Australian Lleyton Hewitt has progressed to the 3rd round of the Men’s singles at the London Olympic games. He beat Croatian Marin Cilic in straight sets, in one of the surprises of this round. Being a former Wimbledon champion (as well as US Open champion) he was back on familiar [...]
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus made her Olympic debut today with a victory over Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu. Azarenka raced to a 3-0 lead in the first set before the Romanian was finally able to get on the scoreboard. It was too little too late though, with the Belarusian wrapping up the [...]
2000 Olympic gold medalist Venus Williams defeated 9th seed and 2012′s Roland Garros finalist Sara Errani in straight sets, 6-3 6-1. While Errani has been having a breakthrough year with her QF and finalist appearances at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, along with the four titles she’s won this [...]
What is more treasured: a Grand Slam title or an Olympics gold medal? When tennis returned to the Olympic Games as a medal sport in 1988 after a 64-year hiatus, even posing this question was unimaginable. Cynics and critics, including the esteemed writer-broadcaster Bud Collins, then contended tennis didn’t need [...]
The draw for the Olympic Women’s Singles Tennis event was held today and it appears to have created some intriguing matchups. Unlike the men’s game, which has seen an exclusive club dominate the sport over the last few years, the women’s game has seen a revolving door of players entering [...]
Over the past few years, the perception is the United States has reached a low point in men’s tennis because its players no longer win, or are even competitive, at the Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open, or Wimbledon (grand slam) championships, and are not relevant at the top of [...]
Fifth-seeded Xavier Malisse, Matthew Ebden, and Igor Sijsling all managed to survive the opening round of 2012 Farmers Classic tournament. Sam Querrey got a bye in the first round. 32-year old Belgian Malisse, a Wimbledon semifinalist from ten years ago, was a clear favorite against the young American Nicolas Meister. [...]
The question of who tops the list of the greatest tennis players of all time is much-contested has been debated for decades. The central issue is, with what parameters do you judge this by? The number of Grand Slam titles won? The number of tour titles they have won? The [...]
World number one tennis player Roger Federer will not be the flag bearer of Switzerland’s contingent at the opening ceremony of London Olympics as the honour has been given to his fellow tennis player and close friend Stanislas Wawrinka. Federer was offered to carry his country’s flag after he won [...]
For the former teen tennis prodigy Bernard Tomic, winning gold at the Olympics at Wimbledon is bigger than taking the title at the Grand Slam tournament itself. Far more than just the year’s “fifth grand slam”, as far as Tomic is concerned the Olympics are more important than any of [...]
World no. 63 Gilles Muller earned his place in the BB&T Atlanta Open finals following a dominant performance against the world no. 54 and 8th seed Go Soeda. Both were coming off impressive straight-sets victories in the quarterfinals, with Muller dismissing the Australian Matthew Ebden and Soeda defeating his compatriot [...]
In the first ever all-Japanese quarterfinal match at the BB&T Atlanta Open, world no. 54 Go Soeda defeated his countrymen Kei Nishikori convincingly in straight sets. Despite a 1st serve percentage of well under 50%, Soeda successfully saved 3 break point opportunities in the first set and managed to break [...]
Winning a career slam by taking the singles titles at the four global Grand Slam tournaments – Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and the French Open – is often considered to be the very pinnacle of a professional tennis player’s achievements. With many of today’s top tennis stars holding multiple [...]
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the WTA saw three Russian medalists sweep the podium. Elena Dementieva, the 5th seed, defeated Dinara Safina to win the gold medal, arguably the biggest accomplishment in her career (en route to her gold medal, Dementieva defeated Serena Williams in the QF). Vera Zvonareva defeated [...]
