Wheelchair tennis ace
By Carol Tshabalala March has been an exciting month for Wheelchair tennis in South Africa. The celebrations kicked off with a fitting tribute to the annual world tennis day on the fourth March as over...
View ArticleSharapova Sets Up Serena Final
Maria Sharapova will face Serena Williams in the final of the Sony Open while Britain’s Andy Murray will take on France’s Richard Gasquet in the men’s semi-finals after grinding down Croatian Marin...
View ArticleWilliams Gets Record Sixth Miami Title
Serena Williams fought back from a set down to beat Maria Sharapova 4-6 6-3 6-0 and win the Sony Open for a record sixth time on Saturday. The world number one becomes only the fourth woman in the Open...
View ArticleDjokovic Ready For Monte Carlo Gamble, Del Potro Wins
Novak Djokovic will be hoping his gamble to play in the Monte Carlo Masters does not leave his claycourt season going bust after he decided to test his injured ankle in the glamorous principality....
View ArticleGilbert: Don’t Write Rafa Off The No.1 Spot
For Rafael Nadal to bridge a 7,000-point gap with Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings looks like a tall order, even for a player of his qualities, yet he could still threaten the Serb’s hopes of ending...
View ArticleSerena Begins Madrid Defence, Li Ousted
World number one Serena Williams recovered from a lethargic start to her Madrid Open title defence to seal an ultimately comfortable 7-6 6-1 victory against teenage qualifier Yulia Putintseva of...
View ArticleTomic Father At Centre Of Probe Over Altercation
Tennis Australia (TA) is investigating media reports that Bernard Tomic’s father John has been involved in an altercation with the world number 49′s hitting partner Thomas Drouet in Madrid, official...
View ArticleRobson, Suarez Navarro Pull Off Upset Wins In Madrid
Britain’s Laura Robson and Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro conjured up big first-round upset victories at the Madrid Open when they surprised fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and ninth-seeded...
View ArticlePractice Court Beckons For Federer After Madrid Defeat
Roger Federer vowed to get straight back on the practice court after the world number two was dumped out in the third round of the Madrid Open by Japan’s Kei Nishikori on Thursday. Defending champion...
View ArticleSerena Gains Sisterly Revenge On Robson In Rome
World number one Serena Williams inflicted swift revenge on behalf of her older sister when she beat Britain’s Laura Robson 6-2 6-2 in the Rome Masters on Tuesday. Venus Williams was despatched in...
View ArticleDjok hopes to avoid French Open mishap
A day after Rafa Nadal suffered a first-round scare at the French Open, world number one Novak Djokovic will look to avoid any mishap as he starts his Roland Garros campaign against Belgium’s David...
View ArticleDjokovic Too Strong For Young Shot-Maker Goffin
Novak Djokovic showed glimpses of frailty along with his usual ruthless streak as he eased past French Open opponent David Goffin on Tuesday by moving through the gears whenever the first-round tie...
View ArticleTsonga Swirls Past Troicki With Federer In His Sights
French sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga set up a clash with Roger Federer when he easily dispatched Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-3 6-3 6-3 to book his place in the French Open quarter-finals on Sunday....
View ArticleVenus Williams Pulls Out Of Wimbledon
American Venus Williams has pulled out of this year’s Wimbledon because of a back injury, the five-times singles champion said on Tuesday. The 33-year-old has not played since pulling out of the...
View ArticleSerena Aims To Let Her Racket Do The Talking
Serena Williams will want to banish thoughts of her weekend spat with Maria Sharapova and let her racket do the talking when she opens the defence of her Wimbledon crown against Luxembourg’s Mandy...
View ArticleFederer And Sharapova Exit In Wednesday Wipeout
Wimbledon king Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova endured jolting second-round losses to opponents outside the world top 100 in a freakishly dramatic ‘Wednesday Wipeout’ that saw seven players withdraw...
View ArticleSecond-Gear Djokovic Cruises Into Third Round
Novak Djokovic moved seamlessly into the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday with a 7-6(2) 6-3 6-1 win over American qualifier Bobby Reynolds, restoring a sense of order to the men’s draw after the...
View ArticleSerena Faces Date With Destiny On The Line
Kimiko Date-Krumm originally retired two years before Serena Williams, her third round opponent at Wimbledon, set foot on the All England Club’s lush lawns for the first time. Williams, bidding for a...
View ArticleDjokovic And Murray Face Giant Challenges
Wimbledon 2013 will be remembered as a tournament of shocks but unless giants Juan Martin del Potro and Jerzy Janowicz can chop Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray down to size, Sunday’s men’s final will be...
View ArticleMurray Beats Djokovic To End Britain’s 77-Year Wait
Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4 on Sunday to become the first Briton to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title since 1936. Murray, the second seed, broke top seed Djokovic twice in the first...
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