Professional Tennis
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki defeated Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-3 to take the Family Circle Cup, capturing her third title this season, after wins at the Dubai Open in Quatarand at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. Wozniacki earned $111,000 to win her first Family Circle Cup crown and her 15th career WTA championship. Wozniacki held off Barbora Zahlavova…
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark had to win two tie-breakers against Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic in her two-and-a-half hour match at the Family Circle Cup, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (9). Wozniacki took a 4-1 lead in the opening set against Strycova as Strycova conversed with her coach to re-work her strategy. The chat worked as Zahlavova Strycova held serve…
The USTA and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez announced today that her core group of Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Melanie Oudin, and former world number one doubles player Liezel Huber will be joined by Christina McHale, who recently broke into the top 100 for the first time, in representing the U.S. against Germany in the…
Kim Clijsters, currently ranked number two on the WTA Tour, will be sidelined for at least a month with shoulder and wrist injuries. It has been speculated that a busy schedule in the first part of 2011 may have led to overexhaustion as her recovery time will force her to miss next week’s Fed Cup matchup…
Novak Djokovic of Serbia, ranked number two in the world, defeated top-ranked Rafael Nadal in the finals of the Sony Ericsson Open, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Djokovic has captured four titles, including the Australian Open, Dubai and, now, back-to-back elite Masters titles at Indian Wells and Miami, both with victories over Nadal in the finals. Djokovic completed his come…
Victoria Azarenka from Belarus defeated Russian Maria Sharapova, 6-1, 6-4 in the finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami to take home the women’s crown. This was Azarenka’s second Sony Ericsson Open win, the last title coming in 2009. Sharapova committed 43 unforced errors, held serve only once and came up short with a late comeback…
At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, top-ranked Rafael Nadal defeated the number seven seed Tomas Berdych, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, to advance to the friday night semifinals of the event where he’ll face Roger Federer. Federer was victoious over Gilles Simon, who was forced to retire due to a stiff neck after dropping the first three…
Tennis Channel will pick up the Sony Ericsson Open women’s semifinal match between Vera Zvonareva and Victoria Azarenka from ESPN on Thursday night, March 31st. The match will air Live on Tennis Channel at 9:00 p.m. ET immediately following the men’s quarterfinals pitting Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych—also airing live on Tennis Channel beginning at…
Victoria Azarenka has advanced to her first semifinal of 2011by beating two-time champion Kim Clijsters, 6-3, 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open. Clijsters, who has been nursing a right shoulder injury since she won the Australian Open in January, had eight double-faults Wednesday night and held serve only three times in nine service games. Azarenka, seeded…
At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Roger Federer and number one-ranked ATP player Rafael Nadal both advanced to the fourth round of the event on the men’s side. On the women’s side, Maria Sharapova, the number 16 seed, was victorious over the number four seed Samantha Stosur, while top-ranked women’s player Caroline Wozniacki was upset by German Andrea…