By Alana Mitchelson (January 10, 2014) MELBOURNE - Qualifying rounds began earlier this week with 224 players competing to secure a place in the first Grand Slam of the 2014 season. Now, only 40 players remain, desperate to fill in the blank spaces … [Read more...]
Australian Open Hands Tough Draws to Locals
By Alana Mitchelson (January 10, 2014) The Australian Open 2014 main draw has been announced and there are some interesting tennis match-ups. For some of the seeds, the draw unveiled the potential for a relatively smooth run through to quarterfinals … [Read more...]
Top Seed Brown Falls While Americans win 8 matches on Day 1 of Australian Open Qualies
By Alana Mitchelson (January 8, 2014) MELBOURNE PARK - Melbourne provided stunning tennis weather conditions for day one of Australian Open qualifying on Wednesday as 128 men's qualifiers battled it out to edge nearer towards earning one of just 16 … [Read more...]
Wimbledon Draws Announced – Nadal and Federer Could Meet in the Quarters
(June 21, 2013) Defending Wimbledon champion and third seed Roger Federer could face No. 5 seed Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals of the Championships. The draws for Wimbledon were completed on Friday morning. Federer and Nadal are in the same half … [Read more...]
2013 Wimbledon Seeds Announced
(June 19, 2013) The Championships, Wimbledon has announced the seeds for this year. GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) [1] MURRAY, Andy (GBR) [2] FEDERER, Roger (SUI) [3] FERRER, David (ESP) [4] NADAL, Rafael (ESP) [5] TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried … [Read more...]