Rafael Nadal was forced to pull out all the stops by fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco before booking his place in the last eight at the Cincinnati Masters. Mardy Fish extended his arms and then wrapped them around his body, as if trying to embrace the whole stadium. The fans at Center Court had thrown [...]
First it was Argentina, now Brazil has been eliminated from a surprising Copa America tournament. Brazil lost to Paraguay on penalties in the quarterfinals on Sunday, meaning the tournament will finish without South America’s two most important national teams. Host Argentina was knocked out Saturday after losing to Uruguay, also in a penalty shootout. [...]
The Americans can’t do things the easy way. Needing only a tie to avoid Brazil in the quarterfinals, the USA fell, 2-1, to Sweden on Wednesday, the team’s 4th loss since November and first in group play at the World Cup. “After, what I said to the team is, my glass is half-full,” USA coach [...]
Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon final for the first time and will take over as world number one after battling past France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 4 sets Friday. Djokovic will top the global rankings ahead of Rafael Nadal whatever the result of Sunday’s final against either the Spaniard or Britain’s Andy Murray, who were playing [...]
Adding yet another upset to the Wimbledon 2011, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Roger Federer in five sets on Wednesday, eliminating the world’s number three ranked player from the tournament. Roger Federer distanced himself with an early lead, claiming the first two sets 3-6, 6-7, only to drop three consecutive sets to the Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-4, [...]