Tennis

The quarterfinal round from the Brasil Open 2015 (ATP Sau Paulo) is complete. Action on Friday saw two seeded players fall in the round of eight, while another major clay court threat was eliminated from the tournament.

Chelsea extends their lead at the top of the table with a win over Aston Villa. Now the Barclays Premier League leaders are seven points ahead of the current champions,

Serena Williams, the current World No. 1 on the WTA Tour, enjoyed a stellar 2014 season. Some notable results included titles in Brisbane, Miami, Rome, Stanford, and Cincinnati. More impressive highlights included another title at the US Open and victory at the year-end WTA Finals

Novak Djokovic’s 2014 season, relative to what we’d become used to in recent years, was perhaps a little bit of a letdown. Djokovic started the year off as the World No. 2 and he was a disappointment at Melbourne Park, losing to Stan Wawrinka in the 2014 Australian Open quarterfinals.

Despite a few problems with a scraped thumb and equilibrium issues, Novak Djokovic made history while also holding onto his number one world position after defeating Andy Murry.

With the conclusion of the women’s draw, Serena Williams claimed her sixth title down-under, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final 6-3, 7-6. The women’s championship match came after two fairly uncompetitive semifinals that saw Williams defeat Madison Keys and Sharapova defeat Ekaterina Makarova

Rafael Nadal, considered by many to be on the decline, will not be making another appearance in the Australian Open final this season. The Spaniard fell in the quarterfinals of the first Grand Slam of 2015 to Tomas Berdych earlier this week.

Stan Wawrinka was the only tennis player to have defeated Novak Djokovic at Melbourne Park, but that wasn't the case today. The worlds number one tennis champr eached his fifth final today with no signs of stopping anytime soon.

Milos Raonic, Canada’s highest ranked player ever, might not quite be ready to beat the very best players on tour in the big matches. The Canadian has advanced deep into a few Grand Slam tournaments in his career

The 2015 Australian Open quarterfinals are over for both the men’s and women’s draws. Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, the pre-tournament favourites, remain alive in the respective draws

Roger Federer, considered by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time, is at what has to be considered the tail end of his career. Tennis, a sport that favours youth more than most others, currently has an emerging class of Grand Slam contenders that are much younger than the Swiss Maestro

Rafael Nadal, winner of fourteen Grand Slam titles to date, had an inconsistent year in 2014. After starting last season out strong with a title in Doha (d. Monfils), the Spaniard then made the final of the 2014 Australian Open