Canadian Milos Raonic was ousted in the second-round of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday, falling to Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. The 116th ranked player in the world bounced the tournament’s top seed to notch the first top 10 win of his career and hurt Raonic’s chances of qualifying for the ATP World Tour…
The new WTA rankings came out on Monday and, as has been the case, Serena Williams remained atop the Women’s Singles chart at number one. This will be the 210th week the American has been number one in the world, surpassing Martina Hingis’ for the fourth-most all time. Serena has spent 87 consecutive weeks at…
Roger Federer defeated Gilles Simon 7-6(6), 7-6(2) to capture the Shanghai Masters title on Sunday. The tournament in Shanghai was one of the few that Federer had yet to win in his career, and Sunday’s victory marks the 23rd ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title of his career. The victory also bumps him back up…
Hleb Maslau was sitting on a couch next to the tournament desk on the viewing deck of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open National Playoffs-Eastern Qualifier. Words could not accurately describe the state of shock drawn across Maslau’s face following his semifinal loss in the men’s singles draw, which…
While the Shanghai Rolex Masters has been a tournament full of upsets with a number of top seeds falling early, it will feature a semifinal match between two of the best players the sport has ever seen. Top-seeded Novak Djokovic and third-seeded Roger Federer will face off in the semifinals on Saturday after both men rolled…
The USTA has announced the launch of the Australian Open Wild Card Challenge. New for this year, the Wild Card Challenge will utilize the USTA Pro Circuit to award wild cards into the 2015 Australian Open. In this Wild Card Challenge, the American man and American woman who earn the most ATP World Tour and WTA…
David Ferrer boosted his chances of qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals by defeating fellow contender Andy Murray at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. The Spaniard came back to beat the Scot 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 to move into the Shanghai quarterfinals, and jump ahead of Murray in the Race to London standings. Much…
Andy Murray was one of the few big names to move on in Shanghai Wednesday defeating Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz 7-5, 6-2 to push into the third-round of the Masters tournament. The win puts him into a key third-round bout with Spaniard David Ferrer, as the two are on the outside looking in for the Race…
Rafael Nadal says he will play in the Shanghai Masters this week, despite having appendicitis. After feeling pain in his abdomen late Saturday night, Nadal went to the doctor where they confirmed that he had the early stages of appendicitis. Instead of having the surgery right away, the second-ranked Spaniard will take antibiotics to treat it while he…
Legendary tennis instructor Vic Braden passed away Monday from a heart attack at the age of 85. Braden was famous for his “Laugh and Win” style of teaching which brought a number of people to pick up the game of tennis. “His great big heart just finally gave out,” said his wife, Melody Braden. Braden…