The women’s draw of the Miami Open got underway on Tuesday afternoon, with a few Americans taking to the courts of Crandon Park in Miami. American teen CiCi Bellis captured her second career victory in a WTA main draw, cruising past the Netherlands’ Indy De Vroome 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the second-round. Bellis displayed…
The Bronx Science Boys Wolverines won its season opener on Monday afternoon, defeating Eleanor Roosevelt 5-0 at Mill Pond Park. The Wolverines won each of the five matches, three singles and two doubles, without dropping a set. Freshman Lantis Wang led the way at first singles with a 10-3 victory over Javier Luna, while the…
Six American teams took part in the inaugural ITF Young Seniors World Team Championships, this past weekend in Antalya, Turkey. The 24 players were competing for six Cups in the senior equivalent of tennis’ Davis Cup and Fed Cup competitions. New Yorker Kline Sack was part of the Men’s 45 & Over team that finished in eighth place…
The 2015 PowerShares Series champions tennis circuit gets underway on Tuesday night, as Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Mark Philippoussis and James Blake will partake in the first-ever pro tennis event where line calls are made solely by the Hawk-Eye system. The PowerShares series is a North American pro tennis tour for champion tennis players north…
New York City Boys High School Preview The Beacon Blue Demons have dominated the boys landscape in New York City’s “A” Division the last couple of years, and will look to repeat as city champions again this season. Last season, the Blue Demons upended Cardozo in the NYC Championship 5-0. The highlight of that match…
St. John’s 6, Binghamton 1 & St. John’s 7, Niagra 0 The St. John’s Red Storm snapped a five-match losing streak over the weekend, defeating Binghamton and Niagra at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Friday. St. John’s played Binghamton first and took care of the Bearcats with a 6-1 victory. The match…
Simona Halep fought off a tough first set defeat and rallied to beat former champion Jelena Jankovic 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 and win the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Sunday. The title is the 11th of Halep’s career and the biggest up to this point. “First of all I want to congratulate Jelena—you were…
Simona Halep fought off a tough first set defeat and rallied to beat former champion Jelena Jankovic 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 and win the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Sunday. The title is the 11th of Halep’s career and the biggest up to this point. “First of all I want to congratulate Jelena—you were…
World number one Novak Djokovic captured his fourth BNP Paribas Open title on Sunday, tying Roger Federer for most all-time titles in Indian Wells by defeating Federer 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2. It is the second consecutive season Djokovic has won the Indian Wells tournament, taking advantage of 43 unforced errors by Federer to edge the Swiss…
Andy Murray moved into first-place on Britain’s Open Era match win record on Thursday, defeating 12th-ranked Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4 for his 497th career victory, eclipsing Tim Henman’s 496 wins. The straight-set victory also pushes Murray into the BNP Paribas Open semifinals. “I thought I played a good match,” said Murray. “Every time he came…