Professional Tennis
World number three-ranked Andy Murray, seeking his third consecutive Shanghai Rolex Masters title, defeated Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-2, 6-2 in the third round of the event to advance to the quarterfinals. Murray advanced to the semifinals of the recent the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships and improved to a 51-12 match record on the season. Murray had a bye…
After dropping the first set, Roger Federer defeated his Swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-0 to advance to the quarterfinals, and in the process, guaranteed himself a spot at the top of the ATP Men’s Singles Rankings for a 300th week. Wawrinka got off to a strong start to win just…
After dropping the first set, Samantha Stosur defeated Virginie Razzano 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2012 HP Open in Japan. Stosur capitalized on a slight dip from her opponent to break serve at the start of the second set to secure the remainder of the match. Next up for Stosur is American…
Roger Federer returned to action for the first time in three and a half weeks as he overcame Chinese Taipei’s Yen-Hsun Lu and was a 6-3, 7-5 winner at the 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters. Federer was playing his first match since guiding Switzerland through the Davis Cup World Group Playoffs against the Netherlands last month and…
New York area tennis fans are in for another great night of tennis with some of the world’s top players scheduled to appear for the Sixth Annual BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 4. Victoria Azarenka, the reigning Australian Open champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist, will get the night started against…
Eighth-seeded John Isner saved three match points against Kevin Anderson at the 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters to defeat the South African 7-6(3), 6-7(8), 7-6(7) in just under three hours to advance to the third round. Isner, who is ranked 14th in the South African Airways ATP Rankings Race To London, struck 24 aces and won 79 percent…
Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova in the finals of the 2012 China Open in Beijing, 6-3 6-1 in just under 90 minutes. Azarenka had won the last five hard court meetings and four of their last five finals against Sharapova coming into Sunday’s final in Beijing. "I was doing the right things, making sure I didn’t…
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic defeated Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(4), 6-2 in one hour and 42 minutes to capture the 2012 China Open title, the 32nd trophy of his career (32-19 in finals). Djokovic is now 14-0 lifetime at the ATP World Tour 500 hard-court tournament in Beijing. It was the fifth time he has three-peated at a tournament (also Australian…
Eighth-seeded Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese player to win the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships title on Sunday, defeating sixth-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-0 in two hours and nine minutes. The 22-year-old Nishikori received $308,130 in prize money and 500 South African Airways ATP Ranking points, while 21-year-old Raonic earned $138,920 and 300 points. “I…
Li Na defeated Agnieszka Radwanska in her quarterfinals match at the 2012 China Open. Li had won the pair’s last two meetings very routinely during the summer season—6-2, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-1—and this time, the seventh seed was in control again, tucking away a 57-minute first set and pulling away completely from 1-2 in the second…