Category: Tennis Feature
By Tennis Guru on Jan 9, 2012 in Andy Murray, ATP, Australian Open, Brisbane International, Featured, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number four Andy Murray earned his 22nd ATP World Tour title on Sunday by beating Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-1, 6-3 at the Brisbane International tournament. Murray received $74,370 plus 250 ranking points for winning the title while Dolgopolov got $39,165 and 150 ranking points. “I served pretty well again. It got close in [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 6, 2012 in ATP, Sydney International, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, Watch Live Sports, watch online tennis, WTA | 0 Comments
The 2012 Apia International Sydney will take place from January 8 to 14 with top ATP and WTA players converging in Sydney, Australia for his dual-gender event. This prestigious event takes place a week before the first Grand Slam event of the year – the Australian Open 2012 – which begins on January 16. Check [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 6, 2012 in Australian Open, Featured, Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Thirteen-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams is a favorite to win the Australian Open 2012 title, which begins on January 16. However, her participation at the first major tournament of the season is in doubt after she sprained her left ankle at the Brisbane International tournament this week. Williams went on to win her second [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 6, 2012 in ATP, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
LONDON — The ATP has announced the 14 recipients of its ATP ACES For Charity grant programme for 2012, including the Roger Federer Foundation, Andy Roddick Foundation and the BNP Paribas Open’s Champions Volunteer Foundation. Grants of $10,000 each will be awarded by the ATP on an annual basis to charitable causes nominated by ATP [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 1, 2012 in David Ferrer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number one Novak Djokovic has sent a message to his rivals that he’s still the player to beat this 2012 season after winning the World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. The top-ranked Serb defeated David Ferrer 6-2, 6-1 in the final. He also defeated Roger Federer and Gael Monfils on [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 1, 2012 in ATP, Australian Open, Featured, Rafael Nadal, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number two Rafael Nadal announced his plans to take several weeks off after the Australian Open 2012 tournament which begins on January 16 in order to recover from a nagging shoulder injury. At an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi, Nadal said that he’s been recuperating from the injury even before the year-end ATP World [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 1, 2012 in Andy Murray, Australian Open, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number four Andy Murray has hired eight-time Grand Slam champion Ivan Lendl as his coach on Saturday to strengthen his bid to finally win his first Slam title. The partnership is said to have officially started with both working together for the Australian Open 2012 which begins on January 16. “It was important to [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 31, 2011 in David Ferrer, Featured, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
The Mubadala World Tennis Championship 2011 in Abu Dhabi is coming to a close tonight with top-ranked Novak Djokovic facing fifth-ranked David Ferrer in the final. Both players dispatched formidable semifinal opponents in straight sets on Friday. Djokovic eliminated third-ranked Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1 while Ferrer ousted two-time defending champion Rafael nadal 6-3, 6-2. “That [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 4, 2011 in Featured, Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, Venus Williams | 1 Comment
Multiple Grand Slam-winning sisters Venus and Serena Williams are all set to defend their Olympic tennis doubles titles in London next year. They won the event at the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing Games. They were unable to defend the title at 2004 Athens Games because Serena had a knee injury. “We’re the defending champion [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 4, 2011 in Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, Venus Williams | 0 Comments
Venus and Serena Williams participated in a series of exhibition tennis matches in Milan on Saturday against Italian stars Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta. Both lost their singles matches against Francesca Schiavone before rallying to win their doubles matches. Venus Williams also lost her singles match against Pennetta. However, the latter lost against the younger [...]