Serena Sends Signal She’s Ready for Australian Open — Mondays with Bob Greene

Jan. 7 | By Bob Greene STARS Richard Gasquet beat Nikolay Davydenko 3-6 7-6 (4) 6-3 to win the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar Serena Williams beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-1 to win the Brisbane International women’s singles in Brisbane, Australia Li...

Rafael Nadal returns to practice court – Mondays with Bob Greene

Nov. 26 | By Bob Greene STARS Stefanie Voegele beat Kimiko Date-Krumm 7-6 (3) 6-4 to win the Dunlop World Challenge Tennis Tournament in Toyota, Japan SAYING “I think I am feeling better, the knee is improving the right way and I am happy to be on court another...

Thomaz Bellucci upsets Janko Tipsarevic to win Swiss title — Monday with Bob Greene

Jul. 23 | STARS Juan Monaco beat Tommy Haas 7-5 6-4 to win the bet-at-home Open – German Tennis Championships in Hamburg, Germany Dominika Cibulkova beat Marion Bartoli 6-1 7-5 to win the Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, California, USA Andy Roddick beat...

Wimbledon: Isner, Berdych, V. Williams out, Serbian men through, Sharapova shakes off late-match jitters

Jun. 25 | By Romi Cvitkovic Day one of the Wimbledon Championships always holds surprise losses and inspiring wins, and Monday was no different as there was no shortage of excitement and frustration on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Isner,...

Serbian Hats, Middle-Aged Ball Boys, and Unanswered Questions from the Sony Ericsson Open

Mar. 29 | By Thomas Swick At around 1 pm yesterday, Agnieszka Radwanska walked onto the stadium court, placed her heavy bag on her chair, and took out a plastic bag of bottled drinks as if she had just entered her compartment for a long train ride. It was the...

Around the Grounds: Saturday at the Sony Ericsson Open

Mar. 24 | Saturday morning, driving to Key Biscayne, I passed a sign on Route 1 for “Brazilian Butt Lift” and thought: You don’t get that at Wimbledon. The first Saturday was always my favorite day of the tournament, back when I was a spectator and it was...

USA Completes 5-0 Davis Cup Stunner Over Switzerland — Mondays With Bob Greene

Feb. 13 | STARS Angelique Kerber beat Marion Bartoli 7-6 (3) 5-7 6-3 to win the Open GDF Suez in Paris, France Daniela Hantuchova beat Maria Kirilenko 6-7 (4) 6-3 6-3 to win the PTT Pattaya Open in Pattaya City, Thailand Jesse Levin beat Steve Darcis 6-4 6-4...

Andy Murray Entertains Down Under

Jan. 21 | By Lisa-Marie Burrows World No.4 Andy Murray showed that he was indeed a great entertainer against rival Michael Llodra as the Scot impressively booked his spot in the last 16 of the Australian Open after overpowering the Frenchman 6-4, 6-2, 6-0.Andy...

Petra Kvitova captures WTA Championships

Oct. 31 | STARS Petra Kvitova beat Victoria Azarenka 7-5 4-6 6-3 to win the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Juan Martin del Potro 6-7 (5) 6-3 6-4 to win the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria Marin Cilic beat Janko...

Janko Tipsarevic wins All-Serb final

Oct. 24 | STARS Janko Tipsarevic beat Viktor Troicki 6-4 6-2 to win the men’s singles at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia Gael Monfils beat Jarkko Nieminen 7-5 3-6 6-2 to win the If Stockholm Open in Stockholm, Sweden Dominika Cibulkova beat Kaia Kanepi 3-6...

Janko Tipsarevic wins first ATP Tour title

Oct. 3 | STARS Agnieszka Radwanska beat Vera Zvonareva 6-3 6-2 to win the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan Janko Tipsarevic beat Marcos Baghdatis 6-4 7-5 to win the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Andy Murray beat Donald Young 6-2 6-0 to win the...

Rain continues to wash away US Open

Sep. 7 | NEW YORK – Despite a brief flurry of play, defending US Open men’s singles champion Rafael Nadal will have to wait yet another day. For the second straight day rain washed out play at the US Open, although three matches were started when the storm...