Professional Tennis
Day Four of the 2012 French Open resulted in six of the nine remaining American women being eliminated from the event. Vania King lost to the number 15 seed, Dominika Cibulkova, 6-0, 6-2. Sloane Stephens defeated fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands easily by a score of 6-1, 6-1. Stephens will next face Mathilde Johansson of France….
Both top-seeds on the men’s and women’s sides of the draw had early starts at the 2012 French Open on Wednesday, as world number ones Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka made it to the third round without a problem. Djokovic was first up on Court Suzanne Lenglen, a 6-0, 6-4, 6-4 winner over Blaz Kavcic, for his 23rd straight Grand Slam victory. In the main…
World number two-ranked Roger Federer dropped a set before earning his record-breaking 234th Grand Slam match victory to reach the third round of the 2102 French Open. Federer eliminated 92nd-ranked Adrian Ungur of Romania, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3 Wednesday to break a tie with Jimmy Connors for most career wins at major tournaments in the…
With the French Open in full swing, Day Three marked the first big upset of the tournament on the women’s side. Serena Williams has never before lost in the first round of any Grand Slam event, and she came into the 2012 French Open as the heavy favorite to win the title, having won the…
The One-on-One Doubles® Pro Tournament, one-hour show will premiere on Tennis Channel on Monday, June 11, from noon-1:00 p.m., EST. The half-court, serve-and-volley singles game played on the doubles court, known as One-on-One Doubles®, will be showcased in its tournament format by some of the game’s legends. Tennis greats Johan Kriek, Murphy Jensen, Mikael Pernfors and Tim Wilkison will…
World number two Maria Sharapova advanced to the second round of the 2012 French Open by defeating Alexandra Cadantu, 6-0, 6-0. It took Sharapova only 48 minutes to earn the win her match, one where she had 18 winners, while Cadantu was unable to make one. However, Sharapova did have to save three break points. At…
Mardy Fish has undergone a medical procedure called cardiac catheter ablation to deal with a heart condition. The procedure was to deal with misfiring electrical pulses in his heart, he told USA Today. He is now recovering at his home in Los Angeles. This is the first time Fish has spoken about the medical condition that…
All 10 American women vying for the 2012 French Open crown have advanced to the second round, making it the largest amount of U.S. representatives in the tournament’s second round since 2003. Two Americans, Serena Williams and Jamie Hampton, are to play their first round today. Only four American women advanced to the second round at the…
On May 25, 2011 French Open Champion Rafael Nadal announced the 2012 women’s singles draw for this year’s event. As expected, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova are the respective number one and two seeds, only potentially meeting each other in the finals. Azarenka should be pleased with her draw. Her first potential challenge comes in…
Of the 18 American players to compete in the 2012 French Open Qualifying Tournament, three players earned a position in the main draw. On the men’s side, Florida resident Jesse Levine secured a spot in his first French Open, defeating France’s Marc Gicquel, 6-2, 6-4 in the third and final round. Jesse will face Benjamin Becker…