Professional Tennis
Kim Clijsters has advanced to the semifinals of the Brisbane International after a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Iveta Benesova. Clijsters had won the title in 2010 and missed the 2011 tournament. She is now 8-0 overall for the tournaments leading up to the Australian Open. “I’m very satisfied with the way that I played,” Clijsters…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer of Switzerland both advanced into the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open on Wednesday. Nadal was victorious over German qualifier Denis Gremelmayr, 6-2, 6-2, and Federer had an easy time with Slovenia qualifier, Grega Zemlja, 6-2, 6-3, in his win. Also advancing was France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a 7-6 (8), 6-3 winner over Italy’s Flavio…
In opening round action at the 2012 Brisbane International, the final tuneup before the first Grand Slam of 2012, the Australian Open, American Serena Williams twisted her ankle in a match against Serbia’s Bojana Jovanovski. After medical treatment on the court, Serena played through the pain and was an eventual 6-2, 6-4 winner over Jovanovski to advance to the…
Great Britain’s Andy Murray has hired a new coach in hopes of finally winning a major title, eight-time Grand Slam winner Ivan Lendl. Murray will now start work with Lendl in preparation for the Australian Open, which commences on Jan. 16. Murray spent last season ranked in the top four, but still ended without a…
The United States fell to Denmark 2-1 at the Hopman Cup after a late arrival of Caroline Wozniacki & Frederik Nielsen defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Mardy Fish, 7-5, 6-3, in the deciding mixed match. Fish won his singles match after he defeated Nielson 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. Wozniacki, who arrived only four hours prior to match…
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Switzerland’s Roger Federer, 6-2, 6-1, on Friday at the World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. Djokovic advances to the finals of the event where he will face Spain’s David Ferrer in Saturday’s final of the $250,000 winner-takes-all exhibition event. The fifth-ranked Ferrer upset his fellow countryman and the second-ranked…
Grand Slam singles champions Li Na and Petra Kvitova lead China and Czech Republic, respectively, into the eight-team Hyundai Hopman Cup, taking place Dec. 31-Jan. 7 at the Burswood Dome, Burswood Entertainment Complex in Western Australia. Representing the United States will be top-ranked American, Mardy Fish and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, currently ranked 55th on the WTA Tour. …
Serbian Novak Djokovic scored a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win over the 16th-ranked Frenchman Gael Monfils at the World Tennis Championship, a $250,000 winner-takes-all exhibition event in Abu Dhabi. The world number one-ranked Djokovic enters 2012 after a dominant 2011 that saw the Serbian win 70 matches with only six losses, and in the process, capture…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal is going to take time off from tennis after the Australian Open to rest a shoulder injury. He said that this injury had arose prior to the ATP World Tour Finals in London in November and that he is still not fully recovered. He decided that he will defend his title at…
The WTA has announced a landmark four year deal with PERFORM that will see the digital sports specialist manage and exploit the WTA’s Premier tournament media rights for the period 2013-2016. The agreement is expected to double the overall exposure for WTA tennis through a significant increase in the production of WTA content, the development…