Madison Keys of Rock Island, Ill. and Rhyne Williams of Knoxville, Tenn. each earned wild card entries into the main draw of the 2013 Australian Open Sunday by winning the Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at Peachtree Corners. Keys defeated Mallory Burdette of Jackson, Ga., 7-5, 6-3, and Williams took…
The WTA has announced Cali, Colombia, as the third WTA $125 tournament on the 2013 calendar. The event will be played on clay the week of February 11, one week prior to the WTA’s International Tournament in the Colombian capital of Bogotá. Cali will offer $125,000 in prize money and will feature a 32-player singles main draw,…
USTA Eastern and SBTA Support Health Initiatives at La Feria DeSalud The USTA and South Brooklyn Tennis Association (SBTA) were on hand to support La Feria DeSalud or “The Health Fair” at St. Mary’s Park in the Bronx, N.Y. Feria DeSalud is an event sponsored by the American Diabetes Association and is attended by approximately…
The USTA has announced that prize money for the 2013 U.S. Open will be increased by $4 million, doubling the record $2 million increase of 2012. Total U.S. Open prize money in 2013 will be $29.5 million. Singles prize money at the U.S. Open has now increased by 34 percent since the 2011 U.S. Open….
Our teams did very well at 2012 Sectional Championships, which were held in Schenectady, N.Y. this year. The 3.5 and 4.5 Levels competed Aug. 10-12 and the 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 Levels competed Aug. 17-19. And the winners were: ►3.0 Men James DaSilva/Samm Ticol ►4.5 Women Eileen Melniker ►5.0 Women Eileen Melniker The finalists were:…
West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y. hosted the Nestlé Nesquik “Little Mo” International Open, a tennis tournament for boys and girls ages eight through 12 which is part of a series of events put on throughout the U.S. by the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation. In 1953, Maureen Connolly became the first woman,…
Former world number one-ranked Kim Clijsters ended her career with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over American Venus Williams in a ceremonial farewell match, dubbed "Kim’s Thank You Games," in her home country of Belgium. Clijsters officially retired as a pro after the U.S. Open, but organized a match to thank 13,000 of her fans whom turned up…
The ATP World Tour is set to return to Bogotá, Colombia, in 2013, following the ATP Board of Directors’ approval of the sale of the Los Angeles tournament, an ATP World Tour 250 event, to IMLA de Colombia, a Colombian entertainment and sports marketing company. The new tournament will be held at the Centro de…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that Novak Djokovic of Serbia and American Serena Williams have been named the 2012 ITF World Champions. This is the second consecutive year that Djokovic has received the honor, while Serena is named Women’s World Champion for the third time. Americans Bob and Mike Bryan have been named Men’s Doubles…
Rafael Nadal has confirmed that he will play in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi at the end of the monthfollowing a six-month break to recover from a knee injury. Nadal began practicing on a court in his hometown of Manacor on the island of Mallorca on Nov. 20 under the supervision of his uncle and…