Mardy Fish defeated Jurgen Melzer of Austria, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, to advance to the finals of the Kooyong Invitational tournament against Australian teenager Bernard Tomic. He has two wins at this exhibition tournament that is the normal warm-up event leading into the Australian Open. Tomic, a Wimbledon quarterfinalist, took down Gael Monfils to advance onto…
China’s Li Na defeated Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in the semifinals of the Sydney International with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 three-set win on Thursday. Kvitova needed to be victorious at this tournament in order to knock Caroline Wozniacki out of the number one spot atop the WTA rankings prior to the Australian Open. Li put up…
The top injured players in tennis are continuing to improve their games heading into the Australian Open. Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, and the defending champ Kim Clijsters have said they have seen progress in recovery and are primed and ready for next week’s first Grand Slam of 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. Wozniacki is…
Tennis Channel is adding another Hall of Famer to its Australian Open booth this year, bringing two-time U.S. Open winner Tracy Austin to Melbourne for its coverage of the season’s first major, Grand Slam competition. Austin, who hosts the network’s Tennis Channel Academy series and has appeared as an analyst during telecasts of the U.S….
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark has lost her quarterfinal match at the Sydney International to Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. Wozniacki’s loss clears the path for Petra Kvitova to take over the top spot atop the WTA rankings prior to the beginning of next week’s Australian Open. While Wozniacki is having trouble headed into the year’s…
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, along with Canadian Milos Raonic, Great Britain’s Andy Roddick and Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, all lost their first round matches at the Kooyong Classic. The start of the event, a tune-up for next week’s 2012 Australian Open, was delayed due to blustery winds and rain. Tsonga, won the recent Qatar Open defeating…
Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark came back from 4-0 down in the final set to beat Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals at the Sydney International, one of the final warmups prior to the 2012 Australian Open. “I thought I had lost the match,” said the top-ranked Wozniacki. “I…
American Venus Williams has announced her withdrawal from the 2012 Australian Open, due to the lingering effects of Sjogren’s Syndrome, an autoimmune disease that has caused the seven-time Grand Slam winner severe fatigue and joint pain. Venus’ last appearance was an Aug. 29 win at the 2011 U.S. Open, a 6-4, 6-3 win over Russian…
Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, along with Serbain Novak Djokovic, are the top two-seeded players at the Australian Open. Organizers based the seeding on the WTA & ATP rankings. Djokovic is followed by Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray, who lost the past two finals. Behind Wozniacki is Petra Kvitoav, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova. However,…
Australia’s Sam Stosur, the 2011 U.S. Open champion, lost to Italy’s Francesca Schiavone, 6-2, 6-4, in the first round of the Sydney International Tournament. Schiavone has also defeated Stosur at the 2010 French Open final and had little to no trouble once again defeating her early on in this tournament. Stosur has only won one…