Archive: August 2014
With a week to go until the US Open, two ATP Champions Tour stars have delivered their predictions for the final Grand Slam of the year while competing at the Optima Open in Knokke-Heist.
Roger Federer took care of Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open on Saturday night. Federer, who made similarly short 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 work of Raonic in the Wimbledon semis, needed just one hour and eight minutes to set up a final showdown against David Ferrer.
GRAETERS Ice Cream is the hit of the Cincy tennis. Andrew Krasny is the handsome on court announcer. Always The players favorite ! He is quick and sensitive and bright and witty. A great combo. He is in a league of his own. His Favorite flavor is MINT CHIP !
For the sixth time in their six career meetings, Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) was defeated by the great Roger Federer. The Swiss Maestro defeated Raonic 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Western and Southern Open on Saturday night in Cincinnati, Ohio. / Pour une sixième fois consécutive, Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) a dû s’avouer vaincu face à Roger Federer.
This was a match of rather wild momentum swings. The first two swings are obvious, but in the third set, Serena Williams built a 5-2 lead, then almost let it slip away. That leaves Caroline Wozniacki at #11, and with no chance to rise above that at New Haven.
Click here to check out the results and order of play from the Connecticut Open.
World No. 1 Serena Williams clinched the 2014 Emirates Airline US Open Series women’s title today by defeating Caroline Wozniacki, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
It has been another picture-perfect week at the Linder Family Tennis Center for the Western & Southern Open. It is true that there may be some other tournaments that are more prestigious so to speak, but it is hard to beat the Cincinnati Masters in terms of fan experience.
Check out these EPA photos of Roger Federer at the Western & Southern Open.
RadioTennis.com's live Day 2 coverage of the Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies is now on the air (Saturday: 8/16/14).
Click here to check out the draws and order of play from the Western & Southern Open.
What a difference a year makes. In 2013, Roger Federer lost in the second round of Wimbledon, got unceremoniously bounced out of two clay-court events, then lost to nemesis Rafael Nadal in the Cincinnati quarterfinals. One summer later, Federer finished runner-up at Wimbledon and the Rogers Cup and he is now through to the Cincinnati semifinals.
Going into this, we couldn't help but think that this was a contest to see which of these two had slipped more from his prime. It was, obviously, Murray, who will not rise above #9 and therefore will need a withdrawal by Rafael Nadal or someone if he is to earn the #8 U. S. Open seed.
Xavier Malisee and Fabrice Santoro will meet in the final of Belgium’s Optima Open on Sunday after both sailed through their final group stage matches.
Tennis players got $105.1 million of the $142 million estimated to have been earned by the top 10 female athletes. Tennis players again dominate the Forbes ranking of the highest-earning female athletes, accounting for seven of the top ten.
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