Professional Tennis
Twenty-eight-year-old Wayne Odesnik, a former top 100 player from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will return to the U.S. Open main draw for the first time since 2009 after earning a wild card on Saturday by winning the 2014 USTA Pro Circuit U.S. Open Wild Card Challenge. Odesnik clinched the wild card when Rhyne Williams, the only player who…
The USTA has announced that Tony Trabert, a two-time U.S. National Championships singles winner and long-time voice of the U.S. Open on CBS Sports, has been named the 2014 inductee into the U.S. Open Court of Champions, a U.S. Open and USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center attraction honoring the greatest singles champions in the history…
American qualifier Coco Vandeweghe, the niece of former NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe, followed up her upset victory over Ana Ivanovic on Wednesday by knocking off another former world number one, Jelena Jankovic, to move into the Rogers Cup quarterfinals in Montreal. Vandeweghe battled out a tough 7-6(8), 2-6, 7-5 victory over the seventh-seeded Serb a…
Novak Djokovic was eliminated from the Rogers Cup on Thursday as he fell to 13th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third-round from Toronto. The world number one and top seeded Djokovic was defeated fairly easily by Tsonga, who cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory in just over an hour. Tsonga was the more efficient player all…
World number one Novak Djokovic showed some rust in his Rogers Cup opener as he edged France’s Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-6(2) to move into the third-round in Toronto. Playing in his first match since winning the Wimbledon crown, Djokovic needed 2 hours and 41 minutes to get past the 22nd ranked Monfils. The Serb…
Two-time Rogers Cup champion Roger Federer rolled into the second-round in Toronto on Tuesday as he defeated wild card Peter Polansky 6-2, 6-0. The match took just 52 minutes and the Swiss played a near perfect match to get past the 129th-ranked Polansky. “I started well and that’s always helpful to play more freely,” said…
American Shelby Rogers shocked everyone at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday night, upending eighth-ranked Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in front of her home fans, 6-0, 2-6, 6-0 to notch her first ever top 10 win and move into the third-round in Montreal. In a match that seemed to sway dramatically with each set, Rogers came out…
The USTA, in conjunction with Levy Restaurants, the official restaurant partner of the U.S. Open, has announced that it will introduce it’s first-ever gourmet food truck that will roll through New York City on Aug. 11-13, serving U.S. Open signature dishes and new menu items free to the public. The U.S. Open is renowned for its innovative…
Wayne Odesnik remains the man to beat going into the final week of the USTA Pro Circuit U.S. Open Wild Card Challenge. Odesnik leads the standings with 77 points, but is not playing this week. With 100 points at stake at this week’s $100,000 Comerica Bank Challenger in Aptos, Calif., any American in this week’s field can…
The ATP tour announced on Monday that it has canceled the inaugural Israel Open which was set to take place next month in Tel Aviv because of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the region. “Ensuring the security of our players, fans and all those involved in organizing a world-class event, is our…