Maria Kirilenko retired against Alizé Cornet in her first match at the 2013 Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria and then withdrew from the event on Wednesday. Kirilenko was trailing the seventh-seeded Cornet in the first set, 5-0, when she was forced to stop play due to a left knee injury. She…
A Mayor’s Life: Governing New York’s Gorgeous Mosaic, the title of the recently-released memoir of former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins, written with Peter Knobler, may well describe the microcosm of New York City that has joined together to honor the Mayor for his contributions to tennis in the Big Apple. The David Dinkins Tennis Club…
Richard Gasquet kept alive his chances of qualifying for the 2013 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the first time since 2007 reaching the third round of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, France, defeating Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-3 in two hours and 41 minutes. Gasquet could meet fellow London contender Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the 2008 Paris champion, in the third…
Two-time champion Ana Ivanovic began her campaign at the Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions with a straight-sets victory Tuesday, defeating Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-0, 6-2. Ivanovic, who warmed up for her season finale with a run to the final in Linz and quarterfinals in Moscow, set the tone at the start of the match with a love hold before breaking the Bulgarian with a…
Pratt Institute won its third straight Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) Women's Tennis Championship, capturing seven of nine flights at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Saturday afternoon. The 2013 HVIAC Champions also placed a league-best three members on the HVIAC All-Conference Team, with three-time player of the week freshman Agata Jakubowska, undefeated junior Gabriella Guerra, and…
ESPN Films’ Peabody award-winning 30 for 30 film series continues tonight (Tuesday, Oct. 29) with "This is What They Want" at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN. The film focuses on former tennis icon Jimmy Connors’ surprising and exciting run during the 1991 US Open in the twilight of his career. When Jimmy Connors arrived in New York for the 1991…
Juan Martin del Potro successfully defended his Basel title on Sunday, defeating five-time former champion Roger Federer 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-4 in a rematch of last year's finals match. Del Potro improved to a 23-1 record at ATP World Tour 500 tournaments this season, and has already qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Federer must defeat Kevin Anderson or Mikhail Youzhny in his second round match…
Serena Williams was a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 winner Sunday, defeating Li Na to win the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships for the fourth time in her career. A day after Serena's 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 semifinal win over Jelena Jankovic, Serena returned to the courts of Istanbul to cap off her very successful 2013 where she became the oldest ever champ at Istanbul, at…
Roger Federer moved to within two match wins of qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Friday when he reached the Swiss Indoors Basel semifinals after a 6-3, 7-6(2) win over Grigor Dimitrov. Federer is looking to qualify for the year-end event for the 12th consecutive year, and will lock upo a spot…
On Friday, Serena Williams became the first player into the semifinals of the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul, defeating Petra Kvitova, 6-2, 6-3, to improve to 3-0 in her group in just 72 minutes. With the win, Serena now has 13 consecutive TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championship wins. Martina Navratilova holds the record…