The Arizona Diamondbacks came home and created a new way to celebrate big hits. Now that “The Snake” has started rolling, there may be no stopping it. Changing the complexion of the NL division series with a powerful display, the Diamondbacks hit another grand slam among their team-record four homers to beat the Milwaukee Brewers [...]
Novak Djokovic won his 3rd Grand Slam of 2011, holding off a late charge from defending champion Rafael Nadal to win a 4-set marathon at the US Open, 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1. CBS Sports’ Bill Macatee spoke with Novak Djokovic after his victory. One game defined the US Open men’s final Monday at [...]
Venus Williams will take no further part in this year’s US Open, and could face another extended stint on the sidelines after confirming she has an illness which causes fatigue and joint pain. Former US Open champion Venus Williams withdrew from the last grand slam of the year on Wednesday, revealing she is suffering [...]
With the US Open 2011 fast approaching, let’s take a look at the major contenders for this years title at Flushing Meadows. Defending champion Rafael Nadal will have his work cut out if he is to defend his title in New York as Novak Djokovic looks to take his third Grand Slam of the [...]
Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer are considered to be the women’s and men’s favorites to win at the All England Club at Wimbledon 2011. Wimbledon 2011 will soon be heading into the middle-Sunday however Saturday’s action is still upcoming. Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer, the 2 favorites to win Wimbledon outright will both be in [...]
Defending champion Rafael Nadal has won his opening match at Wimbledon, recovering from a slow start to beat Michael Russell 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. Opening play on Centre Court, the top-seeded Spaniard was a break down at 4-2 in the first set Monday. He then reeled off 6 straight games to take the first set and [...]
Lethargic at times and brooding at others, Andy Murray worked his way into the French Open quarterfinals by coming back to beat Victor Troicki 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 on Tuesday in a match that started a day earlier. The 3-time Grand Slam runner-up won the final five games of the fifth set despite injuring [...]
After wasting two match points in the second set and feeling her confidence fading, Kim Clijsters let the match slip away Thursday at the French Open. The two-time French Open runner-up, seeded second at this year’s tournament, lost to the 114th-ranked Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Two-time runner-up Kim Clijsters was upset [...]
Kim Clijsters won struggling early before beating Li Na 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday in the Australian Open final. The loss ended an outstanding run by Li, who became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final. Li appeared to become upset with some of the Chinese spectators in the crowd in [...]
FRANCESCA Schiavone’s dogged run through the Australian Open continued last night with a 6-4 1-6 16-14 win over Svetlana Kuznetsova in what was the longest women’s grand slam match of all-time. Schiavone came from a set down in her first round win against Arantxa Parra Santonja, before winning the third set of her second round [...]