Professional Tennis
World number one and top-seeded Serena Williams was back in fine form before a supportive crowd defeating Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-2, 6-3 in Charleston, S.C. at the 2013 Family Circle Cup. Earlier, 2009 winner Sabine Lisicki defeated Anna Tatishvili 6-0, 6-0 in just 41 minutes before 2007 champion Jelena Jankovic defeated American Melanie Oudin…
Two-time Family Circle Cup winner and defending champion Serena Williams begins opening round play today in Charleston, S.C. at the 2013 Family Circle Cup. She will face Camila Giorgi of Italy to start off her Charleston campaign, just a few days shy of capturing her record sixth title in Miami at the Sony Open. “Hopefully I can…
Serena Williams fought back from a set down to capture her sixth 2013 Sony Open title in Miami, after her 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 win over Maria Sharapova. With the win, Serena joined an elite group of players who have won a single WTA event at least six times, a group including Chris Evert, Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova. …
Second seeded Andy Murray became the first ATP World Tour player to save a match point in the Sony Open Tennis finals in Miami, defeating third-seeded David Ferrer 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(1) for his Sony Open trophy. With the win, Murray will move past Roger Federer into the number two spot in the ATP Men’s Singles…
Serena Williams has advanced to the finals of the 2013 Sony Open in Miami after a dominating 6-0, 6-3 win over Agnieszka Radwanska. With the win, Serena broke Steffi Graf’s record for most match wins in the history of the Sony Open. With the win, the top-seeded Serena will face the three seed, Maria Sharapova, who defeated…
World number three Andy Murray moved on to the Sony Open Tennis semifinals in Miami after a 6-4, 6-3 win over Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3. For a place in the finals, Murray will meet the number eighth seed, Richard Gasquet, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over the number four seed Tomas Berdych in the semis. Murray improved to 8-1…
Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani in straight sets 7-5, 7-5 to reach the semifinals of the 2013 Sony Open Tennis in Miami. Sharapova had the early momentum in the 80-minute first set, building a 5-3 lead and holding two set points in that game, as Errani fought them both off and evened the proceedings to 5-5,…
Third-seeded David Ferrer advanced to his third semifinal appearance at the Sony Open Tennis in Miami, winning over the unseeded Jurgen Melzer 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. Ferrer seeks his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy, having defeated Jerzy Janowicz in Paris this past November. In the semis, Ferrer will face Tommy Haas who was victorious over the…
Agnieszka Radwanska will face Serena Williams in the semifinals of the 2013 Sony Open in Miami after Radwanska’s 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Kirsten Flipkens. Serena has beaten Radwanska in all four of their previous meetings, and Radwanska has only won one set in those four meetings. Flipkens had come into the tournament ranked 28th in the world, but…
Germany’s Tommy Haas defeated two-time defending Sony Open Tennis champion Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-4 in the fourth round of the event. The win by Haas was just his second in 14 attempts against a world number one and ended a 14-year wait after upsetting Andre Agassi in the quarterfinals of the 1999 Grand Slam Cup. Haas…