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 [...]
Maria Sharapova suffered a fourth round shock at the Australian Open on Sunday when she was bundled out 6-2 6-3 by Germany’s Andrea Petkovic on Sunday. On the back foot from the start, Sharapova committed 30 unforced errors in a performance which underlined her struggles since her shoulder surgery in late 2008, the year she [...]
Gael Monfils beat Roger Federer 7-6 6-7 7-6 to reach the final of the Masters Series Paris 2010. Monfils will face Robin Soderling, who beat Michael Llodra 6-7 7-5 7-6. Monfils faced five match points in game 12 of the final set before forcing the tiebreaker with an ace. Federer shanked a forehand to give [...]
Posted by uspostTennisSaturday, November 13th, 2010
Robin Soderling ended Michael Llodra’s brilliant run at the Paris Masters on Saturday when he saved three match points to beat the unseeded Frenchman 6-7 7-5 7-6 and book his place in the final. The Swede, twice a French Open runner-up, will face either top seed Roger Federer of Switzerland or Frenchman Gael Monfils, the [...]
Posted by uspostTennisSunday, September 12th, 2010
A little more than an hour after wasting two match points and losing in the U.S. Open semifinals, Roger Federer headed for the exit. Dressed in his on-court outfit – powder-blue shirt, brown shorts, custom-made sneakers with the New York skyline sketched on the heels – Federer walked out of Arthur Ashe Stadium, accompanied by [...]