Professional Tennis
Novak Djokovic will finish the year as the top-ranked player in the world. The ATP says the Serb clinched the year-end top spot after number two-ranked Rafael Nadal lost in the third round at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday. Nadal’s loss to Florian Mayer ensured that Djokovic cannot be overtaken before the end of the…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal was upset in the third round of the Shanghai Masters by Germany’s Florian Mayer in straight sets, 7-6 (5), 6-3. The 15th-seeded German ran down a drop shot for a winner to break the top-seeded Spaniard for the second time and win the match. Nadal lost in the third round in Shanghai…
Rafael Nadal of Spain and Andy Murray of Great Britain have advanced to the third round of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. The top-seeded Nadal beat countryman Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-3, 6-2, while Murray received a walkover when Dmitry Tursunov of Russia pulled out with a thigh injury. Earlier Wednesday, the upset of the tournament took place…
Serena Williams will open her 2012 season for the first time at the Brisbane International tournament, a warmup for the Australian Open. Both U.S. Open finalists will be in the field for the event that begins Jan. 1, as Samantha Stosur, who was already confirmed for the tournament, defeated Williams 6-2, 6-3 in September at…
Tennis Channel and the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) have agreed to a multi-year extension through 2023 of Wimbledon Primetime, the network’s nightly program that brings its audience the day’s best tennis, encore matches, original features and coverage from in and around Wimbledon Village. Solidifying the network’s relationship with the one of the most…
American Mardy Fish was defeated 6-4, 1-6, 4-6 by 18-year-old Australian Bernard Tomic at the Shanghai Open. Fish, ranked ninth in the world, defeated Tomic just days earlier in the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships quarterfinals. Tomic also defeated the fifth-ranked Swede Robin Soderling at Wimbledon this year. "It’s been a good year," said Tomic. "I can’t expect much…
American Andy Roddick defeated Grigor Dmitrov of Bulgaria, 7-6 (3), 7-5, to advance to the third round of the Shanghai Masters. Roddick, who is seeded 10th in this tournament and is currently ranked 15th in the ATP Rankings, came back from being down a break in the second set and also saved a set point before…
Great Britain’s Andy Murray came from behind to defeat Spain’s Rafael Nadal, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the Japan Open finals on Sunday. Murray lost the first set before rallying to win his second straight ATP tour victory. The title was the fourth-ranked Murray’s 20th overall and fourth of the season after triumphs at Queen’s Club,…
Tomas Berdych from the Czech Republic defeated Croatia’s Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to win the China Open, and on the women’s side, it was Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska who defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany, 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 to claim the women’s title. “To bring this title really means a lot to me," said Berdych. "After…
Serbian Novak Djokovic, winner of the 2011 U.S. Open, has announced that he is withdrawing from the the Shanghai Masters due to a nagging back muscle injury. Djokovic, the world’s top-ranked male tennis player, was also forced out of play of the recent China Open due to his back ailment which has been diagnosed as…