Serena Williams enters the 2016 U.S. Open as the WTA’s top-ranked player, and has had a stranglehold on the top spot since Feb. 18, 2013. She will look to continue her historic roll as she faces Russian Ekaterina Makarova under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium kicking off the evening session. Serena holds a 4-1…
In what was the best match of the day session on Monday, Americans John Isner and Frances Tiafoe squared off in what seemed more like a boxing match than a tennis match. Isner, who is known as one of the biggest hitters on the tour, was met by an aggressive Tiafoe, whose devastating forehand and…
American teenager CiCi Bellis continued to blow past opponents in the first round of the U.S. Open on Monday, rolling past Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 6-3 to win her fourth consecutive match in Flushing Meadows. Bellis became the U.S. Open darling two years ago when she shocked Dominika Cibulkova in the opening round at the…
Caroline Wozniacki comes into this year’s U.S. Open finally healthy, after a year of battling injuries, but she is also in unfamiliar territory being unseeded. In her first match of the 2016 U.S. Open, she drew young American Taylor Townsend, playing the first ever match on the new 8,000-seat revamped Grandstand. Fans seeing this court…
Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund upset 13th-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet Monday morning at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, delivering the first major upset of the 2016 U.S. Open with a blistering 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory. Edmund came out firing from the onset, ripping five aces and converting on both of his break points…
Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska defeated the number 10 seed Elina Svitolina to win her first Connecticut Open title in New Haven, Conn., 6-1, 7-6(2). "First of all, I'd like to congratulate Elina for such a great week," Radwanska said. "You have a great team, especially with Justine [Henin] on your side. I remember one time only…
New York Junior Tennis and Learning (NYJTL) hosted its Annual Summer Gala at The Central Park Boathouse, as more than 550 people attended, the most in the event’s history. The fundraising efforts grew more than 20 percent from a year ago, as NYJTL raised more than $215,000, with that number still climbing. The event…
The 2016 U.S. Open begins Monday morning and the year’s final Grand Slam is wasting no time in getting the stars on court as four former champions plus a number of Americans get their campaigns underway on Day One. On Arthur Ashe Stadium, the Cinderella of last year’s U.S. Open, Roberta Vinci, kicks things off…
Credit all photos to Pat Mosquera The San Diego Aviators defeated the Orange County Breakers 25-14 to win their first Mylan World TeamTennis championshipon Friday in the Mylan WTT Finals presented by Citi at historic Forest Hills Stadium at The West Side Tennis Club. Darija Jurak (doubles, mixed doubles), Shelby Rogers (women’s singles, doubles) and Raven…
Long Island’s Noah Rubin had his U.S. Open qualifying round come to an end on Friday afternoon in front of a capacity crowd on Court 11 of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, as third-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov outlasted Rubin 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Open main draw. Rubin…