Yesterday the defending men's champion, today the defending women's champion.
Just like the men, there will be a new Australian Open singles women's champion in 2014 as two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka was upset by fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
With Azarenka,...
The upsets continued for the women at the Australian Open as third-seeded Maria Sharapova and eighth-seeded Jelena Jankovic both lost their fourth round matches.
Sharapova was upset by No. 20 Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 while Jankovic fell to No. 11 Simona Halep of Romania 6-4, 2-6, 6-0. Cibulkova and Halep will face each...
Men's top seed Rafael Nadal defeated No. 25 Gaels Monfils with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 last night to advance to the fourth round. Up next is Kei Nishikori. The 16th-seeded Japanese defeated American Donald Young in straight sets.
Fourth-seeded Andy Murray defeated No. 26 Feliciano Lopez of Spain 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-2. Murray's fourth round...
Fifth-seed Juan Martin del Potro is out of the Australian Open after a shocking 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 to Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the second round. It is the fourth time in eight years that the Argentine has been bounced this early.
The same fate almost befell third seed Maria Sharapova who had to battle in extreme...
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray showed little rust as he cruised to a 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Japan's Go Soeda in his first round match in just 85 minutes. The three-time Australian Open runner-up is four months removed from back surgery.
Two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka overcame a slow start, and scorching...
Serena Williams performance this week at Brisbane leaves little doubt as to who should be the favorite heading into the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
Despite not playing her best tennis, the world number one did not drop a set all tournament long. That includes victories over Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka in the...
The ladies final at the Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati was a tense back-and-forth affair between the top two players in the world.
In the end it was World Number 2 Victoria Azarenka who somehow managed to come out on top, defeating Serena Williams in tennis' version of sudden-death - a final-set tiebreaker.
In a...
In handicapping the 2013 Wimbledon for the men, many find it almost impossible to go outside of the Big Four of Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
In handicapping the women, there is one name that stands out among the rest - Serena Williams!
Serena Williams, as expected, is the overwhelming favorite...
The 2013 clay court season will come to a head over the next two weeks in Paris with the 2013 French Open, the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament begins Sunday May 26th.
Unlike the men - where Nadal has had a stranglehold over this tournament - there is no clear-cut favorite. There is no dominant clay-court...
The Indian Wells Masters (now known as the BNP Paribas Open) has long been known as tennis' "fifth major." The tournament is a twelve-day tournament (unlike most ATP Masters tournament which is eight days) in Indian Wells, California and features almost all of the top men and women players in the world.
Sports Unbiased previews the...