Professional Tennis
Bob & Mike Bryan, the world’s top-ranked doubles team, have committed to compete in the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, set for July 9-15, 2012 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. Among the most popular players in pro tennis today, the identical twins have finished the season ranked world number…
American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, along with her partner, Romanian Horia Tecau, won the 2012 Australian Mixed-Doubles championship, defeating Russian Elena Vesnina & India’s Leander Paes, 6-3, 5-7, 10-3. This marked the first Grand Slam victory for the 26-year-old Mattek-Sands, originally from Minneapolis, Minn. who now makes her home in Phoenix, Ariz.. This would also be Tecau’s…
Victoria Azarenka from Belarus defeated Russia’ Maria Sharapova in the 2012 Australian Open Women’s singles finals in just one-hour, 22-min. Azarenka swept the three-time Grand Slam winner, 6-3, 6-0, and won 12 out of 13 games in a row to quickly capture her first Grand Slam win against the former number one-ranked Sharapova, and in…
India’s Leander Paes & Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic defeated American brothers Bob & Mike Bryan in their attempt for a 12th Grand Slam doubles title in the finals of the 2012 Australian Open, 7-6, 6-2. The Bryan Brothers are now 33-years-old and were attempting to secure a spot with the most wins as…
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of professional tennis, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after 5-hours and 53-min. to claim his third Australian Open title. At 1:37 a.m. Monday local time in Melbourne and 9:37 a.m. ET, Djokovic…
Russia’s Maria Sharapova will take on Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the women’s singles final of the 2012 Australian Open at 3:00 a.m. ET Saturday morning. Azarenka, who won the Sydney International title the weekend before the season’s first major, will attempt to continue her winning ways. Sharapova has won three majors in her career thus far,…
World number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic will have an opportunity to defend his Australian Open this weekend after he defeated Andy Murray of Great Britain, the number four seed, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5, in the semifinals at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park. The five-plus-hour match included single point rallies of up to and…
The 2012 Australian Open women’s singles final will see Russian Maria Sharapova go up against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. Not only are they playing for the championship; they both are in contention to gain the number one ranking. The number four-ranked Sharapova defeated second-ranked Petra Kvitova, who she lost to in the 2011 Wimbledon finals, 6-2, 3-6,…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal has defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland to advance to the finals of the 2012 Australian Open. Nadal, ranked number two in the world, took the match in four close sets, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4, to up his record to 8-2 against the number three-ranked Federer in Grand Slam head-to-head matchups. Nadal will…
Russia’s Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, two former Wimbledon winners, will go head to head in the 2012 Australian Open semifinals after both won their quarterfinal matches in straight sets. Sharapova defeated fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova, 6-2, 6-3, who had defeated American Serena Williams in the previous round of play. Kvitova…