In Sunday action at the French Open, it was eighth-seeded Milos Raonic who was shocked by world number 55 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. Ramos-Vinolas moves into the quarterfinals at Roland Garros where he will square off with defending champion Stan Wawrinka, who defeated the 22 seed Viktor Troicki in four sets on Sunday. Ramos-Vinolas…
American Shelby Rogers advanced to the French Open fourth round on Friday, bageling 10th seed Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic twice for the 6-0, 6-7(3), 6-0 victory. Rogers hit 25 winners to just 18 unforced errors while taking advantage of 36 unforced errors from Kvitova. “She started playing much better in the second,” said Rogers….
Newcomers captured the PSAL New York City “B” Division championship on Thursday afternoon, defeating Bard 4-1 at Cunningham Park. The win completes an undefeated 14-0 season for the Lions. The singles play led the way for Newcomers, winning all three flights in straight sets. Evangelos Vasos defeated Caleb Miller 6-4, 6-1 at first singles, Dipen…
Nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal announced on Friday that he has withdrawn from this year’s tournament with a wrist injury. Nadal called a press conference on Friday to announce his decision. “I have to retire from the tournament because I have a problem in my wrist that I have [had] since a couple of weeks,”…
World number 47 Eugenie Bouchard was defeated in the second round of the 2016 French Open Thursday, falling to world number nine Timea Bacsinszky 6-4, 6-4. Bouchard got out to a 4-1 lead in the opening set before Bacsinszky ran off 10 consecutive games and seizing the momentum. "I felt like I put myself in…
World number one Serena Williams moved on at the 2016 French Open on Thursday, handily defeating Brazilian Teliana Pereira 6-2, 6-1 in just 66 minutes. Serena, who has lost just five games in two matches so far at Roland Garros, will next take on Kristina Mladenovic, a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Hungary's Timea Babos. Also…
Ulises Blanch, the number three-ranked junior in the world, and 2015 USTA Girls 18s National Champion and U.S. Open Girls Finalist Sofia Kenin lead a deep field of American boys and girls currently set to compete at the French Open Junior Championships in Paris. Qualifying begins today, with the main draw running from May 29-June 4….
Over the past four decades, I've spent thousands of hours as a coach at local, national and international junior tournaments, and as they say, "I have seen it all." Here are 20 candid observations about the behaviors and interactions between players, coaches and parents before, during and after matches. I'm sure readers could suggest many…
There is a culture of winning that reverberates inside the Beacon boys tennis program. So even after losing a number of seniors from last year’s city championship team, this year’s team didn’t miss a beat. The Blue Demons captured its ninth consecutive PSAL New York City “A” Division title on Wednesday afternoon, defeating top-seed and…
Fourth-seeded Garbiñe Muguruza advanced Wednesday at Roland Garros, defeating wild card Myrtille Georges in dominant fashion, 6-2, 6-0. "It was not an easy match, especially playing a French player at home," Muguruza said. "I did not know her at all, and throughout the match I had to really build my strategy to beat her. It…