Story Highlights Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the final in Rome Williams has won 24 consecutive matches It marked Williams’ 51st career title ROME (AP) — Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive title of the year in dominating fashion Sunday, beating third-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the Italian Open final. The [...]
Tennis Recap: Serena Williams routs Victoria Azarenka in Rome / Nadal dominates Federer to win in Rome
May 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Tennis Recap: Nadal beats Wawrinka in Madrid Open final
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates his victory against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.(Photo: Jasper Juinen, Getty Images) Story Highlights Rafael nadal defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4 Nadal earned his fifth title of 2013 after returning from knee injuury It marked his 55th career title and record 23rd Masters title MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal won his [...]
Tennis Recap: Serena beats Sharapova to win Madrid Open
May 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Serena Williams celebrates after defeating Maria Sharapova of Russia in the final of the Madrid Open.(Photo: Jasper Juinen, Getty Images) Story Highlights Serena Williams breezed past Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 Williams defends her title and retains her No. 1 ranking She runs her record against Sharapova to 13-2 MADRID (AP) — Serena Williams kept the [...]
Tennis Recap: Pavlyuchenkova beats Suarez to win Portugal Open
May 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova holds her trophy during an award ceremony after winning the Portugal Open tennis tournament.(Photo: Francisco Seco, AP) Story Highlights She won 7-5, 6-2 She overcame five double faults to win It is Pavlyuchenkova’s fifth career title and second of the year OEIRAS, Portugal (AP) — Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Spain’s Carla Suarez 7-5, [...]
Tennis Recap: Nadal beats Almagro to claim 8th Barcelona Open title
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Rafael Nadal of Spain wins the Barcelona Open for the eighth time.(Photo: David Ramos, Getty Images) Story Highlights Rafael Nadal defeated Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday It was Nadal’s eighth Barcelona Open title Nadal has four titles and has made six finals this year after returning from injury BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal [...]
Tennis Roundup: Kei Nishikori captures Memphis title
February 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Kei Nishikori of Japan celebrates after defeating Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the final of the U.S. National Indoor Championships.(Photo: Mark Humphrey, AP) Story Highlights Kei Nishikori defeated Feliciano Lopez 6-2, 6-3 in the Memphis final Nishikori needed only 67 minutes to improve to 3-2 in finals Seeded fifth, Nishikori was the only seed to [...]
Tennis Roundup: Kirilenko, Lisicki reach Pattaya Open final
February 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — Second-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia and fifth-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany advanced to the final of the Pattaya Open with straight-set victories on Saturday. Kirilenko used a powerful return of serve to defeat fourth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-0, 6-2 in only 67 minutes and take a 3-2 lead in head-to-head [...]
Tennis Recap: Venus ends two-year drought with Luxembourg title
October 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
Serena Williams of the United States taps hands with her partner Venus Williams of the United States during their women’s doubles second round match against Kristina Mladenovic of France and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik of Poland on Day Five of the 2012 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 31, 2012 in [...]
Horse Racing Recap: Halo Dolly wins Yellow Ribbon at Del Mar
September 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) – Halo Dolly took command in the stretch and went on to a 11/4-length win over City to City in the $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap for older fillies and mares at Del Mar on Monday. Ridden by Joe Talamo, Halo Dolly ran 1 1/16 miles on the turf in 1:40.52 and [...]
Tennis: Melanie Oudin, Tommy Haas take comebacks to new heights
June 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Melanie Oudin won her first career title in Birmingham after tumbling outside of the top 350. (Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / SI) — The Report Card hands out grades for the week in tennis. This past week saw injury-plagued Tommy Haas and super-slumping Melanie Oudin take home titles in Halle and Birmingham. Melanie Oudin: A-plus. Don’t [...]
