Tennis News
Sharapova, Azarenka reach Stanford final (AP)
Maria Sharapova finds herself just playing tennis these days, a nice feeling after dealing with a return from major surgery a year ago. Sharapova shook off a first-set loss to beat Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday in the Bank of the West Classic to set up a championship match against Victoria Azarenka.
Querrey reaches Farmers final again (AP)
Second-seeded Sam Querrey defeated Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7), 6-4 on Saturday to reach the Farmers Classic final for the second consecutive year. Querrey needed 2 hours and 47 minutes to put away Tipsarevic at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on the UCLA campus, not far from his hometown of Thousand Oaks.
Gasquet, Almagro reach Swiss Open final (AP)
Richard Gasquet of France beat Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 Saturday to advance to a Swiss Open final against Nicolas Almagro of Spain. Both Gasquet and Almagro will be playing for their second ATP Tour title of the season Sunday on Gstaad's outdoor clay. The seventh-seeded Gasquet had little trouble against the 147th-ranked Schukin, who was playing in his first career semifinal.
Pavlyuchenkova reaches Istanbul final (AP)
Third-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has advanced to the final of the Istanbul Cup with a 7-6 (1), 2-6, 7-5 win over Australian Jarmila Groth. She will play fellow Russian Elena Vesnina, who upset sixth-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany, 1-6, 6-0, 7-6 (2) in Saturday's other semifinal. The No. 29-ranked Pavlyuchenkova fended off strong serving from Groth, who had 11 aces.
Ferrero, Starace make Croatia Open final (AP)
Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain reached the Croatia Open final for a second straight year after dispatching Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-4, 6-2 Saturday. Ferrero will play Sunday against Potito Starace of Italy, who beat eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2 to gain his first final in three years.
FanHouse: How James Blake handles the upcoming weeks of preparation for the U.S. Open will be watched with great interest. Can he play as much as he would like without a setback in his knee? Will he listen to his body and find the proper balance between rest and trying to make a comeback on tour?
Sharapova, Azarenka reach Stanford final
Maria Sharapova finds herself just playing tennis these days, a nice feeling after dealing with a return from major surgery a year ago.
Murray, Querrey reach Farmers Classic final in L.A.
Second-seeded Sam Querrey defeated Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7), 6-4 on Saturday to reach the Farmers Classic final for the second consecutive year.
FanHouse: Murray must blame self, not coaches
FanHouse: Andy Murray just keeps adding every day to the evidence that he's a head case.
Gasquet to face Almagro in Swiss Open final
Richard Gasquet of France beat Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 Saturday to advance to a Swiss Open final against Nicolas Almagro of Spain.