The round-robin action in the Red Group at the WTA Finals in Singapore wrapped up on Thursday, and it was world number one Angelique Kerber and Dominika Cibulkova who reached the semifinals with victories. Heading into Thursday, Cibulkova needed to notched a win against Simona Halep but also required some help from Kerber, who was…
The 10th anniversary of the BNP Paribas Showdown will bring past, current and future stars to the Madison Square Garden court for a terrific night of tennis, Monday, March 6, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Juan Martin del Potro, Kei Nishikori, Venus Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza, Nick Kyrgios, Jack Sock and a legends matchup to be named…
The Judges of Benjamin Cardozo moved into the New York City PSAL semifinals on Tuesday afternoon, edging out fourth-seed Brooklyn Tech 3-2. Brooklyn Tech headed into this matchup without a loss all season long, and once again were led by its first and second singles players, Chelsea Williams and Nicole Semenov, respectively. Williams defeated Cardozo’s…
American Madison Keys won her first ever match at the WTA Finals in Singapore, downing Dominika Cibulkova 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday. Keys needed just over an hour to dispatch Cibulkova in a match that both players needed. From the start, Keys looked in form, cruising through service games early on and using her power to…
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Karolina Pliskova won their respective round-robin matches on Monday, wrapping up the second day of play at the WTA Finals in Singapore. Kuznetsova scored a huge win over last year’s champion Agnieszka Radwanska, fighting back from a match point down to upend the Pole 7-5, 1-6, 7-5. The Russian, who only qualified…
The PSAL New York City playoffs got underway on Tuesday afternoon with the opening round of matches. Below are the scores from Tuesday, as well as the updated brackets for both the “A” and “B” divisions. â–ºSeward Park 5, EBC/Bushwick Leaders 0 â–ºHS Environmental Studies 5, Walton Campus 0 â–ºLehman 3, Robert F. Kennedy 2…
American Serena Williams has withdrawn from the BNP Paribas WTA Finals in Singapore on the medial advice of her doctors, who say the world number two needs more time to recover from the shoulder injury which forced her to pull out of the Asian swing. “I was looking forward to competing in Singapore this year…
Following the completion of its investigation into Nick Kyrgios’ second round match last week at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, the ATP has announced that Kyrgios has been found to have committed the player major offense ‘Conduct Contrary to the Integrity of the Game.’ The offense means that Kyrgios receives an additional fine of $25,000, and…
The PSAL Singles and Doubles qualifying tournaments get underway this weekend, with the main draw of the New York City individual tournament to take place beginning next weekend. The schedule is as follows: Girls Singles & Doubles Qualifying Tournament –7:45 a.m. Saturday, October 15 at Cunningham Tennis Center, Queens Girls Singles and Doubles 1st Round (#9-#16) – 8:00…
The ATP has fined Australia’s Nick Kyrgios $16,500 for his actions during his second-round match at the Shanghai Rolex Masters against Mischa Zverev on Wednesday. The fine was broken into three parts: $10,000 for showing a “lack of best efforts”, $5,000 for verbal abuse of a spectator and $1,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct. Zverev defeated Kyrgios…