Tennis

ARMONK, NY, 28 Aug 2007 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) will bring millions of tennis fans worldwide closer to their favorite tennis stars at the 127th annual US Open. The new my USOpen.org and SlamTracker let spectators follow their favorite players as the live action unfolds anytime, anywhere.    » read more »

29 August 2007 -- World No. 1 women's tennis player Justin Henin of Belgium has reached the third round of the U.S. Open in New York. Henin got stronger as her match went on, defeating Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-4, 6-0.

American Venus Williams, a two-time winner of this Grand Slam event, won in straight sets over Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru, 6-4, 6-2. Fifth seed Ana Ivanovic defeated Aravane Rezai of France, 6-3, 6-1, and could face Williams in the fourth round.    » read more »

27 August 2007 -- Top seeds Roger Federer of Switzerland and Justine Henin of Belgium have won their opening round matches at the U.S. Open in New York, the final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year.

Roger Federer is seeking to become the first man in the Open era to win four straight titles in the U.S championship and first since Bill Tilden in 1923. Roger Federer faced only two break points Monday in beating American Scoville Jenkins, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

Despite serving seven double-faults, the world number one Justine Henin rolled over German qualifier Julia Goerges, 6-0, 6-3.    » read more »

20 August 2007 -- The number-one tennis players in the world have been named the top seeds for the U.S. Open, which begins next Monday in New York.

Three-time defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland is seeded first for the fourth consecutive year. Justine Henin, who won the U.S. Open in 2003 and was the runner-up to Russian Maria Sharapova last year, tops the women's seedings.

Sharapova is seeded second in the women's field, followed by Serbian Jelena Jankovic, Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova - the 2004 U.S. Open champion - and Serbian Ana Ivanovic.    » read more »

19 August 2007 -- World number one Justine Henin of Belgium has captured the 35th tennis title of her career and sixth this year by winning the Rogers Cup tournament in Toronto, Canada.

The top-seeded Henin, who was playing in her first event since losing in the Wimbledon semifinals, scored a hard-fought 7-6, 7-5, victory over second-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.    » read more »

20 August 2007 -- World number one men's tennis player Roger Federer of Switzerland has won his 50th career tournament title. Federer defeated American James Blake, 6-1, 6-4, in the Western and Southern Financial Group Masters Tournament in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Swiss star is the fifth-youngest player in history to reach 50 titles. Federer is also just the ninth player overall in the Open Era - since 1968 - to win at least 50 tournaments.    » read more »

11 August 2007 (By VOA Sports) -- World No. 1 men's tennis player Roger Federer of Switzerland and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic have advanced to the semifinals of the Rogers Cup hard-court tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada.

Roger Federer, the top seed, scored a straight-sets win over former U.S. Open winner Lleyton Hewitt of Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Stepanek scored a 6-4, 7-5 win over Russian fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko.

Roger Federer has a 2-1 record all-time against Stepanek. The last time they met in a tournament was last year in Rome with Federer winning, 6-1, 6-4.    » read more »

11 August 2007 -- World No. 1 men's tennis player Roger Federer of Switzerland and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic have advanced to the semifinals of the Rogers Cup hard-court tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada.

Federer, the top seed, scored a straight-sets win over former U.S. Open winner Lleyton Hewitt of Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Stepanek scored a 6-4, 7-5 win over Russian fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko.

Federer has a 2-1 record all-time against Stepanek. The last time they met in a tournament was last year in Rome with Federer winning, 6-1, 6-4.    » read more »

Bud Collins Will Debut on SportsCenter from US Open

August 7 , 2007 -- Renowned newspaper and television tennis journalist Bud Collins has joined ESPN and will appear on ESPN2’s extensive coverage of Grand Slam events – the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon – beginning in 2008. He also will report for SportsCenter, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio from the US Open starting this year and throughout the year as tennis news dictates.    » read more »

06 August 2007 -- Top-seeded Andy Roddick has won his third Legg Mason Classic tennis title in Washington. But as VOA's Jim Stevenson reports, Roddick and the rest of the tennis world may have witnessed the emergence of a new American tennis star.

Roddick is no stranger to playing in tournament finals. With his win Sunday at the Legg Mason Classic, Roddick has now prevailed 23 times to win events, including three at the annual Washington tournament. But this time he faced a 22-year-old opponent who made an improbable run while playing in just his second ATP tournament.    » read more »

08 July 2007 -- American tennis player Venus Williams has won her fourth women's title at Wimbledon by scoring a straight-sets victory over Marion Bartoli of France.

Williams, seeded 23rd at this event, beat the French player easily, 6-4, 6-1. It took only 90 minutes for the American to win the title for the fourth time.

This was the first time the two players have met on the WTA Tour. Bartoli had upset top seed and world number one Justine Henin of Belgium in the semifinals.    » read more »

08 July 2007 -- Roger Federer of Switzerland has captured his fifth consecutive Wimbledon tennis title by defeating nemesis Rafael Nadal of Spain in a five-set epic.

Federer appeared to be in trouble in the fifth set Sunday before turning the tables and holding on for a 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 victory.

With the win, Federer becomes the first man to win five straight titles at the All England Tennis Club since Sweden's Bjorn Borg did it between 1976 and 1980.    » read more »

02 July 2007 -- Top-seeded Justine Henin of Belgium waited through a one-hour rain delay before defeating number-15 Patty Schnyder of Switzerland to claim the first spot in the women's quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London.    » read more »

29 June 2007 -- More rain has fallen on the fifth day of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, but women's top seed Justine Henin of Belgium overcame her interrupted match to become the first player to reach the fourth round.

The French Open champion had little difficulty in her 6-1, 6-3 victory over Elena Vesnina of Russia. The match was suspended for more than one hour by rain with Henin leading 3-2 in the second set. She broke Vesnina's serve when play resumed then served out for the win.    » read more »

29 June 2007 -- More rain has fallen on the fifth day of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, but women's top seed Justine Henin of Belgium overcame her interrupted match to become the first player to reach the fourth round.

The French Open champion had little difficulty in her 6-1, 6-3 victory over Elena Vesnina of Russia. The match was suspended for more than one hour by rain with Henin leading 3-2 in the second set. She broke Vesnina's serve when play resumed, then served out for the win.    » read more »