The weekend after Wimbledon, Andy Murray came back from a set and a break down to defeat Gilles Simon and send Great Britain to the semifinals of the Davis Cup.
The Semifinals are as follows:
Great Britain vs. Australia
Belgium vs. Argentina
Month: July 2015
Roddick and Fish Win Doubles Match
Andy Roddick, coming out of retirement briefly, and Mardy Fish defeated Lu-Yen-hsun and Jonathan Marray 7-6, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals in doubles at the BB&T Atlanta Open.
Mardy’s Last Run (with Roddick)
Mardy Fish announced his plans to retire after this year’s US Open. He lost in the first round in Atlanta, but plans to play in Cincinnati and New York. He is also playing in the doubles in Atlanta with none other than Andy Roddick, who is coming out of retirement to play with Fish.
U.S. Open Series Begins
Men’s Tournaments:
Atlanta, Washington D.C., Montreal, Cincinnati, Winston-Salem
Women’s Tournaments:
Stanford, Toronto, Cincinnati, New Haven
Tsurenko wins in Istanbul
Tsurenko defeated Ula Radwanska in the final of Istanbul to win her maiden WTA title.
Radwanska into Istanbul Finals
Ula Radwanska will face Lesia Tsurenko. Both will be vying for their first WTA title.
Another Radwanska makes a Semi
Urszula Radwanska, younger sister of the no. 7 ranked Agnieszka Radwanska, defeated Pironkova, the last seed in the draw, to make the semifinals in Istanbul. It was a quick start for Radwanska taking the first set 6-2. Pironkova came back to take the second set 6-3. The third set was topsy turvy with Pironkova leading 5-1, but Radwanska came back and leveled it sending the match to a third set tiebreak. Radwanska raced to a quick lead in the tiebreak with the score at 5-1 on the change of ends. She then went up 6-1, but lost the next four points. After a long rally she won with the winning shot being a net chord winner. It took some luck, but she made it though. Radwanska will play Magdalena Rybarikova.
The other semifinal will be contested by Lesia Tsurenko and Kirsten Flipkens.
