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May 2005 was the last time Rafael Nadal was not in the top five of the ATP rankings. That is no longer the case after the 14-time Grand Slam winner lost to Andy Murray in the finals of the Madrid Masters on Sunday, per the Associated Press. Nadal is seventh in the latest rankings, which is exactly where he was the last time he was looking up at the top five. Novak Djokovic is the world’s...
Published: May 9, 2015
Saturday was moving day at the 2015 Players Championship, and it wasn’t the biggest names on the PGA Tour making the notable moves. Instead, players such as Kevin Na, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner and Ben Martin dominated the third-round headlines and sit at or near the top of the crowded leaderboard. In all, 24 players are within four strokes of Kirk’s first-place score of 10-under par. Here...
Published: May 7, 2015
There is something magical about the 64-team bracket when it comes to NCAA championships. While the 2015 NCAA tennis tournament won’t induce the bracket-mania among fans that its basketball counterpart does every March, it replicates the same pressure and win-or-go-home environment that steels eventual champions. Whichever team survives that pressure for six rounds will go home with the trophy. Here...
Published: May 3, 2015
Rory McIlroy played two entire matches at the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship Saturday and still left the fans wanting more. McIlroy advanced to the quarterfinals with an early round-of-16 victory over Hideki Matsuyama, but officials suspended his evening showdown with Paul Casey for darkness after three extra holes. The fact that it was freezing cold and McIlroy was wearing...
Published: May 3, 2015
The WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship did its very best to ensure the marquee players would advance in the 2015 edition. Most of those top-notch players just didn’t get the memo. The tournament tweaked its format to include round-robin group play in the first three days instead of single-elimination matches, but eight of the top 10 players in the world and 11 of the top 16 didn’t...
Published: May 2, 2015
Play time is officially over at the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play—it’s bracket time. The WGC-Cadillac Match Play underwent a format face-lift from years past for the 2015 edition. Rather than a March Madness-style 64-man bracket, there were 16 groups featuring four players each and round-robin matches for the first three days. Friday was the final day of round-robin competition, which means...
Published: April 11, 2015
The green jacket isn’t the only green that the 2015 Masters winner will pocket Sunday. A total purse of $9 million in winnings await the world’s best golfers after this year’s tournament, and the winner alone will take home a cool $1.62 million. Golf.com’s Brendan Mohler provided the complete payout information. Here is a look at the top of the standings after Saturday’s...
Published: April 5, 2015
The 2015 LPGA ANA Inspiration is Sei Young Kim’s world, and the rest of the competitors are just living in it. Kim made a major move in the second round Friday in the year’s first major, and she fortified her lead with a three-under par 69 on moving day Saturday in the third round. It was an impressive statement that suggested her 65 Friday was no fluke. Kim has at least a three-shot lead...
Published: April 4, 2015
The world’s best athletes step up their games when championships are within sight. That is exactly what No. 1 Novak Djokovic did Friday in his straight-sets victory over John Isner in the Miami Open semifinals. Djokovic handled the challenger to the tune of 7-6(3), 6-2 and got stronger as the match progressed. He finished with nine aces and won 80 percent of his first-service points and 72 percent...
Published: April 3, 2015
Ultimately, sport is one of the biggest theaters of American culture, and every theater needs its headliners. Even if those headliners are past their prime. The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club is golf’s biggest stage, and its biggest name, Tiger Woods, announced Friday that he will play in the 2015 edition. He has been on a leave of absence since Feb. 5, when he withdrew from the Farmers...