Professional Tennis
As the U.S. Open launches into full gear, Victoria Azarenka, two-time Australian Open winner and former world number one, is prepping for more than just two weeks of intensive on-court competition. Off the court, she is making preparations for the release of a limited edition timepiece that she has designed in partnership with Citizen Watch…
Day Three of the 2014 U.S. Open will feature a number of the top seeded women in action, as the number two seed Simona Halep, number four seed Agnieszka Radwanska, the fifth seeded Maria Sharapova, sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber, the nine seed Jelena Jankovic and number 10 seed Caroline Wozniacki are all looking to move on…
CiCi Bellis stole the show at the US Open on Tuesday as the 15-year old from California defeated 12th seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in the tournament’s first round. In doing so, Bellis became the youngest player to win a match at the US Open since Anna Kournikova in 1996, three years before…
It was a day of mixed results for Americans in the men’s side of the draw at the 2014 U.S. Open. The highest seeded American, John Isner, seeded 13th, was victorious on the big stage at Arthur Ashe Stadium over fellow American, and NCAA champ, Marcos Giron. The match marked the first ever meeting between…
In action Tuesday at the U.S. Open, it was former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova who was upset by New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6. Kuznetsova, the 2004 U.S. Open singles champion and a 2007 U.S. Open finalist, made three major quarterfinals in the last two years, while Erakovic was a winner of last week’s Connecticut…
Fans had to wait till after 10 p.m. on Monday night to get a glimpse of top-seeded Novak Djokovic’s 2014 US Open debut, and he didn’t make them wait much longer after that, as the Serbian rolled over Argentinean Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in a match that ended just before midnight. Djokovic faced no…
Fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova cruised past her former doubles partner and fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-4, 6-0 in the first round of the US Open Monday night. The 2006 champion at Flushing Meadows, Sharapova rattled off the final 10 games of the match to knock off Kirilenko in an hour and a half. Kirilenko held a…
Day Two of the U.S. Open will feature eight Americans in action on the men’s side of the draw, with number two seed and five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer leading off the evening session against Marinko Matosevic from Australia. Federer has the most match wins at night in Arthur Ashe Stadium with a 22-1…
Walk into Sportime at Randall’s Island on the night of a big charity event benefiting the Johnny Mac Tennis Project with stars such as Novak Djokovic and Boris Becker in attendance, and many would be in awe. Right up the stairs at the entrance of the facility was Djokovic’s opponent for the night’s exhibition, John…
In a battle of two of the oldest players in the 2014 U.S. Open Women’s Singles Draw, it was the number 19 seed and 34-year-old American Venus Williams pulling off a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 win Monday afternoon over the 43-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm from Japan. Venus moves to 3-0 lifetime over Date-Krumm, and moves on to…