The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has announced the 2015 All-America Teams for Division I men's and women's tennis. USC, UCLA and Virginia each had six different student-athletes earn the distinction to lead all schools. A combined 16 men and women were named to the All-America teams in both singles and doubles (10 men and six women). Ossining, N.Y.'s…
For the fourth time this tournament, Serena Williams dug herself a first set hold, but found her way back home, defeating 23rd seeded Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 to reach the French Open final. Serena’s slow start can be attributed to her feeling under the weather. The world number one admitted to developing the…
Lucie Safarova booked a spot in the first Grand Slam final of her career on Thursday, downing seventh-seeded Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 7-5 to reach the French Open championship. Safarova trailed big early, as Ivanovic broke in the second game and build a 4-1 advantage. Ivanovic then build a 5-2, and even served for the match…
Bob & Mike Bryan notched their 60th career victory at the French Open Thursday, downing Australian Open champions Simone Bolelli & Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-3 to reach the Men’s Doubles Finals at Roland Garros. The top-seeds had to fight off an early break of serve to get themselves back into the opening set. The Americans…
It was probably the most anticipated match of 2015, as world number one Novak Djokovic took on the greatest player ever on clay, Rafael Nadal, in the French Open quarterfinals on Wednesday. Nadal entered the match with a 70-1 career record on the courts of Roland Garros, but ran into the man who is currently…
The United States Fed Cup Team will kick off their 2016 Fed Cup campaign by hosting Poland in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II First Round, Feb. 6-7, 2016. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) conducted the draws for the World Group and World Group II today at the FFT Museum at Roland…
With the 2014-2015 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) season officially over, UCLA's Robin Anderson and Oklahoma's Axel Alvarez Llamas finished the year as the nation's top players in the final Oracle/ITA National Singles Rankings. Final regional rankings for team, singles and doubles were also released. Among the top players, local North Carolina's Jamie Loeb from Ossining, N.Y. and…
After being forced to come back from a set down in her previous three matches at Roland Garros, world number one Serena Williams did not want to go down that path again. She came out firing early and often against Italy’s Sara Errani, beating the 17th-seed 6-1, 6-3 to move into the French Open’s final…
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga marched into the French Open semifinals on Tuesday, beating fifth-seed Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3. The hometown favorite Tsonga came out firing from the very start of the match, breaking twice in the opening games en route to taking the opening set 6-1. The 14th seed then built a 5-2…
Bob & Mike Bryan made their way into the French Open semifinals on Tuesday, downing Marcin Matkowski & Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4. The top duo in the world nailed down a key break early in the third set which proved to be the difference, finishing off the Polish and Serbian pair in one hour…