MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Ailing knees, Father Time and even a resurgent Victoria Azarenka stand in the way of Serena Williams clinching her seventh Australian Open title and giving her one more shot at an achievement that would cap her storied career. Williams, already considered one of the all time greats, has 21 grand slam singles […]
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) – Svetlana Kuznetsova rolled back the years with a ruthless 6-0 6-2 demolition of Puerto Rican qualifier Monica Puig Puerto Rican qualifier Monica Puig to win her 16th WTA title at the Sydney International on Friday. In 55 minutes of one-sided tennis, the 30-year-old former French and U.S. Open champion […]
Top seed Bernard Tomic retired in the Sydney International quarter-final after making it clear to the umpire his focus was on next week's Australian Open.
The members of the quartet have had an exemplary run in 2015. Novak Djokovic thrilled us with his career best performance by playing sublime tennis and producing near-perfect results in 2015. In his most physically draining year, he clinched three of the four Grand Slams, won 82 matches and 11 titles overall, held the No.1 […]
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Serena Williams must stop giving opponents head starts if she is to come anywhere near emulating last season’s feat of winning three of the year’s four grand slams, according to former world number one Chris Evert. Williams, 34, has hardly struck a ball in anger since a shock semi-final […]