BEIJING - Zheng Jie and Li Na’s march to the semi-finals of the Australian Open is a “great achievement” that will act as a superb example to young Chinese players, the China Tennis Association (CTA) said on Wednesday.
BEIJING - Zheng Jie and Li Na’s march to the semi-finals of the Australian Open is a “great achievement” that will act as a superb example to young Chinese players, the China Tennis Association (CTA) said on Wednesday.
MELBOURNE - Andy Murray on Thursday has US Open conqueror Marin Cilic barring his way to the Australian Open final as British tennis fans dare to dream for an end to a 74-year Grand Slam drought.
MELBOURNE - A year ago, Rafa Nadal was sprinting along the road to tennis immortality.
DUBAI — French flair has played a leading role at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships ever since Fabrice Santoro reached the very first final back in 1993. Even though he lost to Czech Karel Novacek on that occasion, the player nicknamed ‘The Magician’ was still at the top of his game 10 years later as he claimed the title with victory over Younes El Aynaoui.
Andy Murray stayed on track for his first Australian Open final when defending champion Rafael Nadal pulled out injured on Tuesday, as Justine Henin’s dream run gathered pace.
Justine Henin’s dream run gathered pace on Tuesday as she powered into the Australian Open semi-finals where she will face China’s Zheng Jie.
MELBOURNE - Confident and in form, Nikolay Davydenko can draw some small comfort from facing off against Roger Federer in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
Former No. 1-ranked Justine Henin reached the semifinals in her Grand Slam comeback, beating Nadia Petrova 7-6 (3), 7-5 on Tuesday.
French 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga edged into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a thrilling five-set win over Spanish 26th seed Nicolas Almagro on Monday, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 (6/8), 9-7.
Defending champion Serena Williams ended local hopes in the women’s draw when she crushed Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-2 on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.