The USTA and United States Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez have announced that world number one and 19-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, former world number one and world number 15 Venus Williams, number 45 Alison Riske, and number 63 Christina McHale will represent the U.S. in the 2015 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff against Italy. The best-of-five match…
Fresh off reaching a career high in the rankings, Russian Ekaterina Makarova had to come back from a set down to beat Zhang Shuai of China 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. Makarova moved up to eighth in the world rankings at the start of the week, the highest ranking…
Americans Jack Sock and Steve Johnson made their way into the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships second round with victories on Tuesday. In one of the earlier matches of the day, Johnson took out fellow American and 45th-ranked Donald Young 7-5, 6-4. In what was a tight match, Johnson notched the lone break in the…
Novak Djokovic won his fifth Miami Open title on Sunday, beating familiar foe Andy Murray 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-0 on an extremely humid Easter Sunday afternoon. The title also means that for the third time in his career, Djokovic has completed the Indian Wells and Miami sweep, becoming the only player ever to do so. Djokovic…
Serena Williams put on a dominant performance Saturday afternoon, beating Spaniard Carla Suarez-Navarro 6-2, 6-0 to win the eighth Miami Open title of her career. It did not look as if Serena would blow out Suarez-Navarro early on as both players exchanged holds through the first four games. With the opening set even at 2-2,…
Andy Roddick won his third event on the 2015 PowerShares Series, defeating John McEnroe 6-3 in the championship match of the PowerShares QQQ Challenge from the Sears Centre in Chicago, Ill. on Thursday night. Playing in his third event on the circuit this season, Roddick displayed the dominant serve that made him such a force…
World number one Serena Williams and world number three Simona Halep met in a much-anticipated semifinal contest on Thursday night at the Miami Open. Both players entered the match on fire: Halep has the most match wins on the WTA Tour this season, while Serena has yet to lose in 2015. The match did not…
American John Isner played arguably the best tennis of his career on Thursday afternoon, dominating fifth-ranked Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-3 to reach the Miami Open semifinals. Isner won his second straight match over a top 10 opponent following his defeat of sixth-ranked Milos Raonic in the fourth-round. “I played extremely well today,” said Isner. “I…
In the third installment of the 12-city 2015 PowerShares Series circuit, Andy Roddick defeated James Blake 6-1 in the championship of the Champions Cup at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb. on Wednesday night. The Nebraska native captured the fourth title of his career on the circuit. He also won the event in Los…
Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych will meet again in a tournament semifinal when they take to the Miami Open courts on Friday. The third-seeded Murray and eighth-seeded Berdych each won their respective quarterfinal bouts on Wednesday to set up a rematch of the Australian Open semifinals in January. Murray was first on court as he…