It's that time of year when you wish the snow would melt and the skies would clear for some real tennis fun! For the players on the pro tour, that fun is played at the "Happy Slam!" The Aussie Open, played at the end of January for two weeks, serves as a springboard into the…
World number three Roger Federer underwent successful knee surgery, forcing him to miss tournaments in Rotterdam and Dubai this month, according to a statement posted on his official website Wednesday. “Roger Federer underwent successful arthroscopic knee surgery today in Switzerland to repair a torn meniscus,” the statement reads. “The injury happened the day after the semifinal match…
Imagine this … you just turned pro. You play a few tournaments, and in your first year, your record is 2-3. Okay, fair enough as you’re just getting into things. In your second year, your record is 12-14. You play two Davis Cup matches and lose both and then lose in the first round of…
Jamie Loeb of Bronxville, N.Y., who trains out of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy at Sportime Randall’s Island, qualified for the main draw of the Dow Corning Tennis Classic 100K in Midland, Mich. with a 6-1, 6-3 win over fellow American Nadja Gilchrist in the final round of qualifying on Tuesday. Loeb raced out to…
The New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) men’s tennis team earned the top spot in the East Coast Conference (ECC) preseason poll. The three-time defending conference champions were named the favorite by the poll of the conference’s coaches. The Bears earned all six first place votes in the polling, and carry a 14-match winning streak…
The St. John’s women’s tennis team won its second straight match to open up 2016, beating Fairfield 7-0 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Friday afternoon. Playing in its first home match under new head coach Lauren Leo, the Red Storm made quick work of Fairfield. It started by winning all three…
Andy Murray entered Sunday's Australian Open final clash with Novak Djokovic hoping that the fourth time would be the charm, but it wasn't to be, as the Serb defeated Murray in the Melbourne final for the fourth time, a straight-set 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(3) triumph. Djokovic got things started immediately in the opening set. After holding…
Germany's Angelique Kerber upset world number one and defending champion Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 on Saturday win the Australian Open title, the first Grand Slam championship of her career. Serena entered the match having never lost in an Australian Open final, 6-0 overall. But the American committed 23 errors in the opening set…
(1) Serena Williams (United States) vs. (7) Angelique Kerber (Germany) Serena was two wins away from history just a few months ago at the U.S. Open. She had a chance at the Calendar Grand Slam and to match Steffi Graf’s Open Era record of 22 Grand Slam titles. And as we know, that didn’t happen…
The top-seeded women’s duo of Martina Hingis & Sania Mirza continued to dominate the rest of the doubles field, knocking off the seventh-seeded Czech duo of Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka 7-6(1), 6-3 to win the Australian Open Women's Doubles Title. Neither team could do much on serve in the opening set, as each pair…