REUTERS – Roger Federer quelled Grigor Dimitrov’s challenge in three sets in the Brisbane International quarter-finals and Victoria Azarenka blew away Samantha Crawford to reach the final in the women’s draw on Friday. Azarenka ended American qualifier Crawford’s dream run with a 6-0 6-3 win to set up a decider with Germany’s Angelique Kerber, who […]
REUTERS – Briton Andy Murray showed no signs of the thigh injury that had previously troubled him as he dispatched German teenager Alexander Zverev in the punishing Perth heat at the Hopman Cup on Friday. The world number two had spoken of soreness in his right thigh during Wednesday’s loss to Australian Nick Kyrgios at […]
REUTERS – Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska will move to fourth in the world rankings after beating Germany’s Anna-Lena Friedsam to reach the final of the Shenzhen Open in China on Friday. The Pole, currently ranked fifth, prevailed 6-2 6-4 to set up a Saturday showdown with American Alison Riske, who beat Hungary’s Timea Babos by the […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The format of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup could be changed to feature a “final four” showdown if new International Tennis Federation (ITF) chief David Haggerty pushes through on plans to revolutionise the competitions. Both team events, particularly the Davis Cup, have suffered from top players opting out of national duty […]
REUTERS – Roger Federer took 55 minutes to dispel all injury doubts with a 6-2 6-1 routing of unheralded German Tobias Kamke in the second round of the Brisbane International on Thursday. Media speculations swirled around the fitness of the world number three less than two weeks before he launches his bid for a fifth […]
REUTERS – Andy Murray’s preparations for this month’s Australian Open suffered a setback on Wednesday when the world number two went down in straight sets to local favourite Nick Kyrgios at the Hopman Cup in Perth. Murray, who led Britain to their first Davis Cup triumph in 79 years just over a month ago, stormed […]
REUTERS – Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus continued their Australian Open preparations by swiftly marching through to the quarter finals of the Brisbane International on Wednesday. Nishikori cruised past Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-4 on Pat Rafter Arena before twice Australian Open champion Azarenka dispatched Belgian lucky loser Ysaline Bonaventure 6-3 6-2. […]
REUTERS – World number one Serena Williams retired from her Hopman Cup match against Australian Jarmila Wolfe on Tuesday with a knee injury barely two weeks before launching her bid for a seventh Australian Open title. Williams was trailing 7-5 2-1 when she decided not to continue after receiving medical treatment. After pulling out of […]
REUTERS – Former world number ones Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic endured a humbling start to the season after the top two seeds were dumped out of the Auckland Classic in the first round by unheralded opponents on Thursday. Russian teenager Daria Kasatkina, ranked 75th in the world, claimed arguably the biggest win of her […]
