Professional Tennis
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saved a match point before overcoming top-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the finals of the Open 13. The third-seeded Tsonga won his first title of the season and 10th of his career. Tsonga had to wait until the third game of the last set before getting his first…
Petra Kvitova won her 10th singles title on Saturday after defeating Sara Errani 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 in the finals of the Dubai Championships. Kvitova was the favorite after winning her previous three meetings with Errani. Kvitova, who did not drop a set in beating 2012 champion Agnieszka Radwanska and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki in earlier…
American Jack Sock advanced to his second tour-level quarterfinal after defeating fellow wild card and countryman James Blake 7-5, 6-4 at the 2013 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in Memphis. Sock saved nine of the 10 break points he faced to clinch the win in one hour and 48 minutes. Sock will face Feliciano Lopez…
Sara Errani reached her second final of the season at the 2013 Dubai Championships, defeating her doubles partner Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the finals. Errani will face 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the finals, after Kvitova defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-4. "I just tried to play my game, tried to be as…
With the news of both world number one and number two-ranked Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka bowing out of the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, round one action wrapped up as Sara Errani and Petra Kvitova were among the winners moving on to round two. The fifth-seeded Errani absorbed 10 aces and pounced at the…
American wild card Jack Sock posted the biggest match win of his career at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in Memphis, defeating the second-seeded Milos Raonic 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Raonic ended a six-match win streak, having led Canada through to the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals before winning his third consecutive SAP Open title in…
World number 63-ranked Denis Istomin defeated third-seeded American John Isner 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tenn. Istomin outserved Isner, winning 86 percent of his service points. Istomin broke Isner three times to clinch the upset in just over an hour,…
World number one-ranked Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Dubai Championships due to a lower back injury. Yesterday, world number two-ranked Victoria Azarenka pulled out of the same event citing a bone bruise in her foot. Serena took over the world number one ranking last week in Qatar, the sixth time in her career she has…
American Sloane Stephens was defeated in the first round of the Dubai Championship, losing to Sorana Cirstea of Romania 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Stephens, a career-high 16th in the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings, defeated Serena Williams in Melbourne at the 2013 Australian Open before advancing the Aussie Open semis. "It was a rough day, and I think she…
Second-ranked Victoria Azarenka has withdrawn from the Dubai Championships due to a bone bruise in her right foot. Azarenka, who was replaced by Serena Williams at the top of the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings on Monday, said she hurt her foot a week ago in Doha, Qatar, en route to the final, where she defeated Serena. "I…