Defending French Open champion Serena Williams completed a comeback in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros on Thursday, coming back from a set and a break down to defeat 60th-ranked Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. Serena survived two break points at 4-4 in the second set, which she eventually won when world number 60 Putintseva…
World number one and defending champion Serena Williams bulldozed her way into the French Open quarterfinals, moving past Elina Svitolina 6-1, 6-1 in just 62 minutes on Wednesday. “I think it’s definitely a whole new ballgame,” said Serena. “I didn’t play my best in the third round and I really wanted to come out and…
Resuming a match originally started on Tuesday, world number one Novak Djokovic knocked off Spain’s Roberto Bautista-Agut 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 on Wednesday to reach the French Open quarterfinals, the 28th consecutive Grand Slam where he has advanced to the final eight. Djokovic and Bautista-Agut had split the first two sets and Djokovic opened up…
The “Little Mo” Eastern Sectionals took place from Saturday, May 28 through Sunday, May 29 at the Armonk Tennis Club in Armonk, N.Y. Some of the section’s top juniors met in this two-day tournament for a chance to advance and qualify for the Little Mo North Regionals at the Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet Club in Homewood, Illinois…
Two of the French Open’s top six seeds were ousted from the tournament on Tuesday morning, as second-seed Agnieszka Radwanska and sixth-seed Simona Halep both lost their respective fourth-round matches. After play was suspended on Sunday due to rain, Radwanska began Tuesday with a commanding 6-2, 3-0 lead over Tsvetana Pironkova, a player ranked 100…
Hometown favorite Richard Gasquet upset the fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori on Sunday, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to move into the French Open quarterfinals. Gasquet had lost in the Round of 16 at Roland Garros four times previously (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015), but found success Sunday to advance to face Andy Murray, a winner Sunday over…
American Shelby Rogers continued her storybook run at Roland Garros on Sunday, advancing to her first ever Grand Slam quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu in just under 90 minutes. Begu was the latest victim in Rogers’ run to the quarters, defeating the 17th-seed Karolina Pliskova, Elena Vesnina and the 10th-seeded Petra…
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…