Professional Tennis
Bjorn Fratangelo is in first place in the men’s USTA Pro Circuit Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge Standings at the end of Week 1, putting him in the early lead to earn a main-draw wild card into the 2016 French Open. The men’s Wild Card Challenge continues this week with the $50,000 St. Joseph’s/Candler Savannah Challenger in Savannah, Ga.,…
The U.S. now moves back to competing in the World Group next year by beating Australia, 4-0, in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff on an outdoor clay court in Pat Rafter Arena at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Brisbane, Australia. In the first match of the day, world number 36 CoCo…
In what is probably the biggest upset of the 2016 season up to this point, Czech Jiri Vesely shocked world number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters. It was only the second loss of the season for Djokovic, with the other…
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Former champion Juan Monaco captured the second U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship title on Sunday afternoon, coming back from a set down to beat American and defending champion Jack Sock 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in final in Houston, Texas. Sock looked impressive early, rolling through the opening set 6-3 in just 30 minutes. He won 65…
Last year’s US Men’s Clay Court Championships winner Jack Sock made his way into the quarterfinals of the 2016 tournament on Thursday, moving past qualifier Matthew Barton 6-2, 7-6(5). “It’s never easy playing a guy you’ve never faced before and who you haven’t seen,” said Sock. “He’s very athletic and has a pretty big serve….
Andy Murray has enjoyed a fantastic tennis career up to this point and is no doubt one of the top three players in the world. Murray led Great Britain to the 2015 Davis Cup championship and brought a Wimbledon championship back to Great Britain when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final, becoming the…
The USTA and United States Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez has announced that world number 22 Madison Keys, number 36 CoCo Vandeweghe, number 57 Christina McHale, and world number three doubles player Bethanie Mattek-Sands will represent the U.S. in the 2016 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoffs against Australia. The best-of-five match series will be played on an outdoor…
The USTA has announced the tournaments for the 2016 USTA Pro Circuit Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes the USTA Pro Circuit to award wild cards into the French Open. Three women’s events will be hosted in Dothan, Ala., Charlottesville, Va., and Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., and three men’s events will take place in…
Both Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka followed up their victories at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells a couple of weeks ago by triumphing at the Miami Open this past weekend, completing what is known as the Sunshine Double. On Saturday, Belarus’ Azarenka took on Svetlana Kuznetsova, the Russian who captured the Miami title…