Professional Tennis
Despite announcing he would retire following the Australian Open, Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt’s career is not over just yet. The 35-year old Adelaide native and captain of the Australian Davis Cup team announced he will be replacing Nick Kyrgios in Australia’s World Group First Round against the United States this weekend. “We took him through his…
Americans Christina McHale and Nicole Gibbs set up an all-American second-round matchup at the Abierto Monterrey Afirme as both picked up victories in their Monterrey openers on Tuesday. McHale took out Mexico’s Victoria Rodriguez 6-0, 6-4, needing less than an hour to do so. McHale won 83 percent of all points in the opening set,…
The BNP Paribas Open is set to begin next week, and for the first time in 15 years, American Venus Williams will be playing the Indian Wells tournament. Venus has not played Indian Wells since 2001, when people accused her and her sister of faking an injury and intentionally withdrawing from her semifinal match against…
The USTA and the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center gave the media an update and a tour on the progress of the complex’s construction, and ensured that the roof over Arthur Ashe will be completed as well as the new 8,000 seat Grandstand. During Monday’s walk-through, the USTA’s Chief Operating Officer Gordon Smith discussed…
Sloane Stephens became the first player in the WTA to win two titles in 2016, knocking off Dominika Cibulkova 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5) to win the Abierto Mexicano Telcel title in Acapulco. Stephens looked to be on her way to a routine victory, opening up a set and a break lead. But the 2014 champion Cibulkova…
Austria’s Dominic Thiem finished off his fantastic February with a title in Acapulco, knocking off Bernard Tomic 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3 to win the Abierto Mexicano Telcel championship. The win moved Thiem to 13-1 in the month of February and picked up two titles in Buenos Aires and now Acapulco. “It was unbelievable,” said Thiem. “These…
American Sam Querrey fought back from a set down to beat compatriot Taylor Fritz on Thursday, defeating the teenager 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the Abierto Mexicano Telcel semifinals in Acapulco, Mexico. Playing in just the second ATP quarterfinal of his career, Fritz came out firing in this one. He won 78 percent of his…
Americans Sam Querrey and Taylor Fritz made their way into the Abierto Mexicano Telcel with victories on Wednesday, setting up an all-American battle in the final eight. Fresh off his title in Delray Beach, Querrey continued his excellent hard-court play. He knocked off second-seed Kei Nishikori in routine fashion 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday, snapping a…
Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska made her way into the Qatar Open quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Romanian Monica Niculescu in Doha on Wednesday. Radwanska fell behind a double break in the opening set, but avoided the upset bug that had been going around Doha, fighting back to win the opening set 7-5 and cruising…
American Ryan Harrison notched a significant victory on Tuesday, beating third-seed Marin Cilic 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 to reach the Abierto Mexicano Telcel second round in Acapulco, Mexico. The win snapped Cilic’s 26-match win streak against American opponents, a streak that dated back to the 2008 Australian Open when Cilic was defeated by James Blake. Harrison…