Professional Tennis
Venus Williams got off to a winning start to begin her 72nd career Grand Slam tournament, outlasting the Ukraine’s Kateryna Kozlova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to advance on Arthur Ashe Stadium. The two-time U.S. Open champion got off to a blistering start, hitting 15 winners and breaking Kozlova four times to win the opening set in…
American teenager Jared Donaldson provided the biggest upset of the first two days at the U.S. Open on Tuesday, coming back from a set down to beat 12th seeded Belgian David Goffin 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-0 to notch the biggest win of his young career. “It was a really exciting atmosphere out there. I felt that…
Romania’s Simona Halep was the first player through to the U.S. Open second round on Tuesday, as the fifth-seed rolled past Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens 6-0, 6-2 on Arthur Ashe Stadium. “The first round of the tournament is always tough, but I played my game today and it worked out in the end,” said Halep. “I…
Serena Williams enters the 2016 U.S. Open as the WTA’s top-ranked player, and has had a stranglehold on the top spot since Feb. 18, 2013. She will look to continue her historic roll as she faces Russian Ekaterina Makarova under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium kicking off the evening session. Serena holds a 4-1…
In what was the best match of the day session on Monday, Americans John Isner and Frances Tiafoe squared off in what seemed more like a boxing match than a tennis match. Isner, who is known as one of the biggest hitters on the tour, was met by an aggressive Tiafoe, whose devastating forehand and…
American teenager CiCi Bellis continued to blow past opponents in the first round of the U.S. Open on Monday, rolling past Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 6-3 to win her fourth consecutive match in Flushing Meadows. Bellis became the U.S. Open darling two years ago when she shocked Dominika Cibulkova in the opening round at the…
Caroline Wozniacki comes into this year’s U.S. Open finally healthy, after a year of battling injuries, but she is also in unfamiliar territory being unseeded. In her first match of the 2016 U.S. Open, she drew young American Taylor Townsend, playing the first ever match on the new 8,000-seat revamped Grandstand. Fans seeing this court…
Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund upset 13th-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet Monday morning at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, delivering the first major upset of the 2016 U.S. Open with a blistering 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory. Edmund came out firing from the onset, ripping five aces and converting on both of his break points…
Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska defeated the number 10 seed Elina Svitolina to win her first Connecticut Open title in New Haven, Conn., 6-1, 7-6(2). "First of all, I'd like to congratulate Elina for such a great week," Radwanska said. "You have a great team, especially with Justine [Henin] on your side. I remember one time only…
The 2016 U.S. Open begins Monday morning and the year’s final Grand Slam is wasting no time in getting the stars on court as four former champions plus a number of Americans get their campaigns underway on Day One. On Arthur Ashe Stadium, the Cinderella of last year’s U.S. Open, Roberta Vinci, kicks things off…