In a rematch of last year’s PSAL New York City championship, Beacon once again defeated Bronx Science, downing the Wolverines 4-1 in a season-opening match between two of the city’s top programs on Monday. At the top of the Beacon singles lineup were sisters Kyra Bergmann and Lorraine Bergmann. Kyra was defeated by Christina Huynh…
In a battle between two of the better programs in Queens, Francis Lewis edged Townsend Harris 3-2 on Monday afternoon. Alleyah Ally notched a 10-1 win over India Lott at second singles to give the Patriots of Francis Lewis one of its victories, and Rachel Chin won 10-6 against Jessica Wang at third singles. To…
Juan Martin del Potro, who just reached the U.S. Open semifinals, announced he will play in next year's Delray Beach Open. 2011 Delray Beach champion Juan Martin del Potro, 2016 World No. 3 Milos Raonic, and defending champion Jack Sock will all return to the Delray Beach Open for the 26th annual event February 16-25, 2018 at the Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center….
Rafael Nadal delivered a masterful performance on Sunday, capturing his 16th Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 win over Kevin Anderson in the U.S. Open final, his second major title of the year and another confirmation that 2017 belonged to he and Roger Federer. “It’s been a great two weeks,” Nadal said in his…
Sixteen-year old Amanda Anisimova, of Aventura, Fla., won the US Open girls’ singles title Sunday, defeating American 13-year old Cori ‘CoCo’ Gauff, 6-0, 6-2. It was the first time since 1981 that the US Open women’s and girls’ finals were both contested between two Americans. New Jersey-born Amanda Anisimova won the U.S. Open Girls’ Singles title on…
Unseeded 22-year-old Sloane Stephens defeated fellow American Madison Keys, the number 15 seed, late Saturday afternoon 6-3, 6-0 to capture the 2017 U.S. Open Women’s Singles Championship, the first Grand Slam title of her career. With the win, Stephens becomes the lowest-ranked player to win the U.S. Open title. Stephens, playing in just her fifth…
The number 15-seed Madison Keys is headed to the U.S. Open Women’s Singles Finals, defeating fellow American CoCo Vandeweghe in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour. Her opponent Saturday afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium will be Sloane Stephens, who outlasted the number nine-seeded Venus Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam champion,…
The duo of Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands & Horia Tecau of Romania, seeded 12th, captured the 2017 U.S. Open Doubles Championship, a 6-4, 6-3 win over the 11th-seeded Spanish team of Feliciano Lopez & Marc Lopez Friday afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium in just under 90 minutes. The win marked Rojer & Tecau’s second…
Player to Watch: Kyra Bergmann, Beacon (Credit all photos to Damion Reid/PSAL.org) Beacon will be out this season to defend its city title from a year ago, and continue a run that has seen it become a fixture in the PSAL finals. One of the players who was key to the team’s success last…
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) today announced the program to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Billie Jean King’s 1967 triple crown where she won the women’s singles, women’s doubles (with Rosie Casals) and mixed doubles (with Owen Davidson) championships. King’s singles triumph was the first of four US Nationals/ US Open women’s singles titles…