Venus Williams advances to 4th round at Wimbledon
Venus Williams takes only 61 minutes to dispatch Spaniard Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. ‘I feel good,’ Venus Williams says, though she had her left thigh wrapped for the match. She now faces Tsvetana Pironkova. Venus Williams lost only 2 games in 2 sets on the way to eliminating Jose Martinez Sanchez in straight sets. Venus [...]
Kim Clijsters Withdraws From Wimbledon due to Foot Injury
Second seed Kim Clijsters dropped out of Wimbledon because of a foot injury, the tennis tournament’s organizers said today. Kim Clijsters, the current US Open and Australian Open champion, issued a statement through the referees office saying she had injured her foot at the Den Bosch Open on Tuesday. “I’m very, very disappointed to have [...]
Andy Murray and Kim Clijsters reach 4th round Tennis Australian Open
Andy Murray moved another step closer to consecutive Australian Open finals and Kim Clijsters remained on course for back-to-back major titles with third-round wins Saturday. Fifth-seeded Murray had little trouble beating Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. U.S. Open champion Clijsters beat Alize Cornet 7-6 (3), 6-3, spoiling 21st birthday plans for her French opponent. [...]
Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray advanced to the 2nd round of the Australian Open
Nadal and Murray advanced to the 2nd round of the Australian Open when their opponents retired hurt. Top-seeded Nadal led 6-0, 5-0 and had given up 12 points in today’s match when Brazilian Marcos Daniel quit with a left knee injury after 47 minutes. Briton Murray, the No. 5 seed, won 6-3, 6-1, 4-2 after [...]
Roger Federer Beat Lukas Lacko at Australian Open
Roger Federer beat Lukas Lacko score 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 at Australian Open 2011, showing some of the shotmaking skills that make him the most obvious hurdle to Rafael Nadal‘s bid for a “Rafa Slam.” Trying to become only the second man to win 5 Australian titles, Federer was in such a rush to get through to [...]
Kim Clijsters on U.S. Open Victory
It was over in less than an hour, but no matter. Kim Clijsters will savor her 6-2, 6-1 victory against Vera Zvonareva in the United States Open final much longer than she did last year’s championship. Clijsters’s 2009 title run was the first major moment in her life that she was unable to share with [...]
Kim Clijsters beat Vera Zvonareva win the 2010 U.S. Open Womens Final
Kim Clijsters has defeated Vera Zvonareva in 2 sets to win the 2010 U.S. Open Womens Final. Check out the highlights from this match.