American Jack Sock moved on at Roland Garros on Thursday, defeating Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7(2), 7-6(4), 6-1, 7-6(4) to reach the third round in Paris. Sock hit 67 winners on the day and capitalized on five of his eight break point chances to beat Busta. Sock will next face 18-year-old Borna Coric, who upset the…
Top-seeded Serena Williams came back from a set down on Thursday to defeat Anna-Lena Friedsam, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the second round at Roland Garros, setting up a third round clash with the 27th-seeded Victoria Azarenka, who was victorious over Czech Lucie Hradescka 6-2, 6-3. Serena, with 19 career Grand Slam titles on her resume,…
Rafael Nadal moved on to round three of the French Open on Thursday, defeating fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Nadal advances to face the winner of Thursday’s match between Jurgen Melzer and Andrey Kuznetsov. Nadal had also beaten Almagro in 2008, 2010 and 2012 at Roland Garros. With the win, Nadal is now…
The Jim San Marco Invitational wrapped up Tuesday afternoon, as the Trinity School defeated Harrison 4-0 in the championship match at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center at Columbia University in New York City. The Jim San Marco Invitational brought together the top teams from New York State and presented some of the most competitive tennis…
Roger Federer reached the third round of the French Open on Wednesday, beating Marcel Granollers 6-2, 7-6(1), 6-3. The 2009 French Open champion didn’t have his best stuff on the day, coming back from 0-2 and 2-4 down in the second set, but played well enough in big spots to move on at Roland Garros….
Simona Halep, a finalist at last year’s French Open, saw her Rolland Garros run come to an end in the second round on Wednesday at the hands of Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 7-5, 6-1. Lucic-Baroni got off to a fast start in the opening set, jumping to leads of 3-1 and 5-3. But each time, Halep would…
North Carolina’s Jamie Loeb from Ossining, N.Y., a student of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, knocked off Stanford’s Carol Zhao 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 to capture the NCAA Women's Singles Title on Monday. “I’m speechless. It feels amazing. Last year, I was a little disappointed,” said Loeb, who reached the quarterfinals a year ago as a freshman. “To…
With the NCAA Championships in the books, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has announced the final Oracle/ITA National Collegiate Tennis Rankings of the 2014-2015 season. On the women's side, Vanderbilt won the NCAA title over UCLA, while Virginia beat Oklahoma on the men's side, each victory propelling the teams to the top of the rankings. Both…
Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal got off to a winning start at the French Open on Tuesday, moving past French wild card Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second-round. Nadal picked up five break points on his nine chances, allowing him to dictate play in all three sets. “When I had the chance to…
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown hosted the 18th Annual “Say Yes to Tennis, No to Violence” event at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, where 800-plus children from various schools in Far Rockaway hit the courts for a day of tennis and other fun activities. Part of DA Brown’s STAR Track Program,…