BUFFALO, N.Y. — John McEnroe won the Champions Series season-ending HSBC Tennis Cup on Saturday night, beating Todd Martin 8-5 for his first victory since 2009. “Wow! To finally get a win on the series this year feels amazing,” the 52-year-old McEnroe said. “I thought I had a chance tonight, and got off to a [...]
Top-seeded Victoria Azarenka beat Julia Goerges of Germany 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Luxembourg Open final. Azarenka next plays Monica Niculescu of Romania, who reached her first WTA final by ousting Britains Anne Keothavong 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in a match that lasted more than three hours. The third-ranked Azarenka broke Goerges five times, [...]
LUXEMBOURG — Top-seeded Victoria Azarenka beat Julia Goerges of Germany 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Luxembourg Open final. Azarenka next plays Monica Niculescu of Romania, who reached her first WTA final by ousting Britains Anne Keothavong 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in a match that lasted more than three hours. The third-ranked Azarenka broke Goerges [...]
Results Saturday from the Kremlin Cup, a $1.446 million ATP and WTA tournament on indoor hard courts at the Olympic Indoor Stadium (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Semifinals Viktor Troicki (2), Serbia, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-4, 6-4. Janko Tipsarevic (1), Serbia, def. Nikolay Davydenko (4), Russia, 6-2, 7-5. Women Semifinals Dominika Cibulkova (8), Slovakia, [...]
Defending champion Vicktor Troicki and top-seeded Janko Tipsarevich advanced to the Kremlin Cup final with straight-sets victories on Saturday to set up the first ever all-Serbian final on the ATP Tour. Tipsarevic beat three-time Kremlin Cup winner Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 7-5, while Troicki defeated French qualifier Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-4 in the first mens semifinal. [...]
STOCKHOLM — Top-seeded Gael Monfils beat No. 6 Milos Raonic 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to set up a Stockholm final against Jarkko Nieminen. The 10th-ranked Monfils converted three of nine break points against the hard-serving Canadian as he looks for his first title of the year. Nieminen beat American player James Blake 7-6 [...]