Tag Archives: Grand Slam

The Tampa Bay Rays continued their impeccable start to the season with an 11-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Catching Fire Tampa Bay has been on a tear to begin the year. The Rays are just the 13th team in MLB history to win their first nine games of the …

Roger Federer has announced his upcoming retirement from professional tennis at the age of 41, citing injuries. While he says that he will continue to play tennis, next week’s Laver Cup om London will be his final ATP event. Federer has not played a competitive match since reaching the 2021 …

For the second consecutive year, Serena Williams was defeated in the first round of the Wimbledon tournament. Yesterday, the 23-time Grand Slam champion was bested in a third-set tiebreaker by Harmony Tan. In her first competitive singles match in 364 days, Williams lost a grueling 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) match …

The French Open is the most recent sporting event to have fallen victim to rescheduling due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Originally scheduled for May 24 through June 7, the tennis major is now scheduled for Sept. 20 through Oct. 4. Conflicts with the French Open The move to September shocked …

World number one Novak Djokovic defeated Spain’s Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, to win a record-breaking seventh Australian Open title on Sunday. Making History The World No.1 became the first man to win the Australian Open main prize seven times. Djokovic now passes Roger Federer and Roy Emerson who respectively …

All but one spot in the men’s Wimbledon quarterfinals has been set after Monday’s Round of 16, and many of the top names are still alive. The only match that has yet to come to a conclusion is the one between Juan Martin del Potro and Gilles Simon. After more …

Tennis festivities in Melbourne came to a close after two historic finals this past weekend. Caroline Wozniacki and Simone Halep displayed a majestic show of tennis on Saturday; Wozniacki beat Halep in three sets: 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-4. While Roger Federer beat Marin Čilić in a five-set thriller; the final …

The final Grand Slam of the year kicks off Monday, as the 2017 US Open takes place in Flushing Meadows, NY.  128 men and 128 women stand ready to duel it out for the final major of the season. Here’s a look ahead to the event and a prediction as …

The 105th Australian Open concluded over the weekend with historic finals matches on both the men’s and women’s side of the ball. Women’s Final 19 years after their first appearance in the Australian Open, the Williams sisters found themselves pitted against each other in Sunday’s historic match. For the first …

The Williams sibling rivalry started at the Australian Open in 1998 when older sister Venus beat younger sister Serena, 7-6, 6-1, in a second-round match. Nearly two decades later, the sisters are still battling it out again. As you can see its not just an Australian Open title, its a family …