Li Na is back in a Grand Slam final, reaching her second straight major championship match by defeating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 7-5 Thursday in the French Open semifinals. The Australian Open runner-up, who became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final this year in Melbourne, was able to chase down nearly [...]
Roger Federer slamdunked compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka with a 6-3 6-2 7-5 victory on Sunday which powered the third seed into the French Open quarter-finals. Watched by top French NBA player Tony Parker on a sunny center court, Federer produced a series of delightful shots including a sublime sliced backhand passing winner down the line. [...]
Kim Clijsters was bounced out of the French Open Thursday with a second-round to unseeded Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Kim Clijsters, seeded second and the winner of the past two Grand Slam tournaments, breezed through the first set against Rus, and had two match points in the second. But Rus, [...]
Rafael Nadal extended his win streak in majors to 25 matches by beating Marin Cilic in the fourth round of the Australian Open. Rafael Nadal defeated the Croat, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. The top-seeded Spaniard’s win streak ties him with Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors. “Before the match I was [...]
Francesca Schiavone will take on Caroline Wozniacki in the Australian Open quarters after knocking off Svetlana Kuznetsova yesterday. In 5 hours. Schiavone needed 4 hours and 44 minutes to beat Kuznetsova 6-4, 1-6, 16-14, – the longest women’s match in Open era history. Francesca Schiavone beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 1-6, 16-14 over four hours [...]