Roger Federer has won the first round of his hometown Swiss Indoors event after a six-week break from action. He defeated Italy’s Potito Starace, 7-6, 6-4, to advance. Federer got off to a slow start, but was able to find himself in the tie-breaker in the first to take the lead one set to none….
Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic, a former Wimbledon champion, has won her first WTA Championships title on Sunday by defeating Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in the finals of the Istanbul Open in Turkey to put her second in world rankings. Kvitova took a 5-0 lead in the first, however, fell down a bit…
Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic, a former Wimbledon champion, has won her first WTA Championships title on Sunday by defeating Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in the finals of the Istanbul Open in Turkey to put her second in world rankings. Kvitova took a 5-0 lead in the first, however, fell down a bit…
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has claimed the Erste Bank Open tournament in Vienna, Austria to claim his second title of the year with a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over Spain’s Juan Martin Del Potro in the finals. Tsonga will now move past American Mardy Fish to become the number seven-ranked player in the 2011 tour for the year….
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has claimed the Erste Bank Open tournament in Vienna, Austria to claim his second title of the year with a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over Spain’s Juan Martin Del Potro in the finals. Tsonga will now move past American Mardy Fish to become the number seven-ranked player in the 2011 tour for the year….
Russian Maria Sharapova’s withdrawal from the season-ending WTA Championships, has ensured that Caroline Wozniacki would end the year as world number one. Wozniacki lost her match yesterday at the WTA Championships in three sets 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to Russian Vera Zvonareva. But with world number two Sharapova out of the tournament, the loss in her…
After losing her second straight match, Maria Sharapova of Russia has pulled out of the WTA Championships with a sore ankle Wednesday. Sharapova entered the tournament after sitting out since withdrawing in the quarterfinals in Tokyo last month due to an ankle injury. After losing 7-6(4), 6-4 to Li Na of China in her second…
Tennis Channel and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the governing body of women’s professional tennis, have extended their programming agreement through 2016, ensuring the network’s place as the year-round home of such stars as Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, and sisters Venus and Serena Williams. The six-year deal keeps at least a dozen Premier-level tournaments on…
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark rallied to defeat Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, in their opening round-robin match at the 2011 WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic and U.S. Open winner Sam Stosur from Australia also began the group stage with victories. Kvitova defeated Vera…
The top-seed Frenchman Gilles Simon, along with the number three seed, Alexandr Dolgopolov from the Ukraine, have been knocked out in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open. Simon was defeated by Adrian Mannarino from France in three sets, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. On the other side, Dolgopolov was taken down by the Israeli wild-card…