Professional Tennis
The 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round match between the United States and Brazil begins Friday at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., on an indoor hard court. It will be the first home tie for both John Isner and Sam Querrey, the USA number one and two singles players,…
After successfully defending her Australian Open title Victoria Azarenka remains atop the world rankings as number one in the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings as Rafael Nadal is set to make his first U.S. appearance at the annual BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 4. The upcoming event featuring Azarenka v. Serena…
The USTA and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez have announced that 2013 Australian Open semifinalist Sloane Stephens will be joined by Varvara Lepchenko, Jamie Hampton, and world number eight doubles player Liezel Huber in representing the United States against Italy in the 2013 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group First Round at…
The BNP Paribas Open is set for March 4-17 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, will once again feature exceptional men’s and women’s fields highlighted by nine former BNP Paribas Open champions and 14 Grand Slam champions. Four-time winner Roger Federer and 2013 Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka will defend their titles at the event, with…
Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka won her second Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, rallying from a set down to beat Li Na in a dramatic three-setter and successfully defend her Australian Open crown. Though she broke in the first game, Azarenka soon fell far behind against Li, losing five of the next six games as Li…
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three straight Australian Open titles in the professional era with his victory over third-seeded Andy Murray 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the men’s singles finals. Djokovic, who has now won four of his six Grand Slam titles in Melbourne, managed to win the important…
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan have become the most successful doubles team of all-time after capturing their 13th major title at the Australian Open, defeating The Bryans share 84 titles since the Open Era began, followed by the team of Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde with 61 titles. "It feels real good to have that record,"…
The top-seeded Women’s Doubles team of Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci of Italy won the first Australian Open title of 2013, beating the unseeded Australian duo of 16-year-old Ashleigh Barty & Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 for the women’s doubles title. Barty & Dellacqua broke the Italian pair in the eighth game of the second set, then…
Andy Murray defeated Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-2 to advance to the finals of the 2013 Australian Open. It was Murray’s first-ever win over Federer, a 17-time Grand Slam champion, at a Grand Slam event. Awaiting Murray in the finals is Novak Djokovic, a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 winner over the fourth-seeded David Ferrer on Thursday….
World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka was able to hold off American teenager Sloane Stephens to reach the 2013 Australian Open finals, 6-1, 6-4. The top-seeded Azarenka asked for a medical timeout after wasting five match points with a sequence of forehand errors, but returned to quickly finish off her win on her sixth match point. After dropping…