Andy Murray warmed up for the Australian Open with a commanding 6-1, 6-3 victory over third-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov on Sunday in the Brisbane International final. For the second consecutive match, Andy Murray had Ivan Lendl watching from courtside. Aiming to break a drought for British men at the majors dating to 1936, Andy Murray hired [...]
Andy Murray will move ahead of Roger Federer to No. 3 in the ATP tennis rankings after winning the Shanghai Masters to secure a third straight title this month. Andy Murray beat Spain’s David Ferrer 7-5 6-4 to claim the Shanghai Masters tennis title on Sunday and move ahead of Swiss Roger Federer in the [...]
Rafael Nadal will play American Mardy Fish in the semifinal of the Japan Open. Nadal defeated Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (6), 6-3 Friday, and Mardy Fish beat Bernard Tomic of Australia 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1. Andy Murray avoided a potential banana skin by beating Argentina’s David Nalbandian 6-4 7-5 in the last match on [...]
Novak Djokovic held on to beat defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 Monday in a final filled with lengthy, mesmerizing points to win his first US Open championship and third Grand Slam trophy of the year. For more than 4 hours Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played punishing tennis that was also [...]
For the 4th straight year, the men’s final at the US Open had to be postponed a day because of bad weather earlier in the tournament. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal play Monday. Australian Samantha Stosur defeated American Serena Williams in the women’s final on Sunday. For Rafael Nadal to retain his US Open [...]
Defending US Open champ Rafael Nadal is through to the final after topping Andy Murray in four sets in the semis. Andy Murray was unable to reach the second US Open final of his career as Rafael Nadal saw off the Scot 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2 at Flushing Meadows. The defending champion proved too [...]
Second seed Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray advanced to the US Open semifinals by winning Friday. The 2 will square off Saturday following the first semifinal between top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Roger Federer. With First Lady Michelle Obama watching from the stands on a glorious sunny day at Arthur [...]
Second-seeded Rafael Nadal erased the last American from the 2011 US Open men’s singles draw with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 victory that put the Spaniard in the semifinals for the 4th time in 4 years. The sounds from Andy Roddick were anguished Friday, groaning, heaving grunts of effort, and then Rafael Nadal would send a [...]
Rafael Nadal has defeated Andy Roddick in the Men’s Single quarterfinal of the 2011 US Open. CBS Sports’ Mary Joe Fernandez caught up with Nadal after his victory. Defending champion Rafael Nadal overwhelmed Andy Roddick right from the start in their US Open quarterfinal. Whipping passing shots from all angles and returning superbly, the No. [...]
Andy Roddick defeated Jack Sock in straight sets tonight in a matchup of Nebraska natives. Andy Roddick, seeded 21st, won 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the all-American match against 18-year-old Jack Sock, who was a wild-card entrant to the Open. “Three years ago, 4 years ago, I started hearing about this kid from Nebraska,” said Andy [...]
