Professional Tennis
In Thursday action at the 2013 U.S. Open, the women took center stage as Italy’s Flavia Pennetta scored the biggest upset so far of the day, ousting fourth-seeded fellow Italian Sara Errani in straight sets 6-3, 6-1. Pennetta took control of the match by breaking Errani’s serve in the first game, then never looked back. She…
American James Blake walked off Louis Armstrong Stadium at the U.S. Open for the last time as a singles player Blake fell 6-7(2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2), 7-6(2) in the first round to Ivo Karlovic. Blake still is in the doubles draw, but this loss was the final singles match he will play in his career….
Sloane Stephens’ second-round match at the U.S. Open did not get started until nearly midnight Wednesday/Thursday, but once the 15th-seeded American got on the court, she took care of business as quickly as possible, needing only 58 minutes to reach the third round by beating 38th-ranked Urszala Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 6-1. Stephens needed three…
When I first saw Vicky Duval play tennis in her first-round U.S. Open qualifying match last week, I was curious. Who was this young, Haitian-American 17-year-old with the sporty shades who was beating up on the number four seed in the tournament, Teliana Pereira of Brazil? Duval was fast around the court, and she pushed…
After a day in which rain impacted the schedule, the courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center are awash in talent on Day Four of the 2013 U.S. Open, as former men’s champs Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, women’s defending champ Serena Williams, leading U.S. males John Isner and Sam Querrey, women’s…
The New York Metropolitan area has a storied history of great tennis players and today’s current crop of rising junior stars continues that tradition of excellence. Notable juniors in this year’s U.S. Open junior draw include Noah Rubin from Rockville Centre, N.Y., a quarterfinalist at the 2012 French Open Juniors and currently ranked number one…
Round one concludes and round two begins on Day Three of the 2013 U.S. Open, as the men’s and women’s defending champions lead a stellar slate of talent into action on the courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Andy Murray and Serena Williams headline a day that’s packed with dramatic matches,…
The match of Day Two at the 2013 US Open turned out to be an unexpected one as American teenager Victoria Duval stunned 2011 U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur in the tournament’s first round Tuesday. The 17-year-old qualifier, ranked 296th in the world, won 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, leaping into the air in celebration after converting her…
Fans arrived yesterday from around the world, anxious and excited, with hard-fought U.S. Open tickets in hand. Journeys via plane, train and automobile were taken by all to get to the mecca of tennis, the U.S. Open. Unfortunately, for many fans (myself included), ridiculously long security lines were encountered at the entrance, lasting in upwards…
John Isner is America’s best hope for a deep run in the men’s draw at this year’s U.S. Open, and today, the pressure didn’t seem to phase him as he easily defeated his Italian opponent Filippo Volandri in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3. Isner needed only 16 minutes to win the first set using his…