Tag Archives: Tennis

Friday, 3 Feb 2017 :  Dan Evans will play 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov in the opening rubber of Great Britain’s Davis Cup first-round tie against Canada in Ottawa. Friday’s second singles rubber will be between Kyle Edmund and Vasek Pospisil. Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot will contest Saturday’s doubles rubber against …

Thursday, 2 Feb 2017 : Davis Cup captain Leon Smith has confirmed Andy Murray will not compete for Great Britain in this weekend’s tie against Canada. Smith left the door open for the world number one who had intimated he needed time to recuperate. “It’s the right thing for him to …

  Monday,30 January – Serena Williams made history when they won Grand Slam titles to 23 of Steffi Graf’s record after defeating her sister Venus in the Australian Open final action yesterday. In the final match of the two representatives of the United States is their best previous victory in favor …

   Wednesday, 25 January 2017 :  Six-time champion Serena Williams outplayed Britain’s Johanna Konta to reach the Australian Open semi-finals. The American, 35, won 6-2 6-3 and will next play Croatia’s unseeded Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, who beat fifth seed Czech Karolina Plisokva 6-4 3-6 6-4. Konta, seeded ninth, went into the …

Monday, 23 January 2017 :  Konta, seeded ninth, saw off 30th seed Makarova 6-1 6-4 to reach the last eight without dropping a set. The Briton, 25, reached her first Grand Slam semi-final in Melbourne last year. Second seed Williams overcame stern resistance from Czech 16th seed Barbora Strycova to …

  Saturday, 21 January 2017 :   Serena Williams gave compatriot Nicole Gibbs a lesson in grand slam tennis with a 6-1 6-3 towelling to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday. Having passed her earlier tests against more accomplished players, Williams had far too many weapons …

Friday,20 Jan – Coco Vandeweghe rallied from a break down in the deciding set to sweep past Eugenie Bouchard 6-4 3-6 7-5 on Friday, setting up a potential fourth round clash against defending champion and world number one Angelique Kerber. The 26-year-old American, who had never advanced beyond the third …

Thursday, 19 January 2017 :  Uzbek journeyman Denis Istomin pulled off an Australian Open upset for the ages on Thursday when he sent Novak Djokovic tumbling out of the second round of the grand slam the Serbian has all but dominated for the last seven years. The 30-year-old world number …

Thursday,19 Jan – After six months on the sidelines, the former No. 1 in the world, Roger Federer has failed to convince impressive display at the Australian Open tennis tournament after being forced to struggle to get rid of players who started the campaign from the qualifying round, Noah Rubin …

Wednesday,18 january 2017 – Rafael Nadal said they experienced a drop in ranking encourage him to rise to restore the situation by beating Germany’s Florian Mayer in the first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament today. The former No. 1 world it looked like regaining his best form, after …