Professional Tennis
Roger Federer secured his place in a record eighth Wimbledon final as he dethroned reigning champion Novak Djokovic on Friday in four sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Federer, a six-time Wimbledon champ, will face Great Britain’s Andy Murray on Sunday in the men’s singles finals. "It’s always nice beating someone like Novak, who has done so…
Andy Murray defeated France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to advance to the finals of Wimbledon 2012. Murray becomes the first British man in 74 years to reach the finals of the All England Lawn Tennis Club where he will face Switzerland’s Roger Federer on Sunday. Murray is attempting to win his first Grand…
USTA Player Development has announced that it will award wild cards into the 2012 U.S. Open to the American woman and the American man who earn the most ranking points at select USTA Pro Circuit events this summer. The USTA first used this format for its 2012 French Open wild cards, won by Melanie Oudin…
The third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland reached her first ever Grand Slam women’s singles finals on Thursday after a 6-3, 6-4 win over Germany’s Angelique Kerber in the semifinals of Wimbledon 2012. Radwanska will face American Serena Williams in Saturday’s finals. Radwanska is the first Polish woman to reach a major final since 1939, when Jadwiga Jedrzejowska lost in the French Championships….
Six-time Wimbledon champ Roger Federer of Switzerland and last year’s winner Novak Djokovic of Serbia will meet each other in the semifinals on grass for the first time in their 27th head-to-head meeting. Federer is seeking a record-tying seventh Wimbledon title after losing in the quarterfinals the past two years. "It is interesting that this is…
The 13-time Grand Slam champion reached her seventh Wimbledon final on Thursday, smacking 24 aces to beat Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-6(6) in the semifinals. Serena will meet Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska on Saturday. The previous Wimbledon record of 23 aces was also set by Serena, in a three-set victory over Zheng Jie earlier in the tournament. "I’ve been…
Long Island native Scott Lipsky and his doubles partner, Rajeev Ram, came just short of shocking the second-seeded team of Mark and Bob Bryan in the men’s doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon this morning, but fell 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6. Lipsky & Ram put the heat on the Bryans early in the match and took…
Serena Williams reached her eighth Wimbledon semifinal with her 6-3, 7-5 win over defending champion Petra Kvitova. Kvitova was on an 11-match winning streak at Wimbledon and had not lost at the All England Lawn Tennis Center since Serena beat her in the 2010 semifinals en route to her fourth title. "It feels like a good win,"…
American qualifier Brian Baker’s run at Wimbledon 2012 ended Tuesday in the fourth round with a 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-3 loss to 27th-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany. Kohlschreiber reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal. Baker was playing in Wimbledon’s main draw for the first time after being off the tour for more than five years because of a…
Great Britain’s Andy Murray defeated the 16th-seeded Marin Cilic, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3, in a rain-delayed match at Wimbledon on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals for the fifth consecutive year. Murray lost in the semifinals in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and is aiming to give Britain its first male champion at the All England Club since 1936….