Professional Tennis
The USTA has announced a dramatic opening night ceremony that will include an immersive video and light show for the first time, and a special performance by pop star Jordin Sparks. The ceremony will take place prior to the night session in Arthur Ashe Stadium, on Monday, Aug. 27. Sparks will perform “Celebrate,” the hit song…
Tenth-seeded Li Na of China advanced to the finals of the 2012 Rogers Cup in Montreal when she defeated 16th-seeded Lucie Safarova 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday. Li will now face fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova Monday in the final. Kvitova defeated former world number one-ranked and seventh-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to advance. The match was filled…
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has injured his leg by walking into a fire hydrant in Toronto. The Frenchman was forced to withdraw from next week’s Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Recently, Tsonga won the longest match in Olympic tennis history when he defeated Canadian Milos Raonic, 6-3, 3-6, 25-23. Although he did not win a medal…
Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Richard Gasquet of France 6-3 6-2 to win the Toronto Masters on Sunday in his North American hard court season debut. Djokovic is the reigning champion of the Canadian tournament winning it last year as well. Djokovic held serve during the entire 61-minute match. Gasquet was overwhelmed by an array of…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal is still having trouble with a knee injury that prevented him from competing in the London Olympics, becoming the third ranked player to withdraw from next week’s Cincinnati Masters. The last tournament the Spaniard has played was when he lost at Wimbledon in the second round. He recently also pulled out of the…
Due to a knee injury, Olympic Gold Medalist Andy Murray withdrew from the Rogers Cup on Thursday. He is the latest top player to pull out of the tournament as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal withdrew before the beginning of the tournament. Murray injured his left knee during his opening match Wednesday night against Flavio Cipolla….
Agnieska Radwanska won her tough first match in the Montreal Cup on Thursday as she is continuing her climb to the world’s top ranking ahead of the U.S. Open. If she wins the $2 million event and Victoria Azarenka fails to reach the quarterfinals, the Pole will replace Azarenka as world number one. On Thursday, Radwanksa defeated…
Olympic Gold Medalist Andy Murray and top-seeded Novak Djokovic both avoided post-Olympic letdowns with quick opening wins at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Murray, fresh from his home success at Wimbledon, on Wednesday toughed out a 6-1, 6-3 win over Flavio Cipolla. Djokovic avoided most of the pressure in his 71-minute win over Toronto’s own Bernard…
The USTA has announced that Stanford University standout Mallory Burdette has earned a main draw wild card into the 2012 U.S. Open. This year, the USTA awarded one women’s singles main draw wild card into the U.S. Open to the American who earned the most WTA Tour Ranking points at two of three USTA Pro…
World number two-ranked and Olympic Silver Medalist Maria Sharapova of Russia withdrew from the WTA Rogers Cup events in Montreal citing a viral infection. Sharapova joins U.S. Gold Medalist Serena Williams in missing the event, which falls directly after the end of 2012 Olympic tennis competition. Sharapova will be replaced in the draw by Galina Voskoboeva of…