Professional Tennis
The New York City Council has voted in favor of the United States Association’s (USTA) plan to improve the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (NTC) in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The plan will ensure the NTC remains a top public recreational facility and world-class spectator venue and also continues to be an economic catalyst…
Number one seeded Agnieszka Radwanska kicked off her tournament run with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Francesca Schiavone, highlighting main draw singles competition on Wednesday night in the opening round of the Bank of the West Classic. Radwanska, who has maintained a top-four WTA ranking throughout the last year and was a semifinalist at Wimbledon last…
Roger Federer was upset in the second round of the 2013 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad in Switzerland, losing to Daniel Brands 6-3, 6-4. Brands, currently ranked 55th in the world, claimed the fourth top 10 win of his career (4-9 record) with a solid serving display. Brands, who tested Rafael Nadal in the first round…
Tennis Channel has announced that it will cover all nine tournaments in this summer’s Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series, starting this Thursday, July 25, and running through Saturday, Aug. 24. The network will show close to 120 live or first-run match hours from the men’s and women’s competitions that make up the five-week hard-court season…
American Ryan Harrison was a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 winner over Australian Marinko Matosevic in opening round action at the 2013 BB&T Atlanta Open on Monday, the first tournament of the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series. Harrison will go for his 50th tour-level win when he next faces fourth-seeded Dutchman Igor Sijsling. Harrison reached his first ATP…
World number one Serena Williams won the 53rd title of her career at the 2013 Collector Swedish Open by beating Johanna Larsson, 6-4, 6-1. With the win, Serena tied Monica Seles for ninth place in most WTA titles in the Open Era. Serena was down a break in the first set, but came back to tie…
Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has withdrawn from the Bank of the West Classic, set for July 22-28 at Stanford University due to a hamstring strain. Bartoli is the second prominent player to pull out of the tournament this week, following Maria Sharapova who pulled out due to a left hip injury suffered during Wimbledon. "During Wimbledon,…
The USTA has announced that world number one and defending champion Serena Williams leads the women’s field for the 2013 U.S. Open Tennis Championships, set for Aug. 26 through Sept. 9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Joining Serena will be 100 of the world’s top 102 women,…
Tommy Haas, in his 11th appearance in Hamburg, advanced to the quarterfinals of the German Tennis Championships on Thursday by beating Carlos Berlocq 6-2, 6-4. Berlocq is coming off of a win at the SkiStar Swedish Open in Bastad, Sweden which was his first title win. Haas seems to have trouble when in the lead,…
In his first match since his loss in the second round at Wimbledon, Roger Federer came back from a set down to beat Daniel Brands 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the German Tennis Championships. He served three aces in the first game while debuting a bigger racket, but Brands was able to break and go on to…