Richard Gasquet of France defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland 4-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(4) in the third round of the Italian Open (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) in Rome to advance the the quarterfinals where he will face Czech Tomas Berdych. The 16th-ranked Gasquet trailed by a set and 4-2, but evened things up at 4-4. Federer missed several backhands in the second-set…
For the very first time since the inception of the WTA rankings in 1975 and ATP rankings in 1973, there is no American player ranked in the top 10 on either the men’s or women’s side. The last remaining American was Serena Williams on the women’s side, who slid out of the number 10 spot…
Serbian Novak Djokovic maintained his perfect 32-0 undefeated start to the 2011 season on Sunday against Spaniard Rafael Nadal on Sunday with a 7-5, 6-4 win in the finals of the Madrid Open. The second-ranked Djokovic squandered a 4-0 lead in the first set, but recovered to end Nadal’s latest winning streak on clay at 37…
Novak Djokovic has extended his 2011 season-opening winning streak to 29 matches at the Madrid Open, equaling the best start in men’s tennis in 25 years. In his match in Madrid, he won all 21 of his first service points to defeat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-1, 6-2 and advance to the quarterfinals of the event. Other players…
Roger Federer came close to another upset before finally beating Feliciano Lopez in three sets at the Madrid Open, and rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic continued their winning streaks with ease. Federer, beaten by Jurgen Melzer in Monte Carlo last month, saved a match point in a marathon 7-6 (13), 6-7 (1), 7-6 (7) win…
Kim Clijsters, who is still nursing an ankle injury suffered at her cousin’s wedding in early April, will not take part in this week’s Italian Open. Clijsters joins both Vera Zvonareva and the number 16th-ranked Venus Williams who will also be sitting out of the Italian Open. Clijsters’ latest mishap may force her to miss the…
German Julia Goerges has upset top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in the third round of the Madrid Open for the second time in just 11 days. The 27th-ranked Goerges defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 7-6 (3), 6-3, in the finals of the recent Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany. Goerges, who rallied from 3-0 down to take the…
WTA number one ranked Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark has advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Serbian Bojana Jovanovski. Wozniacki broke her opponent twice in the first set and three times in the second, while saving eight of the 11 break points she faced. Also advancing on the…
American Andy Roddick has been eliminated from the first round of contention at the Madrid Open by Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla, who upset the upset the former world number one-ranked player, 6-4 6-7 6-3. The number 12 seed Roddick had his serve broken four times by Cipolla, currently ranked 160th in the world. In a battle of…
Novak Djokovic defeated Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (4), 6-2 to win the Serbia Open for his 27th consecutive win of the 2011 season. The 27-win streak, along with capturing his fifth title of the year, makes the Serbian a tough opponent for the field entering the 2011 French Open at Roland Garros which begins May 17th….