American Serena Williams, the number 10 seed, returned from a left ankle injury and defeated China’s Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-3 at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open. Serena fired six aces and connected on 64 percent of her first serves, while dropping only one service break to advance in just one hour and 20 min. Serena advances to…
Former Australian Open finalist Fernando Gonzalez of Chile has announced his retirement from the sport, after a 5-7, 6-4, 6-7(3) loss to Nicolas Mahut of France at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Gonzalez wants to be remembered as someone who gave “100 percent every single time when he went to the court. And, of course, I…
Tennis Channel’s 100 Greatest of All-Time, Presented by Ally Bank, a five-night series intended to rank the top tennis players of all-time, presented players ranked numbers 21-40 in Wednesday night’s episode. The series, hosted by all-time sporting greats Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, Lisa Leslie and Carl Lewis, will air for five consecutive nights…
American John Isner has joined the ranks of the world’s top 10 players atop the ATP World Rankings after beating world number one-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the semifinals of the 2012 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. this past weekend. Born in Greensboro, N.C. and currently residing in Tampa, Fla., Isner cracked the…
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus are both looking to defend their titles as opening round action at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open gets underway today in Miami. Djokovic is looking to get back to his winning ways after a semifinal loss to American John Isner over the weekend…
Tennis Channel’s 100 Greatest of All-Time, Presented by Ally Bank, a five-night series intended to rank the top tennis players of all-time, kicked-off by preseting players ranked 71-100. The series, hosted by all-time sporting greats Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, Lisa Leslie and Carl Lewis will air for five consecutive nights this week at…
Roger Federer of Switzerland has become the first person in history to win the 2012 BNP Paribas Open title four times. The world number three-ranked Federer routed American John Isner in straight sets, 7-6, 6-3, to capture the title. The first set was a close one which came down to a tie-breaker and ultimately a 9-7…
World number one ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus has won her fourth title of 2012 with a 6-2, 6-3 straight set win over Maria Sharapova in the finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., extending her win streak on the year to 23 consecutive victories. The Australian Open champ went on to…
Serbian Ana Ivanovic has gained a position in the semifinals of the 2012 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. with a straight set 6-3, 6-4 victory over Marion Bartoli. Ivanovic now goes onto play Russian Maria Sharapova who needed over three hours to defeat fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko in three sets. Sharapova broke Kirilenko three…
American John Isner took down Gilles Simon of France in three sets, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, to advance to play Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the 2012 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. “This is my first match on this court this year and I had to adjust,” said Isner, who played his other…