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It didn’t have Serena, but it did have a whole lot of excellent tennis. As she moves to the top of the WTA world rankings, Angelique Kerber will do it as the winner of the 2016 U.S. Open after a three-set victory over Karolina Pliskova. Kerber, currently seeded second behind Williams, dropped a set for the first time in the tournament but hung on for a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win on a steamy Saturday afternoon...
Published: July 8, 2016
Andy Murray will be the favorite to win his second Wimbledon title after advancing to Sunday’s men’s final with a straight-set win over Thomas Berdych on Friday. For second-seeded Murray, the win came easily. He never faltered in a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 match that lasted just one hour and 57 minutes. It’s the fifth straight win for Murray over 10th-seeded Berdych. The mood at the famed Centre...
Published: July 8, 2016
Milos Raonic has become the first Canadian man ever to reach a Grand Slam final after an epic five-set win over Roger Federer in the first men’s semifinal on Friday at Wimbledon. Both third-seeded Federer and sixth-seeded Raonic came into the match after coming back from two-set deficits to win five-set quarterfinal matches. Raonic got an early edge when he took advantage of his first break point...
Published: June 4, 2016
Fourth seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain has stunned No. 1 Serena Williams to win the 2016 French Open by a score of 7-5, 6-4. As Williams took her third shot at tying Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles in the Open Era, 22-year-old Muguzura dished out her second-career win over Serena at Roland Garros after shocking her 6-2, 6-2 in the second round back in 2014. The hard-hitting Muguruza...
Published: September 13, 2015
Novak Djokovic of Serbia captured his third Grand Slam title in 2015 with a four-set win over Roger Federer of Switzerland in a rain-delayed final at the U.S. Open on Sunday. After waiting for three hours to get the championship match underway due to the weather, Djokovic showed cool nerves and gritty determination in overcoming a pro-Federer crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium to win 6-4, 5-7, 6-4,...
Published: September 12, 2015
It’s not the women’s final that tennis fans were expecting. Flavia Pennetta won her first ever Grand Slam championship after a 7-6(4), 6-2 win over her fellow Italian and good friend Roberta Vinci on Saturday—then shocked fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium by announcing her retirement. Vinci’s semifinal win over top seed Serena Williams will be remembered as the most dramatic...
Published: September 8, 2015
Serena Williams is two wins away from the elusive calendar Slam after a three-set victory over her older sister Venus in the quarterfinal of the U.S. Open. Serena moves on to a semifinal match against Roberta Vinci after a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 win over Venus in front of a star-studded crowd on Tuesday. In a hard-hitting match that saw high-quality tennis from both athletes, Serena committed just two unforced...
Published: August 23, 2015
Tiger Woods played his best tournament of the year, but one bad hole removed all chance for him to extend his season with a berth in the FedEx Cup playoff. A triple bogey on the 11th hole on Sunday sunk Tiger’s chances at a title at the Wyndham Championship. He finished the day with a 70, tied for 10th place. The finish is an improvement on his 17th-place showing at the 2015 Masters, but is still...
Published: August 22, 2015
Tiger Woods kept his quest for a championship alive on moving day at the Wyndham Championship. Starting the round tied for the lead at 11 under par, Woods shot a two-under 68 on Saturday. He’ll enter the final round at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, in a three-way tie for second place with Jonas Blixt and Scott Brown, two shots behind leader Jason Gore. In addition to...
Published: August 1, 2015
After starting Round 3 ranked in the Top 10, Tiger Woods shot a 3-over par 74 to drop nine shots off the lead at the Quicken Loans National at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on Saturday. Tiger’s tee shots proved to be his biggest challenge. He hit just seven of 14 fairways for the day and the first didn’t come until the eighth hole, leaving him to rely on his short game to save par after...