Juan Ignacio Chela Reigns, Fabio Fognini Falls for Bet-at-Home Cup Quarterfinals

 On Wednesday, first seed Juan Ignacio Chela was pushed to three sets by Spanish player Daniel Gimeno-Traver in a match that lasted two hours, 14 minutes in Kitzbuhel, Austria. The Argentine won 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, despite the World No. 80 having stronger statistics in the serving department. Gimeno-Traver hit eight aces, one double fault and won 70 percent of first-serve points while... 

Bojana Jovanovski Faces Travel Mix-Up

There was a misunderstanding of epic proportions for Serbian Bojana Jovanovski this past Saturday. She booked a trip to Carlsbad this week for the Mercury Insurance Open, but to her surprise, the travel agent put her on the wrong flight to the Carlsbad in New Mexico—not California. The world No. 53 spent the day traveling from Washington D.C. to Dallas to Albuquerque to Carlsbad, New... 

Gstaad-Winner Marcel Granollers Wins First Match in Austria

Last week’s Gstaad-clay-court champion, Marcel Granollers, took a strong start in Austria by beating Italian Filippo Volandri, who had defeated him earlier this year in Belgrade, 6-4, 6-2. The seventh seed won 70 percent of points on his service games while breaking the Italian’s serve four times out of five attempts. At a career high in the world rankings, No. 33 Granollers won his second... 

Tennis: Pavlyuchenkova, Zvonareva Moves to Baku Quarterfinals

Tennis Now   On Thursday, only three seeds remain in the draw for the Baku Cup quarterfinals. First seed Vera Zvonareva was interrupted for a double bagel when Slovakian Kristina Kucova retired at 6-0, 3-0, with a left leg injury. Despite the injury, the World No. 187 was able to push the top three player to two breaks of serve and threatened it a total of six time, but Zvonareva had a strong... 

Bob and Michelle Bryan Are Expecting a Baby Bryan

From Tennis Now: Congratulations are in order after World No. 1 in doubles, Bob Bryan, announced via twitter that he and his wife, Michelle, are going to have a child. The couple got married back in December of 2010. He got the buzz going by tweeting out, “Boom! 10 hours of sleep & 10 days until the next shindig. Finally a little break. Oh, and I’ve got some news for... 

Baku Cup 2011: Top Seeds Zvonareva, Pavyulchenkova Through First Round

Day 2 and the first round of the hard-court tournament favored the seeds, but not with ease. Top seed Vera Zvonareva surpassed the first round of the Baku Cup by beating Nigina Abduraimova of Uzbekistan, 6-1, 7-5, on Tuesday. Zvonareva remained unbroken in the first set and managed to win 100 percent of her first serves, but in the second set, the world No. 484 Abduraimova took two breaks of serve... 

Baku Cup: Mariya Koryttseva Ousts Elena Baltacha

World No. 165 Mariya Koryttseva upset the only seeded player to play at the Baku Cup on Monday, who is almost a hundred spots above her. The Ukrainian won the match 6-1, 7-5 in an hour and 45 minutes at the first hard-court tournament of the summer. This is not the first time Koryttseva has upset Elena Baltacha. She outplayed the top British player last year in Moscow in the Round of 16 on the indoor... 

Spain Takes First Historic Win on USA Soil 3-1, David Ferrer Clinches

Tennis Now Rafael Nadal who? Spain took the victory at the Davis Cup quarterfinal against USA 3-1 without their No. 1 player to face France, who beat Germany 4-1 in the semifinals. World No. 6 David Ferrer had a close match against the U.S. No. 1 Mardy Fish for a 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (5) clinch on American soil for the first time in a historic event that took four hours, 11 minutes. Captain Albert... 

Roger Federer Commends No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Prepares for Davis Cup

Tennis Now   Roger Federer, the only man to have defeated Novak Djokovic in 2011, congratulated the new World No. 1 on his recent success.  “He deserves to become No. 1 after an immense start to the year,” former No. 1 Federer told the Associated Press on Tuesday. “When you lose so rarely, your confidence carries you a long way.” The Swiss beat Djokovic at... 

Ladies Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki Upsets Li Na in Second Round

She almost upset the world No. 3, Vera Zvonareva, fighting through cramps in the second round of the French Open. To make it to the third round at Wimbledon, German wild card Sabine Lisicki upset French Open Champion Li Na 3-6, 6-4, 8-6 on Thursday. Li broke Lisicki in the first break point of the match and won the set on her serve. The second set ended with Li double faulting between... 

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