Professional Tennis
World number 13-ranked Milos Raonic defeated the fourth-seeded Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-3 at the SAP Open in San Jose on Sunday, his third consecutive title at what will be the last ever SAP Open in San Jose. Raonic finishes with a 12-0 event record, winning all 24 sets he played during his three-year reign. “It’s pretty…
Outgoing world number one Victoria Azarenka defeated Serena Williams 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 to win the 2013 Qatar Open on Sunday. Serena replaced Azarenka on top of the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings, but the American’s hopes of capping off a memorable week with a 48th singles title were crushed by Azarenka who extended her 2013 record to…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal clinched his 37th clay-court title at the Brazil Open 2013 in Sao Paulo with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Argentina’s David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-3. It was Nadal’s first finals win since last June when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the finals of the 2012 French Open. He was upset at Wimbledon by…
American Serena Williams defeated Petra Kvitova 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Friday at the Qatar Total Open in Doha to recapture the world number one spot atop the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings. Serena had defeated Kvitova in straight sets all three times they had previously played. Serena becomes the oldest female to hold the number one ranking at the age of…
After a first round bye, top-seeded Rafael Nadal won his opener at the Brazil Open 2013 on Thursday, defeating Joao Souza 6-3, 6-4. Nadal broke the Brazilian once in each set to take the first-time meeting in 78 minutes. Yesterday, Nadal announced that he was dropping out of the doubles portion of the event in…
Rafael Nadal has pulled himself from the doubles draw at the 2013 Brazil Open to rest his sore left knee ahead of his opening singles match at the event. Nadal had won his doubles match with partner David Nalbandian on Tuesday. Nadal is set to open play against Brazilian Joao Souza in singles on Thursday. Souza was…
American John Isner, currently ranked 16th in the world, advanced to the SAP Open quarterfinals at the HP Pavilion in San Jose after a 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-3 win over Vasek Pospisil. Isner, the top-ranked American in the Emirates ATP Rankings, broke Pospisil twice in the third set to beat the Canadian in one hour and…
The United States Fed Cup Team will host Sweden in the 2013 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff April 20-21 at a site to be determined. The International Tennis Federation announced the draws for the World Group and World Group II Playoffs on Wednesday. The USTA is finalizing the site selection process and plans…
This year’s Australian Open champ, the top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, breezed into the third round of the Qatar Open in Doha with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Romina Oprandi on Wednesday. The defending champion was joined by fourth-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Australian qualifier Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-2. "I felt pretty good out there today," Radwanska said….
Serena Williams can reclaim the top spot atop the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings at the Qatar Open, a spot the 15-time major champion has not held since October 2010. The second-ranked Williams will move up if she reaches the semifinals of the tournament, which begins Feb. 18, and features nine of the top 10 players. The 31-year-old…