GUADALAJARA, Mexico — American tennis players Irina Falconi and Christina McHale will be playing for medals at the Pan American Games on Friday, and it might not be long before theyll be contending at a Grand Slam. The promising duo already made an impression at this years U.S. Open, making it to the third round, [...]
Tennis agent Ken Meyerson, who represented Andy Roddick, Chris Evert and Justine Henin, has died at 47. He passed away Wednesday night. The cause of death was not immediately known and messages left by the Associated Press with his agency, Lagardere Unlimited, were not immediately returned. Meyerson was president of Lagarderes tennis division. Before that, [...]
Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia advanced to the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup, rallying to beat Igor Kunitsyn of Russia 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday. Earlier, Marion Bartoli of France kept her chances of qualifying for the WTA Championships alive after she beat Russias Ksenia Pervak 6-1, 6-1 in the second round. Kunitsyn, who [...]
Third-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland and fourth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina lost Thursday in the second round at the Stockholm Open. Jarko Nieminen of Finland upset Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals. Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria beat Chela 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. Nieminen will next play Tobias Kamke, who defeated Sebastian Rieschick 6-3, 6-1 [...]
MOSCOW — Marion Bartoli of France improved her chances of qualifying for the WTA Championships on Thursday after she beat Ksenia Pervak of Russia 6-1, 6-1 in the second round of the Kremlin Cup. In the mens second round, Jeremy Chardy of France upset third-seeded Aleksandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-3, 7-6 (6). The third-seeded Bartoli, [...]
MOSCOW — Defending mens champion Viktor Troicki of Serbia and top-seeded woman Vera Zvonareva of Russia advanced to the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup with straight-sets victories on Wednesday. The second-seeded Troicki beat Pere Riba of Spain 6-4, 6-4, while Zvonareva routed Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia, 6-1, 6-1. Lucie Safarova upset second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, [...]