Roger Federer has announced that he has withdrawn from next week’s Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Montreal. He has recently talked about his back trouble, but did not give a specific reason as to why he is pulling out of the tournament. “I am disappointed not to be playing in Montreal next week….
Imagine the scenario: You are watching your child play, and it feels like you’re the one playing. Your palms are sweaty and your feet are tapping with the immediacy of how Rafael Nadal awaits the coin toss. You look across the way and see your opponent’s parents pacing up and down, burning a hole in…
Russian Olga Puchkova was defaulted by the WTA supervisor after she hit a line judge with a ball between points, forcing her to forfeit, although she claimed it was an accident. Puchkova was trailing 3-6, 6-3, 4-1 in her second-round match against Paula Ormaechea of Argentina at the 2013 Citi Open in Washington, D.C. She claimed that…
Juan Martin del Potro advanced to the 2013 Citi Open quarterfinals in Washington, D.C. on Thursday after winning twice over the course of seven-and-a-half-hours. He first defeated 107th-ranked Ryan Harrison 6-1, 7-5, and then beat 14th-seeded Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3. They played for about 70 minutes in each match. Harrison was trailing 4-0 after only…
Sabrina Xiong is a student of the Sportime John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) at Randalls Island. Year after year, Sabrina has raised her ranking with consistency, and is currently ranked in the top 50 recruits in the country and the number two ranked recruit in New York State, according to TennisRecruiting.net. Her first year on…
American John Isner, who had a tournament win last weekend at the BB&T Open in Atlanta, beat Alex Kuznetsov in two tie-breaker sets 7-6(2), 7-6(4) at the 2013 Citi Open in Washington, D.C. Isner had an excellent record with tie-breakers, winning 16 of his last 17 tiebreakers, with six of those coming in Atlanta. ”I don’t…
Martina Hingis, former number one in the world and newest inductee to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, returned to the WTA Tour in doubles with partner Daniela Hantuchova in successful fashion, as the duo won their first match on Wednesday in the Southern California Open against Julia Goerges & Darija Jurak 6-1, 6-1. The…
The Queens College Tennis Outing & Social event will be held Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Queens College Tennis Courts. There is an early registration fee of $60 on and before Aug. 12th and $75 after Aug. 12. All proceeds will benefit the Queens College Men’s & Women’s Tennis programs. Tennis participants can come…
The USTA has announced the round-by-round prize money distribution for its record $34.3 million purse at the 2013 U.S. Open. Prize money for each round of the singles competitions will increase by at least 37 percent. Both the men’s and women’s singles champions will earn $2.6 million, the largest payout in tennis history….
On Tuesday, in the first round of the 2013 Citi Open in Washington, D.C., American Jack Sock beat 59th-ranked Igor Sijsling, 6-4, 6-2. Currently ranked 94th in the WTA Men’s Singles Rankings, Sock will be playing the number two seed, Kei Nishikori, in the second round. The 20-year old Sock will be playing with fellow American…