Topic: Laura Robson
Japan's challenge at the US Open looked to have been jinxed on Monday as first Kei Nishikori, then Misaki Doi and Ayumi Morita retired from first-round matches.Nishikori suffered injury heartbreak at Flushing Meadows for the second straight year when he ...
Three-time runner-up Andy Roddick and women's second seed Vera Zvonareva crashed out of Wimbledon on Friday as Maria Sharapova survived a gutsy challenge from British 17-year-old Laura Robson.Eighth seed Roddick, beloved by the Wimbledon crowd after his epic 2009 final ...
Maria Sharapova insisted Friday that she loves the intense atmosphere of Wimbledon's Court Two, the arena which prompted Serena Williams to spark a sexism storm.Williams, the defending champion, launched a scathing attack on All England Club officials on Thursday when ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova turned party-pooper on Friday when she overcame Briton Laura Robson and a partisan crowd on Court One to reach the third round at Wimbledon.The Russian former champion stayed on course for her second Wimbledon title with a ...
A stomach injury to Serbia's Ana Ivanovic has gifted Belgium a place in the mixed-teams Hopman Cup final Saturday against the United States.The Serbian pairing of Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic were top seeds and led Group A after winning two ...
PERTH (Reuters) - Ana Ivanovic and Francesca Schiavone pulled out of the Hopman Cup with physical problems on Friday that cast doubt on their hopes of being fit for the Australian Open.Former world number one Ivanovic was forced to withdraw from the ...
France kept their Hopman Cup hopes mathematically alive with a 2-1 win over Great Britain in the mixed teams tournament on Wednesday.But the fate of the French pairing of Kristina Mladenovic and Nicolas Mahut is not entirely in their own hands ...
PERTH (Reuters) - A jet-lagged Andy Murray won his opening match of the year on Monday but it was not enough to prevent Britain from losing 2-1 to Italy in the Hopman Cup mixed team event.On a day when the United States ...
As a sports fan we all look forward to seeing the next superstar emerge, in tennis we've seen the rise of Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic in recent years and looking forward to the next great players is part ...
The Serbs beat off the American team of Serena Williams and John Isner and Britons Laura Robson and Andy Murray for the top ranking.The Belgian duo of Justine Henin and Steve Darcis are the fourth seeds."This is the most we ...