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Tiger Woods missed the cut at the season’s first tournament at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, in part because of a two-stroke penalty. With the penalty, Woods finished the second round of the tournament at three-over par. Woods received the two-stroke penalty for taking a drop on the fifth hole after he mishit his first shot. His ball landed in a patch of sandy, vine-covered...
Published: January 18, 2013
The sights and sounds of the 2013 Australian Open continue to captivate the world, and Tomas Berdych‘s girlfriend Ester Satorova did her part on Friday to keep up the more intriguing aspects of the event. At some point during ESPN2’s coverage of the tennis action from Melbourne, the cameras—as they have been known to do—caught sight of the lovely Satorova. Here...
Published: January 18, 2013
For the average PGA Tour professional, matching Tiger Woods’ three wins and $6 million-plus in earnings in 2012 would constitute a career year. Tiger Woods, of course, is not the average PGA Tour professional. For Tiger, the point of playing golf professionally is to win majors. As a tie for third at the Open Championship was Woods’ best finish in a major in 2012,...
Published: January 18, 2013
Novak Djokovic joins the star-studded cast of tennis’ best on the 2013 Australian Open, and his support will continue to be longtime girlfriend, Jelena Ristic. The Serbian star who is also the No. 1 player in the world, is cruising through the early goings in Melbourne. He just took care of third-round opponent Radek Stepanek in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. More than dominating...
Published: January 18, 2013
The tennis world is receiving mixed signals from Rafael Nadal’s camp on his return to the sport. Prior to the start of the Australian Open Nadal officially withdrew from the men’s draw due to a stomach virus. His entourage wanted to emphasize that the illness and not left knee tendinitis, which sidelined him last summer, is the sole reason for Nadal missing the first Grand Slam event of...
Published: January 18, 2013
You know when you’re being compared to Andre Agassi and Roger Federer that you’re doing something right. ESPN’s Greg Garber compared Novak Djokovic’s dominance at Melbourne to the impressive runs by the two aforementioned tennis greats. Djokovic, winner of 17 consecutive Australian Open matches, has won the past two events and three of the past five Down Under. He’s not...
Published: January 18, 2013
Is Maria Sharapova eyeing revenge for her 2012 Australian Open final loss to Victoria Azarenka? She surely sent a message to the power structure of the women’s singles bracket with a dominant win over Venus Williams in the second round of the 2013 Australian Open. The two Grand Slam winners dueled it out in a third-round matchup in Melbourne. It was Sharapova, though, who got the better of her...
Published: January 18, 2013
The first week of the 2013 Australian Open, so far, has been very kind to Serena Williams. Even after rolling her ankle in the first round, Williams has only lost two games in the four sets she has played. As she gets set to play her third-round match Saturday afternoon at Rod Laver Arena against Ayumi Morita, her road to reaching the finals at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year is pretty...
Published: January 18, 2013
Tiger Woods missed his first European Tour cut on Friday at the season-opening Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, but it should not be any cause for alarm or premature panicking for the 14-time major champion. Despite firing underwhelming scores of 72 and 75 to finish at three-over, there are plenty of positives for Woods to draw on. Since it is the very first tournament of the 2013 campaign, this relatively...
Published: January 18, 2013
As the first week of the Australian Open comes to a close, we have seen a lot of straightforward matches, especially on the men’s side. The top seeds came to Melbourne prepared and breezed through their opening rounds. Though some have fallen on the women’s side, (see Sara Errani, Petra Kvitová and Sam Stosur) it still made for an exciting week of tennis. Third...