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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: September 9, 2016
No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka defeated No. 6 Kei Nishikori 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2, on Friday night in the second men’s semifinal at the U.S. Open to advance to Sunday afternoon’s final at Flushing Meadows. Wawrinka will face No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic in an attempt to capture the third Grand Slam title of his career after winning Friday’s war of attrition. Nishikori captured the first...
Published: July 10, 2016
Andy Murray captured the second Wimbledon Championship of his career with a 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) victory over Milos Raonic on Sunday afternoon at the All England Club. Murray was virtually flawless in capturing the third Grand Slam of his career. He neutralized Raonic’s vaunted serve, limiting him just eight aces in three sets after 137 in his previous six matches, including 23 against Roger...
Published: July 9, 2016
Serena Williams made tennis history on Saturday morning, defeating Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3 in the women’s final at Wimbledon to tie Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles in the open era. Williams was making her fourth attempt at tying the mark and against an opponent who denied her earlier this year in the final at the Australian Open. It’s her seventh championship at the...
Published: July 12, 2015
Novak Djokovic captured his second straight Wimbledon title and the third of his career by defeating Roger Federer 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 in Sunday’s men’s final at the All England Club. Djokovic is the first man to repeat as Wimbledon champion since Federer won five in a row between 2003 and 2007. The first two sets featured high-level, back-and-forth tennis between two of the sport’s...
Published: June 6, 2015
It took him two days, but Novak Djokovic is on to the French Open final for the second straight year. The top-seeded Djokovic defeated No. 3 Andy Murray 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 in their resumed semifinal match Saturday afternoon at Roland Garros. He advances to face No. 8 Stan Wawrinka Sunday afternoon for a chance at completing the career Grand Slam. Djokovic appeared on the verge of running Murray...
Published: June 6, 2015
Serena Williams overcame a huge amount of adversity and a determined Lucie Safarova, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2, to win her 20th career Grand Slam on Saturday afternoon at the French Open. With her third French Open championship, Williams joins Margaret Court and Steffi Graf as the only women’s tennis players in history to capture at least 20 Grand Slam titles. This victory was anything but...
Published: May 17, 2015
No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic defeated No. 2 Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 to win the Italian Open at Foro Italico in Rome on Sunday afternoon. Djokovic’s title is his fourth at Rome and the 53rd of his career. With the win, he improves to 19-20 all-time against Federer and carries some clay-court momentum heading into the French Open, which begins next week at Roland Garros in Paris. Both Djokovic...
Published: May 10, 2015
Rickie Fowler completed an epic charge up the leaderboard to take the Players Championship title in a sudden-death playoff on Sunday afternoon at TPC Sawgrass. Fowler, who was left for dead heading to the back nine, played the last six holes in six under par to get 12-under for the tournament and take the lead heading into the clubhouse. His four under on the last four holes set a record for the lowest...
Published: September 13, 2014
Rory McIlroy and Billy Horschel were the final pairing of Saturday’s moving day at the Tour Championship in Atlanta, and the two will do it again on Sunday. McIlroy made up two strokes on Horschel, firing a third-round 67 to tie him atop the leaderboard at nine under par and set up a final-round showdown for all the marbles. Horschel struggled mightily on the back nine, bogeying two of the first...
Published: September 1, 2014
Chris Kirk fired a bogey-free round of 66 on Monday at TPC Boston, winning the 2014 Deutsche Bank Championship at 15 under par. And it didn’t come without it’s share of last-minute dramatics. On the 18th green, Kirk missed a short birdie putt that would’ve sealed the deal, opening the door for Billy Horschel who sat one shot back of the lead. But Horschel, who entered the day in second...