Professional Tennis
American Mardy Fish needed just 57 min. to advance to the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-1, 6-1 straight sets win over Andreas Beck of Germany. So far in 2012, Fish lost in the second round of the Australian Open and then went on to lose to the 388th-ranked Albano Olivetti in…
A special edition of the “World of Tennis, Presented by BNP Paribas” will debut Friday, Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. on Tennis Channel. It will offer a preview of the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown, the fifth annual event at Madison Square Garden set for Monday, March 5 featuring Maria Sharapova vs. Caroline Wozniacki and Roger…
Former world number one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has advanced to the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships after a 6-3, 7-5 win over Ana Ivanovic. Also in action at the Dubai Championships, former U.S. Open champ Samantha Stosur was knocked out of contention by current world’s number 14 Jelena Jankovic, 4-6, 2-6. Wozniacki cruised through the first set…
American Venus Williams will return to action on the WTA Tour in March after receiving a wild card to compete in her first tournament since her withdrawal in August with an autoimmune disease, making her return at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. Venus returned to active competition in February, teaming with Liezel Huber…
On Monday evening March 5, the top stars from both the ATP and WTA tours will converge on the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden in New York City for the BNP Paribas Showdown. This year, one men’s singles exhibition will take place between world number three-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland and American Andy…
Victoria Azarenka, the 2012 Australian Open champion, has withdrawn from the Dubai Tennis Championships after sustaining an ankle injury. The 22-year-old will take two to three days of rest in hopes of healing. She was on a 17 match winning streak and this break will allow her to go home and spend much needed time…
American Andy Roddick has been upset by Xavier Malisse of Belgium, 7-6, 7-5, in the opening round match on Wednesday night during the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Tenn. Roddick, who has fallen to 27th in the ATP Tour rankings, had his earliest departure after 12 prior appearances. Roddick has been deterred by both hamstring and…
Former world number one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark went back at Martina Navratilova this past week after she claimed that Wozniacki had never deserved to even be at the top of the world rankings. Wozniacki said she lost respect for Navratilova and that it was meant to stir things up a little bit. "I would…
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia has defeated Francesca Schiavone of Italy to advance to the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, winning in straight sets, 6-1, 7-5, after breezing through the first set of the match. The first set lasted just 33 min. with Schiavone attempting a comeback in the second; however it was no…
For the first time in television history, Tennis Channel will rank the best 100 players ever to pick up a tennis racquet. The "100 Greatest of All-Time, Presented by Ally Bank," is a five-night, week-long series that will cross generation and gender as it counts down the game’s most elite on-court competitors. Airing in prime…