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  • Tennis Frontier Weekly Update: November 9, 2015

    Tennis Frontier Weekly Update: November 9, 2015

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    Djokovic Wins 6th Masters and 10th Title of 2015

    Venus Climbs Back into the Top Ten after a Four-Year Absence

    Historical Smash Shots 1: Generational Diversity in the 1974-75 Rankings

    2015 ATP World Tour Finals

    2015: Review

  • Australian Open Day 10: Quarterfinals – Order of Play & Scores

    Australian Open Day 10: Quarterfinals – Order of Play & Scores

    Novak Djokovic Venus Williams Stan Wawrinka Serena Williams

    The full schedule for Day 10 is listed below (Results to follow). All times are local.

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    Rod Laver Arena — 11:00am  

    Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Madison Keys (USA) d. Venus Williams (USA) (18) —  6-3, 4-6, 6-4

    Not Before: 12:30pm

    Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Serena Williams (USA) (1) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (11) — 6-2, 6-2

    Not Before: 2:00pm

    Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (4) d. Kei Nishikori (JPN) (5) — 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(6)

    Not Before: 7:30pm
    Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d. Milos Raonic (CAN) (8) — 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-2

    Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Martina Hingis (SUI) (7) / Leander Paes (IND) (7) d. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (4) / Alexander Peya (AUT) (4) — 6-3, 6-1

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    Click here to discuss the Djokovic/Raonic quarterfinal in the discussion forum.

    Click here to discuss the Serena Williams/Cibulkova quarterfinal in the discussion forum.

    Click here to discuss the Wawrinka/Nishikori quarterfinal in the discussion forum.

    Click here to discuss the Venus Williams/Madison Keys quarterfinal in the discussion forum.

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    Margaret Court Arena — 11:00am 

    Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Pablo Cuevas (URU) / David Marrero (ESP) — 7-6(5), 7-6(5)

    Women’s Doubles – Semifinals
    Michaella Krajicek (NED) (13) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (13) d. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) (14) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (14) — 6-3, 6-2

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    Show Court 2 — 11:00am 

    Legends’ Doubles
    Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) / Thomas Johansson (SWE) d. Henri Leconte (FRA) / Mark Philippoussis (AUS) — 4-2, 1-4, 4-3(1), 4-3(3)

    Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (6) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (6) d. Dominic Inglot (GBR) (14) / Florin Mergea (ROU) (14) — 6-4, 7-6(3)

    Women’s Doubles – Semifinals
    Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Julia Goerges (GER) (16) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (16) — 6-0 (Ret.)

    Not Before: 5:30pm

    Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Sania Mirza (IND) (1) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (1) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) / John Peers (AUS) — 6-2, 6-2

  • WTA: Week No. 1

    WTA: Week No. 1

    Maria Sharapova Venus Williams Simona Halep

    The 2015 tennis season started with multiple events in different cities. Brisbane, Auckland, and Perth in Australia, plus Shenzhen in China were all hosting events. All this serving as warm-up to the first Grand Slam of 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.

    The first title of the season went to one of the oldest players on tour. Venus Williams scored her 46th career title in Auckland in a drama-filled three-set encounter against Caroline Wozniacki. The two former world No. 1’s delighted a packed crowd on a bright, windy, sunny afternoon for close to two hours. The final score was 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 in favor of Venus.

    Ana Ivanovic was in the same position as Venus, but she was competing in Brisbane, the only Premier-level event of the week, though Ana was the second seed and across the net was the top seed again. Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic delivered and made the final in a dream match-up. Both former No. 1’s fought for 2 and 1/2 hours before Maria finished first in the three-set match. The first set alone took over an hour. Final score:  6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3.

    With Li Na’s retirement, Shenzhen was left without a defending champion in its third year of existance but WTA delivered two Top 10 stars in the form of Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova. In the end, the two stars delivered. Simona Halep won her first title of 2015, and her ninth overall in a little over an hour via straight sets; Petra Kvitova lost the semifinals to eventual runner-up Timea Bacsinszky.

  • US Open Day 3: Order of Play & Scores

    US Open Day 3: Order of Play & Scores

    US Open

    The third day of action at the US Open features an anticipated second-round meeting between Tomas Berdych, the #6 seed, against the dangerous veteran Lleyton Hewitt.  That match is second up on Ashe.  Also of interest is a meeting of two of the younger players, Grigor Dimitrov (7) and Ryan Harrison of the US.  The top seeds on the women’s side in action tomorrow are Simona Halep, Agnieszka Radwanska and Maria Sharapova.  Americans Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens also play their second round matches.

    The full schedule for Day 3 is listed below (Results to follow).  All times are local.

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    Arthur Ashe Stadium — 11:00 A.M.  

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Sloane Stephens (USA) (21) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

    Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Tomas Berdych (CZE) (6) d. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) — 6-3, 6-4, 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Maria Sharapova (RUS) (5) d. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

    Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Venus Williams (USA) (19) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) — 6-1, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (3) d. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) — 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(1)

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    Louis Armstrong Stadium — 11:00 A.M.  

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Shuai Peng (CHN) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (4) — 6-3, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Marin Cilic (CRO) (14) d. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) — 6-3, 3-1 (Ret.)

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Simona Halep (ROU) (2) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) — 6-2, 6-1

    Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (7) d. Ryan Harrison (USA) — 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-2

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) — 6-2, 6-3

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    Grandstand — 11:00 A.M. 

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (19) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) — 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 1-1 (Ret.)

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (9) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) — 7-5, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (10) d. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) — 6-3, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (11) d. Kenny De Schepper (FRA) — 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

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    Court 17 — 11:00 A.M.  

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Kevin Anderson (RSA) (18) d. Pablo Cuevas (URU) — 6-3, 6-7(3), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(1)

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Tatsuma Ito (JPN) d. Steve Johnson (USA) — 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 4-1 (Ret.)

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Sabine Lisicki (GER) (26) d. Madison Brengle (USA) — 6-4, 6-1

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    Court 5 — 11:00 A.M.  

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Alize Cornet (FRA) (22) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) — 6-3, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Dusan Lajovic (SRB) — 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Joao Sousa (POR) (32) d. Frank Dancevic (CAN) — 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(2)

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Sara Errani (ITA) (13) d. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) — 6-2, 7-6(2)

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    Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.  

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Belinda Bencic (SUI) d. Kurumi Nara (JPN) (31) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Angelique Kerber (GER) (6) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) — 6-2, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Andrea Petkovic (GER) (18) d. Monica Puig (PUR) — 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)

    Men’s Singles – Round 2
    Blaz Kavcic (SLO) d. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (30) — 6-2, 7-6(6), 6-3

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    Court 13 — 11:00 A.M. 

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) (27) — 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Lucie Safarova (CZE) (14) d. Saisai Zheng (CHN) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) — 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Dudi Sela (ISR) d. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) — 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5

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    Court 4 — 11:00 A.M.  

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) (5) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (5) — 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(6)

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS) d. Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) — 2-6, 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Vania King (USA) / Lisa Raymond (USA) d. Julia Goerges (GER) (16) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (16) — 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(2)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Michael Mmoh (USA) / Francis Tiafoe (USA) d. Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) / Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) — 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.  

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. Romina Oprandi (SUI) / Shelby Rogers (USA) — 2-6, 6-1, 6-0

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Martin Klizan (SVK) d. Steve Darcis (BEL) — 3-6, 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    David Goffin (BEL) d. Niels Desein (BEL) — 6-1, 6-3, 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Lauren Davis (USA) / Renata Voracova (CZE) d. Nicole Gibbs (USA) / Maria Sanchez (USA) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

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    Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.  

    Women’s Singles – Round 2
    Roberta Vinci (ITA) (28) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) — 2-6, 6-4, 6-1

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Marina Erakovic (NZL) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) d. Louisa Chirico (USA) / Katerina Stewart (USA) — 6-4, 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Zarina Diyas (KAZ) / Yi-Fan Xu (CHN) d. Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (6) / Abigail Spears (USA) (6) — 6-4, 2-6, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Lukas Lacko (SVK) — 6-3, 6-3, 6-2

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (4) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) (4) — 7-6(5), 3-6, 10-6

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    Court 8 — 11:00 A.M. 

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Sorana Cirstea (ROU) / Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d. Tornado Alicia Black (USA) / Bernarda Pera (USA) — 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) d. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (10) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (10) — 6-2, 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Sania Mirza (IND) (1) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (1) d. Tornado Alicia Black (USA) / Ernesto Escobedo (USA) — 6-2, 3-6, 10-5

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Marcel Granollers (ESP) (11) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (11) d. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) / Bernard Tomic (AUS) — 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Alison Riske (USA) / Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) / Heather Watson (GBR) — 7-5, 6-3

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    Court 10 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Illya Marchenko (UKR) d. Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) — 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(13), 7-6(4)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Christina McHale (USA) / Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) — 6-3, 6-1

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Petra Cetkovska (CZE) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) d. Grace Min (USA) / Melanie Oudin (USA) — 6-3, 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. Irina Falconi (USA) / Anna Tatishvili (USA) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-3

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    Court 12 — 11:00 A.M. 

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) d. Andre Begemann (GER) / Julian Knowle (AUT) — 6-3, 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Leander Paes (IND) (6) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (6) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) — 7-6(5), 6-2

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (4) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (4) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Francesca Schiavone (ITA) — 6-2, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Misaki Doi (JPN) / Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Mona Barthel (GER) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) — 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(4)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Martin Emmrich (GER) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Oliver Marach (AUT) — 6-7(4), 6-2, 7-6(4)

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    Court 14 — 11:00 A.M.  

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Cara Black (ZIM) (3) / Sania Mirza (IND) (3) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) / Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) — 6-3, 6-0

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) (16) / Robert Farah (COL) (16) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) — 7-6(9), 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Robin Haase (NED) / Igor Sijsling (NED) d. Mikhail Elgin (RUS) / Philipp Marx (GER) — 6-1, 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – Round 1
    Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) d. Shelby Rogers (USA) / Bradley Klahn (USA) — 7-6(1), 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Robert Lindstedt (SWE) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Federico Delbonis (ARG) / Alejandro Falla (COL) — 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 15 — 11:00 A.M.    

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) d. Matthew Ebden (AUS) / Ivo Karlovic (CRO) — 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Kveta Peschke (CZE) (5) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (5) d. Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) — 6-4, 7-6(3)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (12) / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (12) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) / Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) — 7-5, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 1
    Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) d. Kristina Barrois (GER) / Annika Beck (GER) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-2

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Sam Groth (AUS) / Chris Guccione (AUS) d. Jonathan Marray (GBR) / Gilles Muller (LUX) — 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5)

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    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Kiu Kaffi

  • Radwanska Rocks Rogers Cup Final in Montreal

    Radwanska Rocks Rogers Cup Final in Montreal

    Agnieszka Radwanska

    Agnieszka Radwanska, of Poland, won her first title of the year, defeating Venus Williams 6-4, 6-2. It is the 14th career title for the World No. 5.

    Radwanska troubled a tired-looking Venus, who didn’t seem to know how to handle the tricky Pole’s game. Aga broke her in the third game of the first set, which was all she needed to take it. In the second, she broke Williams in the first game. Then breaks were traded, and Williams looked deflated after the second break of her serve.

    Venus, 34, had spent a lot of time on court over the last two weeks, including the Bank of the West last week, and an emotional three-set victory over her sister, Serena, in the semifinals yesterday. However, it was one of her best runs in some time, and she will be back in the Top 20 when the rankings come out tomorrow.

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    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): topol6

  • Wimbledon Day 5: Order of Play & Scores

    Wimbledon Day 5: Order of Play & Scores

    The Centre Court matches on Day 5 of Wimbledon begin with 2011 champion and No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic playing the Frenchman Gilles Simon. The second match features the other 2011 champion, Petra Kvitova (6), who will face the five-time champion Venus Williams (30). Action concludes with last year’s champion Andy Murray (3) vs. the up-and-coming Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut (27).

    Action on No. 1 Court kicks off with Australian Open champion Li Na (2), facing the unseeded Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. Following them is the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (11) playing the No. 21 seed, Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR). The final match will be between the 2010 finalist Tomas Berdych (6) and Marin Cilic (26).

    The full schedule for Day 5 is listed below (Results to follow)…

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    Centre Court – 1:00 P.M.    

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d Gilles Simon (FRA) — 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

    Ladies’ Singles – Third round
    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (6) d Venus Williams (USA) (30) — 5-7, 7-6(2), 7-5

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
    Andy Murray (GBR) (3) d Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (27) — 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

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    No. 1 Court – 1:00 P.M.    

    Ladies’ Singles – Third round
    Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d Na Li (CHN) (2) — 7-6(5), 7-6(5)

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
    Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (11) d Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (21) — 6-7(3), 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Mikhail Elgin (RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) d Ross Hutchins (GBR) / Heather Watson (GBR) — 6-1, 1-6, 9-7

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    No. 2 Court – 11:30 A.M.    

    Ladies’ Singles – Second round
    Simona Halep (ROU) (3) d Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (15) d Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)— 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(7), 4-6, 6-3

    Ladies’ Singles – Third round
    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (4) d Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) — 6-2, 6-0

    Gentlemen’s Doubles – Second round
    Jamie Murray (GBR) (14) / John Peers (AUS) (14) d Jamie Delgado (GBR) / Gilles Muller (LUX) — 6-3, 7-6(7), 6-3

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    No. 3 Court – 11:30 A.M.    

    Ladies’ Singles – Third round
    Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (16) d Ana Konjuh (CRO) — 6-3, 6-0

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (14) d Jimmy Wang (TPE) — 6-2, 6-2, 7-5

    Ladies’ Singles – Third round
    Lucie Safarova (CZE) (23) d Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (10) — 6-4, 6-2

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) / Liezel Huber (USA) d Michael Venus (NZL) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) — 6-3, 6-4

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
    Marin Cilic (CRO) (26) d Tomas Berdych (CZE) (6) — 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(6)

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    Court 12 – 11:30 A.M.    

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
    Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (19) d Ante Pavic (CRO) — 6-4, 7-6(4), 7-5

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Nicholas Monroe (USA) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) d James Ward (GBR) / Anna Smith (GBR) — 6-2, 7-5

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
    Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) — 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0

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    Court 18 – 11:30 A.M.    

    Ladies’ Singles – Second round
    Belinda Bencic (SUI) d Victoria Duval (USA) — 6-4, 7-5

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
    Santiago Giraldo (COL) d Marcel Granollers (ESP) (30) — 4-6, 7-6(2), 1-6, 6-1, 7-5

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
    Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) — 6-4, 7-6(1), 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) / Janette Husarova (SVK) d Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) / Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) — 6-4, 6-4

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    Court 8 – 11:30 A.M.    

    Ladies’ Doubles – Second round
    Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (16) / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (16) d Klara Koukalova (CZE) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) — 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

    Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
    Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d Matthew Ebden (AUS) / Samuel Groth (AUS) — 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-2

    Gentlemen’s Doubles – Second round
    Pablo Cuevas (URU) (16) / David Marrero (ESP) (16) d Austin Krajicek (USA) / Donald Young (USA) — 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-5

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    Court 16 – 11:30 A.M.    

    Ladies’ Singles – Third round
    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (22) d Caroline Garcia (FRA) — 7-5, 6-3

    Ladies’ Singles – Third round
    Shuai Peng (CHN) d Lauren Davis (USA) — 0-6, 6-3, 6-3

    Ladies’ Doubles – First round
    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (5) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (5) d Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-4

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Florin Mergea (ROU) / Elina Svitolina (UKR) d Andre Begemann (GER) / Olga Savchuk (UKR) — 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

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    Court 17 – 11:30 A.M.    

    Gentlemen’s Singles – Third round
    Kevin Anderson (RSA) (20) d Fabio Fognini (ITA) (16) — 4-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1

    Ladies’ Singles – Third round
    Tereza Smitkova (CZE) d Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) — 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-8

    Gentlemen’s Doubles – Second round
    Marcel Granollers (ESP) (6) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (6) d Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) — 6-2, 7-5, 2-6, 1-6, 6-3

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    Court 4 – 11:30 A.M.    

    Ladies’ Doubles – Second round
    Flavia Pennetta (ITA) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (13) / Michaella Krajicek (NED) (13) — 7-5, 6-3

    Ladies’ Doubles – Second round
    Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Renata Voracova (CZE) d Liezel Huber (USA) (15) / Lisa Raymond (USA) (15) — 0-6, 7-6(5), 6-4

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Martin Emmrich (GER) / Michaella Krajicek (NED) d Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) — 6-2, 3-6, 6-2

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Dominic Inglot (GBR) / Johanna Konta (GBR) d Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Marina Erakovic (NZL) — 7-6(5), 6-4

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    Court 6 – 11:30 A.M.    

    Gentlemen’s Doubles – Second round
    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (4) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (4) d Andre Begemann (GER) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2

    Ladies’ Doubles – Second round
    Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) (11) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) (11) d Madison Keys (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) — 6-2, 6-2

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Martin Klizan (SVK) / Belinda Bencic (SUI) d Lukas Rosol (CZE) / Klara Koukalova (CZE) — 6-4, 6-0

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Chris Guccione (AUS) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) d Henri Kontinen (FIN) / Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) — 6-3, 6-4

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Mate Pavic (CRO) / Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d Jurgen Melzer (AUT) / Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) — 7-6(6), 7-6(4)

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    Court 7 – 11:30 A.M.    

    Gentlemen’s Doubles – Second round
    Mate Pavic (CRO) / Andre Sa (BRA) d Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) / Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) — 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-4

    Ladies’ Doubles – First round
    Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Arina Rodionova (AUS) d Francesca Schiavone (ITA) / Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Oliver Marach (AUT) / Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d Frantisek Cermak (CZE) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) — 6-1, 6-2

    Ladies’ Doubles – First round
    Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) d Lauren Davis (USA) / Monica Puig (PUR) — 6-2 7-6(5)

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    Court 10 – 11:30 A.M.    

    Gentlemen’s Doubles – Second round
    Juan-Sebastian Cabal (COL) (15) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (15) d Jonathan Marray (GBR) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) — 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-3

    Ladies’ Doubles – First round
    Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (7) / Abigail Spears (USA) (7) d Naomi Broady (GBR) / Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) — 7-6(3), 7-5

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Colin Fleming (GBR) / Jocelyn Rae (GBR) d Scott Lipsky (USA) / Jie Zheng (CHN) — 6-2, 6-0

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Neal Skupski (GBR) / Naomi Broady (GBR) d Robert Farah (COL) / Darija Jurak (CRO) — 7-5, 7-6(5)

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    Court 11 – 11:30 A.M.    

    Ladies’ Doubles – Second round
    Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (12) / Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) (12) d Zarina Diyas (KAZ) / Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) — 6-0, 6-0

    Gentlemen’s Doubles – Second round
    Eric Butorac (USA) (13) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) (13) d Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) — 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 6-4

    Gentlemen’s Doubles – Second round
    Daniel Nestor (CAN) (3) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (3) d Dustin Brown (GER) / Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) — 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

    Mixed Doubles – First round
    Jesse Huta Galung (NED) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) d Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

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  • Venus Still Formidable in Dubai

    Venus Still Formidable in Dubai

    Venus Williams

    Venus Williams won her 45th title today, defeating  France’s Alize Cornet, 6-3, 6-0, in the Dubai Open. Williams, 33 years old, hadn’t won a title in 16 months. Her recent battles with illness, and her age, have put her career in question. However, the seven-time Grand Slam Champion and former world No. 1 put all of her skills on display today. The French woman, Cornet, who was the vanquisher of Venus’s sister yesterday, had little answer to the big serving American, who was having a very strong day.

    Cornet scored the upset and was the surprise finalist over world No. 1 Serena Williams. As Venus said, “I was expecting to be playing Serena, but Alize played an amazing game in the semis, so congratulations on that.”

    Venus staved off retirement questions for another tournament, and proved she still has more than a little game.

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    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Marianne Bevis

  • Ana Ivanovic Secures WTA Auckland Title

    Ana Ivanovic Secures WTA Auckland Title

    Ana Ivanovic

    Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic continued with her excellent run of form by defeating Venus Williams 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in a titanic battle to seize the WTA Auckland crown in 2 hours, 19 minutes.

    Williams, also a former world No. 1, fought back strongly after Ivanovic had raced to an early lead by taking the opening stanza 6-2. The 33-year-old American won the second set to level proceedings having fought back from 3-5 down and facing a championship point.  She held serve and then broke the Serb twice to send the match into a deciding set.

    In the decider, Ivanovic broke Williams early and stayed in control, despite having to survive two break points when serving for the match.

    It was Ivanovic’s 12th title and first since 2011.

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    Cover Photo: NAPARAZZI (Creative Commons License)

  • Equal Pay in Tennis: ESPN to Air “Venus Vs.” Tonight at 8pm EDT

    Equal Pay in Tennis: ESPN to Air “Venus Vs.” Tonight at 8pm EDT

    A different look at Venus Williams’ legacy in the sport.  Not only is she a multi-Slam champion, but also a catalyst in the fight for equal pay and women’s rights in tennis.  Still a controversial topic, ESPN delves into the issue.

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  • Roland Garros/French Open Day 1, May 26: Scores

    Roland Garros/French Open Day 1, May 26: Scores

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    Men:

    Roger Federer (SUI) [2] def. Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP) 6-2 6-2 6-3
    Gilles Simon (FRA) [15] def. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3-6 1-6 6-4 6-1 7-5
    Milos Raonic (CAN) [14] def. Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-4
    Jeremy Chardy (FRA) [25] def. Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-4 6-2 7-5
    Kevin Anderson (RSA) [23] def. Illya Marchenko (UKR) 6-3 7-5 6-4
    Blaz Kavcic (SLO) def. James Duckworth (AUS) 6-2 6-2 6-2
    Joao Sousa (POR) def. Go Soeda (JPN) 6-1 6-3 6-2
    Sam Querrey (USA) [18] def. Lukas Lacko (SVK) 6-3 6-4 6-4
    Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def. Gilles Muller (LUX) 6-3 6-4 6-2
    Jan Hajek (CZE) def. Denis Kudla (USA) 6-2 5-7 6-0 6-4
    David Ferrer (ESP) [4] def. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-4 6-3 6-4
    Andreas Seppi (ITA) [20] def. Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4
    Somdev Devvarman (IND) def. Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) 6-3 6-3 7-5
    Michael Llodra (FRA) def. Steve Darcis (BEL) 6-4 4-6 6-1 6-4
    Viktor Troicki (SRB) def. James Blake (USA) 6-4 6-2 6-2

    Click here to discuss the Men’s Day 1 results, and more with fellow tennis fans on our discussion boards.

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    Women:

    Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [14] def. Petra Martic (CRO) 6-1 3-6 6-3
    Serena Williams (USA) [1] def. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 6-0 6-1
    Sara Errani (ITA) [5] def. Arantxa Rus (NED) 6-1 6-2
    Caroline Garcia (FRA) def. Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) 6-3 6-4
    Monica Puig (PUR) def. Nadia Petrova (RUS) [11] 3-6 7-5 6-4
    Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [19] def. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4
    Mallory Burdette (USA) def. Donna Vekic (CRO) 6-3 6-4
    Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-2 6-3
    Petra Cetkovska (CZE) def. Olga Puchkova (RUS) 6-0 6-2
    Shelby Rogers (USA) def. Irena Pavlovic (FRA) 6-3 6-4
    Sabine Lisicki (GER) [32] def. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-3 6-4
    Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) def. Mandy Minella (LUX) 7-5 6-1
    Sorana Cirstea (ROU) [26] def. Kiki Bertens (NED) 5-7 7-5 6-2
    Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) def. Grace Min (USA) 4-6 6-4 7-5
    Urszula Radwanska (POL) def. Venus Williams (USA) [30] 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4

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