Professional Tennis
Americans Madison Keys and Madison Brengle both moved into round three of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, as the 19th-seeded Keys defeated the 100th-ranked Tereza Smitkova, 6-1, 6-2 and Brengle got past fellow American Anna Tatishvili, 6-3, 6-2. The 20-year-old Keys is into the third round of the Open for the first time in her…
The second-round of the U.S. Open singles tournament begins today with a number of Americans on both sides of the draw starting things off in the day session. Madison Keys, the 19th seed, will be first onto the courts of Arthur Ashe Stadium as she takes on the Czech Republic’s Tereza Smitkova. Keys, a semifinalist…
Under the lights Tuesday night in Flushing Meadows, it was former U.S. Open champion Andy Murray defeating Australian Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. It was the fourth meeting between the two, as Murray ups his mark to a perfect 4-0 against the young Australian. Rolling into Flushing Meadows after defeating Novak Djokovic for the…
On the sidelines for most of 2015 with shoulder and leg injuries, Victoria Azarenka was a 6-1, 6-2 winner Tuesday in her first round match against Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic at the U.S. Open. “I couldn't wait to get out there and play my match,” said Azarenka. “New York is always going to…
New York native Jamie Loeb went 84-9 in her college singles career at The University of North Carolina and won the 2015 NCAA National Singles Championship. This was a different day, on a different level, against a much different opponent, as Loeb made her professional debut Tuesday in front of family and friends at the…
A fired up Donald Young rallied back from two sets to love down for the first time in his career to beat 11th-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 and advance to the U.S. Open second-round on Tuesday. In what was the most exciting match of the day, Young used the crowd support…
Simona Halep began her U.S. Open campaign with a routine straight-set victory on Tuesday, downing New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic 6-2, 3-0 (retired) in the first-round. Halep converted on four of her six break point chances and won 87 percent of her first serves before Erakovic retired with a knee injury. “I had a good match,”…
The second day of the U.S. Open gets underway today, as the second half off the first-round matchups conclude on both the men’s and women’s sides. Day One saw a number of top seeds go down, including last year’s runner-up Kei Nishikori on the men’s side along with the seventh-seeded Ana Ivanovic and eighth-seeded Karolina…
World number one and top-seeded Novak Djokovic began his U.S. Open campaign Monday with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 win over Joao Souza of Brazil in just over 70 minutes. Djokovic is 20-1 at majors in 2015, losing only to Stan Wawrinka in the finals of the French Open. “There’s something that I love about number…
The start of Serena Williams’ quest for a Calendar Grand Slam took just 30 minutes Monday night, as an ankle injury got the better of Russian Vitalia Diatchenko, forcing the 86th-ranked player in the world to retire with the match 6-0, 2-0. Serena, a six-time U.S. Open champion, is just six wins away from history…