Professional Tennis
Bronxville’s Jamie Loeb captured her second ITF Pro Circuit title of 2016 over the weekend, downing Caitlin Whoriskey 7-5, 6-3 to win her second consecutive Hunt Communities Women’s Pro Tennis Classic 25K in El Paso, Texas. Things started off slow for Loeb as she suffered the first break of serve, and after Whoriskey consolidated the…
World number one and defending champion Serena Williams rolled into the Wimbledon semifinals, snatching a late break in each of the two sets to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-4 and book her spot in the final four. “I’m excited to have been able to win that one and get through. It feels really good,” said…
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier have announced that top-ranked American and world number 17 John Isner, world number 26 Jack Sock and 16-time Grand Slam Doubles Champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan will represent the U.S. in the 2016 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Quarterfinal against Croatia. The best-of-five match series will be played on a temporary outdoor hard…
Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber was the first woman to advance to the Wimbledon semifinals on Tuesday, downing fifth-seed Simona Halep 7-5, 7-6(2). “I think we are both really good returners,” Kerber said of the two similar-styles of play. “It’s always tough to play against Simona. I won the last point and that’s what counts….
It was an eventful Friday at the All England Club for Serena and Venus Williams, who had to overcome rain delays and their opponents to advance at Wimbledon. Venus took on 29th seeded Russian Daria Kasatkina, and outlasted her 7-5, 4-6, 10-8. Venus was down a break and 3-4 in the third set before getting…
Juan Martin del Potro hadn’t played at Wimbledon in two years until his first round victory earlier this week, but the Argentine pulled off an incredible upset on Friday, knocking off two-time Grand Slam champion and fourth-seed Stan Wawrinka 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon third round. “The crowd was unbelievable with me….
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced the provisional list of the entries for both singles and doubles at the 2016 Rio Olympics Tennis Event, set to take place at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Barra Olympic Park from August 6-14. The defending champions in the men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles will…
French Open champion Garbine Muguruza’s run at Wimbledon came to a close on Thursday as the second-seeded Spaniard fell to Slovakia’s Jana Cepelova 6-3, 6-2 in the Wimbledon second round. Last year, Cepelova ousted Simona Halep at this tournament and the Slovak continued her giant-slaying ways on Wednesday. “I like to play against big stars,…
The fourth day at Wimbledon was kind to American men, as Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey advanced to the third round while John Isner and Donald Young made their way into the tournament’s second round. Querrey ousted Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to advance, winning 83 percent of the points on his first…
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova had no problems in her first round match on Wednesday, breezing past Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-4 to reach the second round in less than an hour. Kvitova got things started right away, winning the first four points of the match to break Cirstea at love and seize control. The Czech,…