The second day of the BNP Paribas Masters in Indian Wells was kind to the American women, as four of the five Americans in action on Thursday won their first-round matches. In a tightly-contested all-American contest, Taylor Townsend edged Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5. The 18-year-old fired seven aces and gave herself 20 break point…
Sloane Stephens opened up her campaign at the BNP Paribas Masters in Indian Wells, California with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over South African Chanelle Scheepers on Wednesday. Stephens, who reached the quarterfinals at this event last year, had to rally from two games down in the second set to halt a three-match losing streak and…
It had been 25 years since Monica Seles beat Gabriela Sabatini in a five-set match to cap off a successful season at Madison Square Garden. On Tuesday night, Sabatini was finally able to exact her revenge, beating Seles 8-5 in 37 minutes in front of 14,894 at Madison Square Garden in the BNP Paribas Showdown…
Former world number four Juan Martin del Potro withdrew from the BNP Paribas Masters at Indian Wells earlier this week as the Argentine still continues to battle a left wrist injury. Del Potro was the runner up at the tournament back in 2013 and had been given a wild card to this year’s event. The…
Grigor Dimitrov brings his talents to New York City in early March for the BNP Paribas Showdown, when he takes on Roger Federer in an exhibition match. The 23-year-old Bulgarian has made quite a name for himself in his short years on the ATP Tour and 2015 could be a breakout season for the rising…
The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced its 2015 inductees at a press conference Monday, with two-time Grand Slam champion and current coach of Andy Murray, Amelie Mauresmo, headlining the class of three. Mauresmo is a former world number one who captured titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2006. She held the number…
Tennis legends Monica Seles and Gabriela Sabatini will face each other in a 25th anniversary rematch of their famed 1990 five-set WTA Championship final in the 2015 BNP Paribas Showdown, set for March 10 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Seles leads the career head-to-head 11-3 over Sabatini. In addition to the Seles-Sabatini…
The United States entered this past weekend’s Davis Cup action needing to sweep all three of the remaining matches to move past Great Britain and into the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, the Americans were only able to conjure up two of the three victories they needed, falling to the Brits 3-2 in Glasgow, Scotland. Fifth-ranked Andy Murray clinched…
For the second consecutive week, Timea Bacsinszky knocked off Caroline Garcia in a tournament final, capturing the Abierto Monterrey Afirme title with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory on Sunday. Just last week, Bacsinszky defeated Garcia 6-3, 6-0 in Acapulco to win the Mexican Open crown. The match was much closer this time around as Garcia…
Caroline Wozniacki captured her first title of 2015 on Sunday, coming back from a set down to defeat Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 and win the Malaysian Open championship. The top-seeded Dane entered Sunday’s final without dropping a set all tournament long, but was put to the test by the young Dulgheru early on….