Professional Tennis
The top-ranked doubles team of Bob & Mike Bryan recorded their 15th consecutive ATP World Tour victory on Wednesday at the Fayez Sarofim & Company U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship over Australians Matthew Ebden & Samuel Groth 6-2, 3-6, 12-10 to advance to the semifinals in Houston. The Bryans await the winner of the match…
Germany’s Dustin Brown secured scored the upset of the Fayez Sarofim & Company U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship so far, ousting the top-seeded defending champ John Isner of the U.S. on Wednesday in Houston, 6-4, 6-7(7), 7-6(4). Brown, currently ranked 101st in the world, needed nearly two-and-a-half hours to defeat the ninth-ranked Isner, who defeated…
The USTA and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez have announced that world number 18 and 2013 Australian Open semifinalist Sloane Stephens, world number 42 Madison Keys, world number 49 Varvara Lepchenko and world number 57 Christina McHale will represent the U.S. in the 2014 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff against France. The best-of-five match series will be played…
On Tuesday in Houston at the Fayez Sarofim & Company U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, it was a good day for Americans as three advanced to the second round. In total, six of the remaining competitors in round two out of 16 total are Americans. In an all-American matchup, Donald Young needed just 40 minutes…
The United States Davis Cup Team will host the Slovak Republic in the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff, Sep. 12-14, at a site to be determined. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced the draws for the World Group Playoffs in London on Tuesday, which include eight nations that lost in the first…
Action began Monday at the Fayez Sarofim & Company U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston, as 20-year-old American Jack Sock recorded the biggest upset of the day, defeating 2007 Houston champion and number eight seed, Ivo Karlovic, 6-1 6-4. Karlovic was broken four times in the 55-minute match. Sock awaits the winner of the…
Andrea Petkovic, ranked ninth in the world, won the 2014 Family Circle Cup title this weekend, 7-5, 6-2 over the unseeded Jana Cepelova to capture the third WTA title of her career. Cepelova was looking to claim the title in Charleston, advancing to the finals, upset after upset, over the likes of world number one…
Defending champion John Isner has been named the top seed in the main draw of the Fayez Sarofim & Company U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas. Isner currently holds his career-best ATP ranking of ninth in the world and shares the top half of the draw with two former…
We know from experience that family relationships can be complicated and we have all heard cautionary tales about getting into business with family members. Despite sharing DNA, Bob and Mike Bryan have managed to forge the most successful partnership in the history of the professional doubles game. Through a business-like approach that emphasizes hard work…
The sixth-seeded Eugenie Bouchard defeated the 11th-seeded Venus Williams Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2014 Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-4, in a match lasting over two hours. Bouchard reached her first Premier-level quarterfinal in Charleston in 2013. Venus and Bouchard had met only once before, with Venus taking…