World number one Rafael Nadal will face Stanislas Wawrinka in the 2014 Australian Open finals after Nadal defeated Roger Federer on Friday 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-3. With the win, Nadal moves on to his 19th Grand Slam championship match. He has a 14-5 lifetime record in finals matches. It was Nadal’s fifth consecutive win over Federer….
Dominika Cibulkova stunned Agnieszka Radwanska in the semifinals of the Australian Open Thursday, 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the finals where she will face Li Na. Radwanska was playing her third Grand Slam semifinal. Her first two came at Wimbledon the last two years, having reached the finals in 2012 when she fell to Serena…
Stanislas Wawrinka has advanced to his first ever Grand Slam final after defeating Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-7(1), 7-6(3), 7-6(4) on Thursday in the Australian Open semifinals. Wawrinka awaits the winner of Friday’s semifinal match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. It is the 33rd meeting between the two with Nadal holding a 22-10 advantage lifetime….
John McEnroe recently took part in a conference call to promote the upcoming 2014 BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 3. McEnroe will team with his brother Patrick to take on the team of Bob & Mike Bryan in a doubles exhibition. Also on March 3, Novak Djokovic will face Andy…
Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray on Wednesday night in Melbourne to reach the 2014 Australian Open semifinals, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3. The win marks Federer’s 11th consecutive trip to the Aussie Open semis. The win sets up a semifinals encounter with world number one Rafael Nadal, a winner himself on Wednesday over Grigor Dimitrov, 3-6,…
Agnieszka Radwanska overcame a seven-match losing streak to defending champ Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday to move into the semifinals at the Australian Open after her two-hour, 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 victory. "It's hard to play someone I've lost to so many times before—and she's a great player, especially here, she's playing amazing tennis," Radwanska said. "On…
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier have announced that top-ranked American and world number 13 John Isner, world number 51 Sam Querrey, along with the world’s top doubles team of Bob & Mike Bryan will represent the United States in the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas First Round tie against Great Britain. The best-of-five match series will…
Stanislas Wawrinka upset the top-seeded and defending champ Novak Djokovic on Tuesday night in Melbourne 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7 to reach his first Australian Open semifinal and end Djokovic’s hunt for a fourth consecutive title. It was Djokovic’s 19th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance and his 25-match winning streak at Melbourne Park came to…
Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard has upset Ana Ivanovic to advance to the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. Bouchard won the Wimbledon Junior title in 2012, and is fairly new on the WTA Tour, making her Grand Slam debut at the 2013 French Open. Ivanovic caused the biggest upset to date at…
In Australian Open mixed-doubles action, former Stanford star Scott Lipsky of Merrick, N.Y. and his partner Zheng Jie of China defeated the top-seeded duo of Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany & Alexander Peya of Austria 2-6, 7-6 (5) [10-5] to reach the quarterfinals. Lipsky, 32, won the 2011 French Open mixed-doubles title with Casey Dellacqua of Australia….