Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-4 to capture the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open title. Sharapova held her head high when shaking hands although slumping her shoulders in disappointment. She lost serve in the final game of each set and fell short yet again of a title from Key Biscayne. Sharapova is now the runner-up in four…
The USTA has announced that American Mardy Fish will pull out of the 2012 Davis Cup quarterfinals against France due to a health scare. Fish was seen by doctors in Key Biscayne during the Sony Ericsson Open after facing extreme fatigue and will now need to rest for two to three days. The USTA has…
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has won his third Sony Ericsson Open title after he defeated Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6. Only Andre Agassi, a six-time Sony Ericsson Open champion, has won more. The top-ranked Djokovic lost only one service point in the second set tie-breaker, where he went ahead and double-faulted to make it just 3-2. Djokovic also took…
Novak Djokovic has set up a semifinal meeting against Juan Monaco at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open after defeating David Ferrer of Spain in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6. Djokovic won the first set in just 32 min. and broke Ferrer in the first of the second before he would mount an unsuccessful comeback. Ferrer broke back…
World number two-ranked Maria Sharapova, a three-time runner-up at the Sony Ericsson Open, rallied to defeat Caroline Wozniacki in three sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, advancing to the finals of the event where she will meet Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska, a 6-4, 6-2 straight sets winner over France’s Marian Bartoli. Sharapova won the match in two hours and 34…
World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus had her 26-match win streak halted Wednesday night at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open after a 3-6, 3-6 straight sets loss to France’s Marion Bartoli. The seventh-seeded Bartoli heads into the semifinals where she will meet the number five seed, Agnieszka Radwanska. Already headed to the finals is world number…
Belgium’s Kim Clijsters has a tear in her hip muscle and now will require four weeks of rest and withdrawal from the WTA tour. Her management company stated that she has been plagued with hip pains throughout the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. after losing to Yanina Wickmayer on Saturday in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6(5)….
World number two-ranked Rafael Nadal defeated France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, to earn a place in the semifinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open. Nadal will now face fourth-seeded Andy Murray, who defeated Janko Tipsarevic in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Nadal made it as close as two points from victory…
The following was part of an interview with Jim Courier, captain of the 2012 U.S. Davis Cup team, conducted recently by Tim Curry, director of Corporate Communications for the USTA, as Captain Courier prepares for the United States’ showdown in April with Team France … TIM CURRY: Thank you, everyone, for joining us today…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal had a straight set 6-4, 6-4 win over Japan’s Kei Nishikori to reach the quarterfinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Tournament in Miami. This match was the toughest yet in the tournament for Nadal, after he took a medical timeout in the opening set for treatment of his left knee. Nadal lost…