Tsonga reaches Open 13 quarters

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia won in straight sets on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Open 13 tennis event. The top-seeded Tsonga did not face any break points, winning 36 of his 41 service points to...

Stosur beats Safarova in Dubai

Fourth-seeded Australian Sam Stosur has advanced to the third round of the Dubai Tennis Championships by defeating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1. The US Open champion broke twice in both the first and third sets, and saved...

Stosur beats Safarova in Dubai Open

Fourth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur has advanced to the third round of the Dubai Tennis Championships by defeating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1. The US Open champion broke twice in both the first and third sets. Stosur...

Injured Azarenka withdraws from Dubai Open

World number one Victoria Azarenka has paid the price for her 17-match winning start to the year after being forced to withdraw from the $2 million Dubai Open with a damaged ankle. Azarenka has been suffering from the ailment ever since winning her...

Top seed Isner wins at Memphis tennis

Top seed John Isner hammered 26 aces en route to a straight-sets victory over Gilles Muller on Tuesday in the first round of the Memphis Open tennis tournament. The world No.13, who is chasing his fourth career title, clinched the 7-6 (7-1) 7-6...

Top seeds advance in Argentine tennis

Led by top-seed David Ferrer of Spain, seeded players had an easy day on Tuesday as almost all moved through to the second round of the claycourt Copa Claro tennis event. Ferrer had no trouble beating Argentine Andres Molteni 6-1...

Ivanovic beats Schiavone in Dubai Open

Ana Ivanovic upset the seedings in a battle of French Open champions with Francesca Schiavone at the Dubai Open on Tuesday. The 2008 Roland Garros champion from Serbia beat the 2010 champion from Italy 6-1 7-5 with a first-round performance that...

Ivanovic beats Schiavione in Dubai Open

Ana Ivanovic upset the seedings in a battle of former French Open champions with Francesca Schiavione at the Dubai Open on Tuesday. The 2008 Roland Garros champion from Serbia beat the 2010 champion from Italy 6-1 7-5 with a first-round performance...

Dokic crashes out in WTA event in Mexico

Jelena Dokic has suffered a first-round defeat at the WTA event in Mexico. The Australian was upset by 21-year-old Romanian Alexandra Cadantu, going down 6-3 1-6 7-5 in a match lasting more than two hours. Italy’s Roberta Vinci broke at the...

Tomic blows chance in Memphis

Rising Australian star Bernard Tomic squandered two match points before being knocked out in the first round of the ATP event in Memphis by world No.58 Ivan Dodig. Tomic, the eighth seed and world No.37, went down 5-7 6-4 7-6 (10-8) as Croatian...

Jankovic determined to get back on track

Former world No.1 Jelena Jankovic made it clear that she has not given up hope of regaining top spot after making a winning start in the city of her adopted home. The extrovert Serbian overcame Petra Cetkovska, the Paris-based Czech, 6-2 6-2 to...

Young, Dodig win at Memphis tennis

Croatia’s Ivan Dodig and American Donald Young both had solids starts at the ATP event in Memphis by winning their first round matches on Monday. Dodig hammered 19 aces as he rallied to beat eighth-seeded Bernard Tomic of Australia 5-7 6-4 7-6...