Professional Tennis
The USTA has announced the round-by-round prize money distribution for its record $34.3 million purse at the 2013 U.S. Open. Prize money for each round of the singles competitions will increase by at least 37 percent. Both the men’s and women’s singles champions will earn $2.6 million, the largest payout in tennis history….
On Tuesday, in the first round of the 2013 Citi Open in Washington, D.C., American Jack Sock beat 59th-ranked Igor Sijsling, 6-4, 6-2. Currently ranked 94th in the WTA Men’s Singles Rankings, Sock will be playing the number two seed, Kei Nishikori, in the second round. The 20-year old Sock will be playing with fellow American…
On the men’s side of the draw in opening round action at the 2013 Citi Open, American Mardy Fish rebounded from an early exit at last week’s BB&T Open in Atlanta and lost the first set before eventually defeating qualifier Matthew Ebden 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. Fish has played only four matches to date in 2013,…
Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the upcoming Rogers Cup, set for Aug. 3-11 at Rexall Centre on York University campus in Toronto, due to a hip injury suffered at Wimbledon. Sharapova’s best result at the Rogers Cup came in 2009, when she was a runner-up to fellow Russian Elena Dementieva. But reaching the final that year was…
Back in January, Agnieszka Radwanska routed Dominika Cibulkova 6-0, 6-0 to capture the Apia International Sydney singles title and continue her dominance in the all-time series. Sunday’s outcome turned out to be much different. Rallying from an early deficit and overcoming numerous unforced errors throughout the match, Cibulkova notched a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory on Sunday afternoon…
American John Isner (6’10”) defeated 6’8" South African Kevin Anderson 6-7(3), 7-6(2), 7-6(2) on Sunday to win the 2013 BB&T Atlanta Open. With the win, Isner received $98,700 in prize money and 250 Emirates ATP Ranking points. Isner will also break back in to the top 20 of the Emirates ATP Rankings on Monday, while Anderson, who is…
World number 53 Viktor Troicki of Serbia has been suspended for 18 months by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for refusing to submit to blood testing before this past April’s Monte Carlo Masters. The ITF said Troicki broke an anti-doping rule by providing a urine sample, but not a blood sample. His ban from the sport ends Jan. 24,…
Top seed and two-time finalist John Isner defeated 19-year-old Christian Harrison to advance to the quarterfinals of the BB&T Atlanta Open after closing out a 7-6(9), 4-6, 7-5 win. Isner, who served 29 aces and won 109 points to Christian’s 110, clinched his lone break in the second to last game. Christian made his ATP World…
Three New York-area girls have been invited to compete in the U.S. Open Junior Championships main draw, set for Sept. 1-8 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., including 18-year-old Jamie Loeb of Ossining, N.Y. who trains at the John McEnroe Training Academy; and two 17-year-olds, Katrine Isabel Steffensen of Scarsdale,…
Status: Hall of Fame tennis legend. DOB: Nov. 22, 1943 in Long Beach, Calif. First tennis memory: That’s actually one of my questions when I’m coaching. That’s fantastic. That’s the first time somebody’s asked me that. My first memory in tennis … well, I’ll tell you how I got into tennis. Susan Williams, in fifth…