American teenager CiCi Bellis notched the biggest win of her young and promising career on Wednesday, defeating fourth-seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to reach the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships quarterfinals. Bellis was playing in her first main draw of 2017 after sitting out some early season tournaments with a hip injury but hasn’t…
Top-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic powered his way into the Delray Beach Open second round on Tuesday, blowing past American qualifier Tim Smyczek 6-1, 6-4. “Overall, I have to be happy. I haven’t played much tennis over the last few weeks, and I really put in as much work as I could over the last week…
Photo courtesy of ITA Tennis The University of Virginia hadn’t lost a point in its first three matches at the 2017 ITA Division I National Men’s Team Indoor Championship. In Monday’s final against No. 3 Ohio State, the top-seeded Cavaliers conceded a point, and while on paper their 4-1 victory looked routine, it was anything…
Delray Beach 2011 champion Juan Martin del Potro and 2012 champion Kevin Anderson will square off in the first round of the 2017 Delray Beach Open, giving the tournament a prime-time first-round match-up on Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. Del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion, is opening his 2017 season in Delray Beach while Anderson is hoping to return to the Top…
American Ryan Harrison captured the first ATP World Tour Title of his career by winning the Memphis Open crown on Sunday. American Ryan Harrison captured the first ATP World Tour title of his career over the weekend, downing Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1, 6-4 to win the Memphis Open title on Sunday. Harrison stormed through the Memphis…
The Columbia men’s tennis team won all three of its weekend matches at the East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships at Princeton University, culminating in a 4-1 victory over Cornell on Sunday to win its first ECAC Championship since 2014. The Lions entered the weekend ranked 19th in the country and played like the best…
The New York Empire presented by Citi have selected Mylan World TeamTennis veteran and ATP World Tour No. 23-ranked John Isner, top WTA Tour player Eugenie Bouchard and longtime former ATP Tour veteran Mardy Fish as its marquee players for the 2017 summer season. Isner, Bouchard and Fish were selected in Thursday’s Mylan World TeamTennis Marquee Draft….
Jack Sock, the top-ranked American on the ATP World Tour, is also the top selection in the 2017 Mylan World TeamTennis Marquee Draft. The Springfield Lasers tabbed the Missouri resident with the first overall pick in today’s draft. Other top names set for action this summer include Venus Williams, Martina Hingis, and Bob and Mike…
Twitter/@geniebouchard By now, most tennis fans know about the promised date that Canadian star Eugenie Bouchard had with a Twitter fan after the New England Patriots completed its comeback against the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl. The two finally got together last night as Bouchard flew in John Goehrke to New York, who attends…
How many times have you tried to resist the last chocolate chip cookie on the plate and succumbed to your craving? Or, how many times have you tried to resist the scoop of ice cream that has your name on it and ended up with a triple scoop sundae when you are clearly determined to…