
Andy Murray was forced retired from his second-round match with Spanish at the 2013 Italian Open on Wednesday against opponent Marcel Granollers in the second round. After winning the second set, Murray walked off the court. He took a long injury break early in the second set, getting his left thigh and lower back massaged. Murray, celebrating…
Rafael Nadal captured his 23rd ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy and his third title at the Mutua Madrid Open on Sunday, a 6-2, 6-4 win over Stanislas Wawrinka. With the win, Nadal is tied for second with Thomas Muster in the Open Era with 40 clay-court titles and is 40-6 overall in clay court finals in…