Isner beats Sweeting to reach Delray quarters

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP)—Top seed John Isner captured a 6-3, 6-4 win over fellow American Ryan Sweeting on Wednesday to move into the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships quarterfinals.The 11th-ranked Isner struggled through his f

Almagro, Verdasco advance at Mexican Open

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP)—Top-seeded David Ferrer and second-seeded Nicolas Almagro advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open in contrasting styles Wednesday. Ferrer beat Poland’s Lukasz Kobot 6-3, 6-3, setting up a quarterfin

Matosevic beats Bogomolov in Delray Beach

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP)—Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic beat No. 6 seed Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 Wednesday to reach his first career ATP quarterfinal at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.The 173rd-

Querrey, Ginepri among Indian Wells wild cards

INDIAN WELLS, California (AP)—Former top-five player David Nalbandian of Argentina and American veterans Sam Querrey, Robby Ginepri and Jill Craybas are among the wild cards into the main draws of the BNP Paribas Open to be played March 5-18 in Ind

Djokovic: Not easy to talk to biggest rivals

Novak Djokovic tells the Gulf Times that while he engages well with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer off court on tour issues, it is not a simple process."Roger, Rafa and me do talk to each other on issue

Tsonga received advice from Agassi

World No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who has been without a full-time coach since splitting with Eric Winogradsky last April, says he sometimes receives advice from French Davis Cup captain Guy Forget, and in 2011 tapped into the brain of Andre Agassi. Bo

Federer, Djokovic, Murray into Dubai quarterfinals

Tsonga tops Rosol, reaches quarters

Running near the baseline, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga dug out a defensive lob that soared diagonally into the corner, causing Lukas Rosol to spin and sprint back to the baseline, where he somehow summoned a over-the-shoulder forehand lob that pinned Tsonga i

Djokovic, Murray advance to Dubai quarterfinals

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Novak Djokovic was again below his best but managed to beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the Dubai Championships on Wednesday for his ninth straight win in 2012.Andy Murray also made it throu

Professional Tennis Today:Grueling Season or Style?

Professional Tennis Today: A Grueling Season or a Grueling Style? Djokovic, Nadal, Murray and Roddick (amongst others) are “pushing for a shorter season,…even going so far as to threaten an ATP strike to resolve the issue”