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After showing little effort in a 6-3, 6-1 loss to Mischa Zverev in the second round of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday, Nick Kyrgios was fined $16,500 by the ATP. According to ESPN.com, the ATP ruled that Kyrgios violated the ATP Code of Conduct, resulting in a $10,000 fine for lack of effort, a $5,000 fine for verbal abuse of a spectator and a $1,500 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct. The 21-year-old...
Published: September 12, 2016
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic fell to Stan Wawrinka in the 2016 U.S. Open final Sunday, which ended what was an otherwise dominant season in somewhat disappointing fashion. Djokovic took the first set in a tiebreak before noticeably fading down the stretch. Wawrinka took the final three sets to earn a 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 win. It’s Wawrinka’s third career major championship and...
Published: September 9, 2016
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic punched his ticket to the U.S. Open final Friday with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 victory over 10th-seeded Gael Monfils in perhaps the wildest match of the tournament. Djoker defeated the Frenchman, who appeared disinterested, bewildered and lacking in terms of effort for the first two sets before mounting a comeback and making a match of it. With the win, Nole reached his...
Published: September 3, 2016
Second-seeded Andy Murray overcame a slow start Saturday to defeat Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in the third round of the U.S. Open. By virtue of the victory, Murray kept alive his quest to reach the final of all four Grand Slam events in 2016. Murray struggled out of the gates and didn’t appear to be in the type of form he displayed in winning Wimbledon and Olympic...
Published: August 27, 2016
Pablo Carreno Busta won his first career ATP singles title Saturday at the Winston-Salem Open, upsetting Spanish countryman Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7(6), 7-6(1), 6-4. In addition to Carreno Busta’s victory, the team of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Henri Kontinen defeated Andre Begemann and Leander Paes in a three-set thriller to take the men’s doubles title. Here is a breakdown...
Published: July 30, 2016
While several big names opted against competing in the Rogers Cup, men’s and women’s singles action boasted plenty of star power Saturday during semifinal competition in both Toronto and Montreal. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and two-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka were each scheduled to take the court on the men’s side, as were reigning Australian Open winner Angelique Kerber...
Published: July 15, 2016
Sixth-ranked women’s tennis player Victoria Azarenka announced Friday she is pregnant and expecting her first child. The two-time Australian Open champion revealed the news on Twitter: The 26-year-old Belarus native did not participate at Wimbledon due to a knee injury, and she will now miss both the Olympics and the U.S. Open. While Vika will miss some big events over the next nine months,...
Published: July 7, 2016
No. 1 Serena Williams and No. 4 Angelique Kerber will meet in a Grand Slam final for the second time this year on Saturday at Wimbledon, and Serena will look to both avenge her Australian Open loss and win her 22nd career Grand Slam title in the process. Williams is 0-2 in Grand Slam finals this year, but she is seemingly in her best form yet after a dominant semifinal performance. While Kerber has...
Published: July 7, 2016
Following the shooting death of Philando Castile by a police officer in Minnesota, Serena Williams commented on the situation on Twitter. The world No. 1 women’s tennis player had the following to say about the incident after reaching the Wimbledon final by virtue of a 6-2, 6-0 win over Elena Vesnina: According to Eliott C. McLaughlin and Joshua Berlinger of CNN.com, Castile was shot and killed...
Published: July 3, 2016
While the middle Sunday at Wimbledon is usually a time for rest and relaxation, the constant rain at the All England Club in the opening week will force tradition to go to the wayside for the first time since 2004. Several third-round matches in the men’s and women’s singles draw will take place in their entirety Sunday, while a handful of men’s singles contests that were delayed...