Great Britain’s Andy Murray has been forced to withdraw from the ATP World Tour Finals in London with a strained groin. He initially suffered the injury during a practice late last week and re-aggravated it in his straight sets loss to Spain’s Devid Ferrer on Monday. Murray will be replaced at the ATP World Tour…
Switzerland’s Roger Federer met Spain’s Rafael Nadal at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London, and it took Federer a little over an hour to defeat his rival, 6-3, 6-0, to extend his current winning streak to 14 consecutive wins. “It was a great match for me basically from start to…
The U.S. wheelchair tennis team captured five medals–three gold, one silver, and one bronze–at the Parapan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Nov. 13-18. On the women’s side, the U.S. won both the singles gold and silver medals as Mackenzie Soldan of Louisville, Ky., defeated doubles partner Emmy Kaiser of Fort Mitchell, Ky., 1-6, 6-4, 6-4,…
World number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, after saving a match point in the third to avoid becoming another upset of the day at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London. Earlier in the day, Great Britain’s Andy Murray was taken down…
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has won his first match at the ATP World Tour Finals after defeating Mardy Fish of the United States in straight sets 7-6, 6-1. Fish appeared slower as a result of a left hamstring injury that interrupted the end of his season, with Tsonga struggling for consistency. Tsonga was up a break…
Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were all presented with 2011 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon, announced during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Djokovic received the year-end ATP World Tour No. 1 award for the first time, following a banner year in which he won three Grand Slam titles…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated American Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3) at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday at The O2 Arena in London, England in a three-hour-plus marathon match. Nadal overcame a stomach ailment to defeat Fish in opening round action in Group B. "I felt very bad from the stomach since the…
Venus Williams, who last played over three months ago after withdrawing from the U.S. Open, will play her sister Serena Williams in an exhibition match next week in Colombia. Venus, who recently slipped out of the top 100 and fell to number 103 in the WTA world rankings, withdrew from the 2011 U.S. Open citing…
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland is grouped with Spain’s Rafael Nadal in round-robin play at this year’s event at The O2 Arena in London. Also grouped together in first round action at the event is world number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic and Great Britain’s Andy Murray in Group A….
The ATP and WTA Tours have released their latest rankings, with Serbian Novak Djokovic maintaining the top spot on the men’s side, as Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki is seated atop the women’s rankings. On the men’s side, Djokovic, winner of three of the year’s four Grand Slams, continues his domination in 2011, holding a 13,475 point…