Professional Tennis
Switzerland’s Roger Federer will compete for Olympic gold after his four hour and 25 minute win over eighth-seeded Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 3-6, 6-7(5), 19-17—an Open Era record for a best-of-three sets encounter. Del Potro had won the first set on three occasions against Federer in 14 meetings, so it was imperative he started well….
Russia’s Maria Sharapova swept into her first Olympic final as she defeated fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals Friday at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The 25-year-old will play either Wimbledon champion Serena Williams or world number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka in Saturday’s Women’s Singles Finals. She will try to complete the Golden Slam…
American top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan advanced to the men’s doubles gold medal match at the London 2012 Olympics with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over French pairing Julien Benneteau & Richard Gasquet. Benneteau & Gasquet will now have the chance to play for the bronze medal against the losers of the second semifinal. The…
Andy Murray of Great Britain defeated Nicolas Almagro of Spain 6-4, 6-1 to secure a spot in the Olympic semifinals. Next up for Murray is former world number one-ranked Novak Djokovic for a shot at a gold, silver or bronze. Murray took the match in only 59 minutes. In the opener, Murray broke to love for a 3-2…
Switzerland’s Roger Federer defeated American John Isner in a close match, 6-4, 7-6(5) to advance to the semifinals of the 2012 London Olympic Games. The second set and match closed with a tie-breaker at 6-5 with Isner serving. Federer hit a backhand return which hit the top of the net and dropped onto Isner’s side of…
Serena Williams dominated Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the quarterfinals of their Olympic match, 6-0, 6-3. Serena hit powerful groundstrokes and even a left-handed forehand to defeat the former number one-ranked and eighth-seeded women’s singles Olympian Wozniacki. Serena has only lost a total of 13 games in four Olympic rounds so far. She has not yet…
Roger Federer of Switzerland endured two rain delays and a shaky moment late in the first set Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Olympics after his 7-5, 6-3 win over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. Serving at five-all in the first set, the top-seeded Federer faced three break points and erased them all. Federer, competing in his…
American Serena Williams hit 12 aces and repeatedly hit her groundstrokes extremely hard past 13-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia to win 6-1, 6-0 and reach the quarterfinals of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Seeded fourth, Serena hit 32 winners to just three for Zvonareva, who also lost when they met in the 2010 Wimbledon finals. Serena hit…
Second-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2012 London Olympics after his 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt on Wednesday. Djokovic’s win took just under two hours and was interrupted by a brief rain shower on Centre Court at the All England Tennis Club. Djokovic will next play fifth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals,…
Novak Djokovic needed just 54 minutes to beat American Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-1 on Centre Court at a wet All England Club, Wimbledon, for a place in the third round of the 2012 London Olympics. Djokovic, a 2008 Beijing Olympics singles bronze medalist, hit 14 aces and lost 14 points on serve against Roddick. Djokovic converted all…