Professional Tennis
Third-seeded Andy Murray came back from a set down to beat 13th-seeded American John Isner 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4 to reach the Shanghai Rolex Masters quarterfinals on Thursday. The first set was typical of an Isner match as neither play faced a break point on their own serve, forcing the opening frame into a tie-breaker. The American…
Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard has filed a lawsuit against the USTA, accusing the organization of negligence based on her slip and fall at the U.S. Open that left her with a concussion. Since the incident, which happened back on Sept. 4, has dealt with pain and economic loss as a result of her inability…
World number one Novak Djokovic cruised into the third-round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Wednesday, moving past Slovak Martin Klizan 6-2, 6-1. Djokovic was dominant from the start and looked to get off of the court early in this one. He converted on five of his ten break point chances, winning more than half…
Venus Williams got past a tough opponent on Tuesday, rallying to beat Ukrainian Yuliya Beygelzimer 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the Hong Kong Tennis Open second round. The third-seeded American had her hands full all-match long. Beygelzimer routed her 6-2 in the opening set, and even built break advantages in the third set. She opened…
U.S. Open champion Flavia Pennetta was ousted from the Tianjin Open first round on Tuesday. The 414th-ranked Lyudmyla Kichenok stunned the top-seed 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the second round and put a halt on Pennetta’s WTA Finals hopes. Pennetta was broken four times and never really got into a rhythm against Kichenok. “I think…
Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos-Vinolas recorded the first top 10 win of his career on Tuesday, ousting second-seeded Swiss Roger Federer 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3 in a stunning result in the Shanghai Rolex Masters second-round. Ramos-Vinolas was able to save a few break points in the opening set, and would go on to take it in a…
Novak Djokovic won the sixth China Open title of his career on Sunday, routing Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2 in just 91 minutes to win his 29th straight match in Beijing. From the start, the world number one from Serbia was on his game. He converted on his first break point chance in the opening game,…
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) will hold its 30th Annual Leadership Awards Luncheon and honor Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, photographer, author and consultant, and two-time Olympic Gold medalists Gigi Fernandez and Mary Joe Fernandez. The event will be held at the Grand Hyatt–Manhattan Ballroom, located at Park Avenue at Grand Central, New York City at noon….
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic and third-seeded Rafael Nadal both reached the semifinals of the China Open on Friday, each taking out Americans in the process to reach the final four in Beijing. Djokovic put together a clinical performance, ousting the sixth-seeded Jon Isner and moving past the top-ranked American 6-2, 6-2. The Serb, who is known…
Ana Ivanovic moved into the China Open semifinals on Friday, rallying late in the second to move past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 7-5 to reach the final four in Beijing. The sixth-seeded Serb secured a break at 3-2 in the opening set, and went on to serve out the set to take the advantage. In the…