Serena Williams will open her 2012 season for the first time at the Brisbane International tournament, a warmup for the Australian Open. Both U.S. Open finalists will be in the field for the event that begins Jan. 1, as Samantha Stosur, who was already confirmed for the tournament, defeated Williams 6-2, 6-3 in September at…
Tennis Channel and the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) have agreed to a multi-year extension through 2023 of Wimbledon Primetime, the network’s nightly program that brings its audience the day’s best tennis, encore matches, original features and coverage from in and around Wimbledon Village. Solidifying the network’s relationship with the one of the most…
American Mardy Fish was defeated 6-4, 1-6, 4-6 by 18-year-old Australian Bernard Tomic at the Shanghai Open. Fish, ranked ninth in the world, defeated Tomic just days earlier in the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships quarterfinals. Tomic also defeated the fifth-ranked Swede Robin Soderling at Wimbledon this year. "It’s been a good year," said Tomic. "I can’t expect much…
American Andy Roddick defeated Grigor Dmitrov of Bulgaria, 7-6 (3), 7-5, to advance to the third round of the Shanghai Masters. Roddick, who is seeded 10th in this tournament and is currently ranked 15th in the ATP Rankings, came back from being down a break in the second set and also saved a set point before…
Great Britain’s Andy Murray came from behind to defeat Spain’s Rafael Nadal, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the Japan Open finals on Sunday. Murray lost the first set before rallying to win his second straight ATP tour victory. The title was the fourth-ranked Murray’s 20th overall and fourth of the season after triumphs at Queen’s Club,…
Tomas Berdych from the Czech Republic defeated Croatia’s Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to win the China Open, and on the women’s side, it was Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska who defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany, 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 to claim the women’s title. “To bring this title really means a lot to me," said Berdych. "After…
Serbian Novak Djokovic, winner of the 2011 U.S. Open, has announced that he is withdrawing from the the Shanghai Masters due to a nagging back muscle injury. Djokovic, the world’s top-ranked male tennis player, was also forced out of play of the recent China Open due to his back ailment which has been diagnosed as…
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has once again been knocked out of a major WTA tournament, this time in the China Open quarterfinals in a 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 three-set defeat at the hands of Italy’s Flavia Pennetta. Wozniacki was just two points away from a victory; however, Pennetta fought back and then took both the game and…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal will be playing against American Mardy Fish in the semifinals of the Japan Open. Nadal defeated Santiago Giraldo of Colombia in straight sets and Fish defeated Bernard Tomic of Austria in three sets, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1. "It was a tough first set. I thought I could play more relaxed in the second…
Jo-Wifried Tsonga along with Caroline Wozniacki have moved onto the quarterfinals at the China Open. Tsonga defeated Zheng Ze of China, 6-3, 6-4, and Wozniacki defeated Kaia Kanpei of Estonia 6-3, 7-6 (3). Wozniacki has shown improvement since her last lost to Kanepi at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. "I knew it was going…