Tag: Tennis

Rafael Nadal is the best player in the world heading into the US Open final, says world number one Novak Djokovic.

Victoria Azarenka believes she will be facing the best player in history when she takes on Serena Williams in Sunday’s US Open final.

By Piers Newbery BBC Sport

Defending champion Serena Williams won her much-anticipated US Open showdown with Sloane Stephens while Li Na avenged a painful loss in Rome to join the world number one in the last eight.

American men’s tennis slumped to an historic Grand Slam low on a sweltering at the US Open as Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray remained on course for a blockbuster semi-final.

By Piers Newbery

By Piers Newbery

By Larry Fine

By Julian Linden

By Ria Novosti

By Steve Keating

MASON, Ohio — The vintage rematch ended with Rafael Nadal pumping his arms after a final forehand. He was a little bit better than old nemesis Roger Federer once again.

Maria Sharapova has confirmed she has severed ties with coach Jimmy Connors after one match together.

There’s no mystery why the U.S. Golf Association chose The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., as the venue for this week’s U.S. Amateur. That’s where Francis Ouimet, an unheralded 20-year-old amateur, won the U.S. Open 100 years ago next month.

Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli is retiring from tennis just 40 days after winning her only Grand Slam title.

Rafael Nadal moved into the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal after beating world number one and top seed Novak Djokovic 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-2).

Former world number one Martina Hingis made a winning return to competitive tennis with victory in a doubles match at the Southern California Open.

Top seed Roger Federer lost to Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis in the semi-finals of the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg.

World number two Maria Sharapova has named eight-time Grand Slam title winner Jimmy Connors as her new coach.

Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is still improving and can triumph at his home Grand Slam again, according to two-time winner Stefan Edberg.

Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon title and ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s champion with a hard-fought victory over world number one Novak Djokovic.

Andy Murray overcame a furious Centre Court row and a pantomime-villain Pole to reach the Wimbledon final.

Sabine Lisicki ended Serena Williams’ reign as Wimbledon champion as the German 23rd seed clinched a stunning three-set victory over the world number one in the fourth round.

Serena Williams sailed past Wimbledon’s wave of upsets and now faces an opponent more than a decade older than her.

Roland Garros has been the American’s most troublesome grand slam venue but she has looked the champion in waiting all fortnight and beat Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-4 in a high-level final.

Serena Williams blitzed hapless Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1 in just 46 minutes on Thursday to reach her second French Open final where she’ll face defending champion Maria Sharapova for the title.

Sharapova, a former two-time winner in Rome, announced her decision to pull out prior to her scheduled semi-final meeting with Italian seventh seed Sara Errani on Friday.

World number one Serena Williams racked up the 50th title of her illustrious 18-year career when she thumped Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 to defend her Madrid Open crown on Sunday.

Venus Williams has pulled out of the Mutua Madrid Open due to a back problem.