Tennis
It was a contrasting tale of two Williamses on the opening day of the 2013 French Open as world's no.1 Serena Williams made a quick work of his opponent to advance into the next round of the tournament while her elder sister Venus Williams fell to an up-and-coming young star from Poland on Sunday.
Puerto Rico has a potential star in the WTA
Former world's no.1 Roger Federer advanced to the next round of the Madrid Masters after dispatching Czech veteran Radek Stepanek in straights 6-3, 6-3 on the red court of Madrid on Wednesday.
Former world's no.1 Roger Federer doesn't think Rafael Nadal still needs the top seeding for him to have a great shot at winning again the French Open title.
Former world's no.1 Maria Sharapova punched her way back to the final of the Stuttgart Open after edging Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3, 2-6 7-5 in Saturday's nail-biting semis match at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany.
Top-seeds Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova advanced to the next round of the Porsche Grand Prix quarterfinals, though both had to overcome a gritty challenge from their respective opponent on the red dirt of Porsche Arena in Italy.
It's clay-court season. The sky is clear, the heat is intense and the dirt is red. These are the normal environment tennis followers often relish during this time of the year in the ATP tour. All until the calendar takes a twisty turn at the Madrid Masters.
The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands kicked off on Monday with several top-seeded tennis players competing for the chance to take home the Rotterdam Cup title.
One of the best soft-court players in the history of tennis shared his disdain for hard courts, though he had a great point to make about playing on them. Rafael Nadal expressed his concern for tennis players spending significant amounts of time on concrete courts and said that the ATP doesn't care about the safety of its players by continually having tournaments on such surfaces.
Rafael Nadal lost both the singles and doubles finals in the VTR Open in Chile on Sunday, but made it back onto the court healthy for the first time in seven months in the process. Nadal offered his take on how the ATP should administer drug testing to its athletes as well.
The World Group reconvened for the second and last day of the first round as eight countries vied for their spot in the semifinals this April. Four countries-Russia, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic and Italy- moved on and will compete against each other for the chance to make it to this year's finals.
This year’s Fed Cup 2013 kicked off on Friday with the first round pitting eight countries in the World Group against each other for the chance to move onto the semifinals in April.
This year's Fed Cup first round for the World Group competition will kick off with the Russia vs. Japan matchup. Russia, once the finalist of the tournament in 2011, will hold the home court advantage over Japan as it plays at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.
The second matchup of the Fed Cup's first round will pit 2012 finalist Serbia against the Slovak Republic. Serbia will not only have the experience of being last year's finalist but will hold home court advantage as it competes against the Slovak Republic at Hala "CAIR" in Nis, Serbia.
The Fed Cup's last matchup for the first round will put returning World Group member Italy against the USA. Italy will hold the home court advantage as it competes against team USA at 105 Stadium in Rimini, Italy.
