The 2011 year-end NTRP ratings for the current 335,000 USTA League players are scheduled to be published to Tennislink on Monday, Nov. 28. Most players will be maintaining their current levels of play, but for those who see their rating change, we are providing information about why you may have moved up or down. In…
Do you ever win the first set easy and lose in three? Of course! It happens to every competitive player at some point in time. The scenario goes something like this … You start the match against a very good player totally pumped-up and ready to kick butt! Your focus and concentration are at their…
Great Britain’s Andy Murray has been forced to withdraw from the ATP World Tour Finals in London with a strained groin. He initially suffered the injury during a practice late last week and re-aggravated it in his straight sets loss to Spain’s Devid Ferrer on Monday. Murray will be replaced at the ATP World Tour…
Switzerland’s Roger Federer met Spain’s Rafael Nadal at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London, and it took Federer a little over an hour to defeat his rival, 6-3, 6-0, to extend his current winning streak to 14 consecutive wins. “It was a great match for me basically from start to…
The U.S. wheelchair tennis team captured five medals–three gold, one silver, and one bronze–at the Parapan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Nov. 13-18. On the women’s side, the U.S. won both the singles gold and silver medals as Mackenzie Soldan of Louisville, Ky., defeated doubles partner Emmy Kaiser of Fort Mitchell, Ky., 1-6, 6-4, 6-4,…
World number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, after saving a match point in the third to avoid becoming another upset of the day at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London. Earlier in the day, Great Britain’s Andy Murray was taken down by…
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has won his first match at the ATP World Tour Finals after defeating Mardy Fish of the United States in straight sets 7-6, 6-1. Fish appeared slower as a result of a left hamstring injury that interrupted the end of his season, with Tsonga struggling for consistency. Tsonga was up a break…
Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were all presented with 2011 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon, announced during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Djokovic received the year-end ATP World Tour No. 1 award for the first time, following a banner year in which he won three Grand Slam titles…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated American Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3) at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday at The O2 Arena in London, England in a three-hour-plus marathon match. Nadal overcame a stomach ailment to defeat Fish in opening round action in Group B. "I felt very bad from the stomach since the beginning of…
The USTA has announced the acceptance lists for the 65th Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, which begins Monday, Dec. 5 at the Frank Veltri Tennis Center in Plantation, Fla. The event will be contested on clay for the first time since 1998. The qualifying draw will take place beginning Friday, Dec. 2. The Orange Bowl…