Archive for March, 2010
Serena, Del Potro join Key Biscayne withdrawal list
Tennis newsAdd 12-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams and U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro to the list of top players pulling out of the Sony Ericsson Open. Williams, a five-time winner of the hard-court event, is out because of the left knee injury that has sidelined the American since her Australian Open title. Del [...]
Jankovic heads to Indian Wells finals; Roddick to semis
Tennis newsJelena Jankovic defeated Australian Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-4 Friday to reach the women’s final of the BNP Paribas Open, where she’ll play Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki. Wozniacki beat fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-2, 6-3, a win that is projected to raise her world ranking to No. 2 next week. Jankovic will try to win [...]
Champ Nadal back to semifinals at Indian Wells
Tennis newsDefending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-6 (4) Thursday night to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in his first tournament since returning from a six-week injury layoff. Nadal used every inch of the court in beating Berdych for the sixth consecutive time. He mixed topspin with power off the forehand [...]
ITF drops inquiries regarding Agassi’s drug use
Tennis newsTennis officials have closed the book on Andre Agassi’s drug revelations. International Tennis Federation president Francesco Ricci Bitti told the Associated Press on Wednesday that despite appeals from the World Anti-Doping Agency, the statute of limitations in the case expired long ago and no retroactive punishment was possible. In Agassi’s recently published autobiography, , he [...]
Nadal restores order with win at Indian Wells
Tennis newsRafael Nadal restored order on a day of upsets with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 fourth-round victory over big-serving American John Isner at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday, after Novak Djokovic and Elena Dementieva were ousted. Seeking his third title at Indian Wells, the third-seeded Nadal withstood Isner’s serve-and-volley game under the searing afternoon sun [...]
Two-time champ Sharapova in Wimbledon warmup
Tennis newsMaria Sharapova has signed up to play in the Wimbledon grass-court warmup in Birmingham in June. The 13th-ranked Russian is a two-time champion at the AEGON Classic, having won back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2005. Sharapova said she is looking forward to playing “at this important time in the grass court season.” The Birmingham tournament [...]
Federer ousted by Baghdatis at Indian Wells
Tennis newsFor everything Roger Federer did right, the world’s top-ranked player did something wrong. Eventually, his errant shotmaking did him in. Marcos Baghdatis upset Federer 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (4) on Tuesday night in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open, beating the Swiss for the first time in seven meetings. A joyous Baghdatis bent down [...]
Djokovic outlasts Kohlschreiber at Indian Wells
Tennis newsNovak Djokovic built up a head of steam while losing nine consecutive games over two sets. He let it out by tossing his ballcap after finally winning a game in the third. “If I could pull my hair off, I would do it in that moment,” he said. That wasn’t the only trouble the world’s [...]
Agassi apologizes for poking fun at Sampras
Tennis newsAndre Agassi told ESPN.com he was “out of line” and apologized for poking fun at Pete Sampras during a charity match last week. Longtime rivals Agassi and Sampras were wearing microphones during the match, and the crowd at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California got an earful during an exchange that started lighthearted but turned [...]
Murray cruises to second round at Indian Wells
Tennis newsRoger Federer had to work a little harder than expected Sunday night before beating Victor Hanescu 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. Hanescu won a set from Federer for the first time in their five meetings. But the challenge the Romanian seemed to be mounting against the world’s [...]
