Tag Archives: Tennis

Friday, 31 March 2017 :  The 35-year-old Swiss survived two match points in the deciding tie-break before winning 6-2 3-6 7-6 (8-6). Berdych double-faulted on Federer’s second match point to gift victory to the 18-time Grand Slam champion. In the women’s draw, former world number one Caroline Wozniacki reached the …

Thursday, 30 March 2017 :  Tenth seed Konta gave up the only break of the first set but hit back to race into a 3-0 lead early in the second. Third seed Halep recovered to force a tie-break but Konta dug deep to take it to a decider, which she …

Wednesday, 28 March 2017 : Sharapova was banned for two years last June after testing positive for meldonium, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) reduced the suspension.  She prepares to return to tennis after a 15-month ban. The 29-year-old Russian will return at next month’s Porsche Grand Prix, courtesy of …

Wednesday, 28 March 2017 :  The 19-year-old German beat his 32-year-old Swiss opponent, the world number three, 4-6 6-2 6-1, setting up a tie with Nick Kyrgios or David Goffin. Rafael Nadal also made it through, defeating France’s Nicolas Mahut 6-4 7-6 (7-4). He plays American Jack Sock. And Roger …

Wednesday, 28 March 2017 :  Murray, 29, pulled out of the Miami Open almost a week before his opening match because of the problem. GB captain Leon Smith conceded it was “a big loss to our team” to be without the world number one. Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund, Jamie Murray …

Roger Federer took his 2017 record to 15 wins from 16 matches as he beat Juan Martin del Potro at the Miami Open. The Swiss, 35, won 6-3 6-4 to reach the last 16, where he will face Spanish 14th seed Roberto Bautista Agut. “I feel like I earned it …

 Monday, 27 March 2017 : An iguana bizarrely interrupted play at the Miami Open tennis tournament on Wednesday. Officials halted the first-round game between Germany’s Tommy Haas and the Czech Republic’s Jiri Vesely for several minutes after the reptile invaded the court and clambered onto an electronic scoreboard. Haas snapped …

Monday, 27 March 2017 :  Johanna Konta rediscovered her best form as she thrashed Pauline Parmentier of France in straight sets to reach round four at the Miami Open. Konta, seeded 10th, took charge from midway through the first set to win 6-4 6-0 in 63 minutes. She next faces …

Thursday, 23 March 2017 :  British trio Dan Evans, Heather Watson and Aljaz Bedene all lost in the first round of the Miami Open. World number 43 Evans was given a point penalty for swearing midway through the final set of his 7-5 0-6 6-3 loss to American qualifier Ernesto …

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 :  Roger Federer is the world’s best player in 2017, but it is no fluke: his 6-4 7-5 win over Stan Wawrinka at Indian Wells marks him out as one of sport’s supreme strategists. It was a timely backhanded compliment because it is Federer’s reliability on …