Professional Tennis
As Day Three of the 2012 Wimbledon Qualifiers came to a close, four American men remain in the draw. The number five seed, Jesse Levine, secured his final round spot by defeating fellow American, Wayne Odesnick, 7-6, 6-1, 6-2. Ryan Sweeting also moves on to the final round with his win over Peter Torebko in…
Spain’s Olympic Committee (COE) has said that gold medalist and world number two-ranked Rafael Nadal will carry the nation’s flag at the opening ceremony for the 2012 London Games on July 27. Nadal recently won a record seventh French Open title at Roland Garros and has won 11 Grand Slam tournaments. Nadal competed in the doubles at…
This year’s French Open winner Maria Sharapova is the top seed in the womens singles and defending champion Novak Djokovic has been confirmed as the top seed in this year’s mens singles at Wimbledon 2012. Serbia’s Djokovic, the current world number one, lost to Rafael Nadal in the French Open Finals earlier this month, but maintains…
After the conclusion of Day Two of the 2012 Wimbledon Qualifiers, 10 American men and women remain in their respective draws. Veteran and the number four seed, Michael Russell, won his second round match today against Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer, 6-3, 6-4. Number five seeded Jesse Levine also won his second round match against Hiroki Moriya…
Under the All England Club’s new television contract, all matches from Wimbledon 2012 will be broadcast live and by the same company in the United States. They ended a 43-year relationship with NBC last summer when they agreed to a 12-year deal with ESPN. The finals will now air in fewer homes with the move…
After kicking an advertising board and injuring a line judge at the Queen’s Club final, David Nalbandian was placed under police investigation for assault and fined $12,560 for unsportsmanlike conduct. Along with paying a fine for conduct, the ATP confirmed that Nalbandian will not receive his $57,350 in prize money. Nalbandian was defaulted from Sunday’s…
Wild card Tommy Haas defeated five-time champion and world number three-ranked Roger Federer, 7-6(5), 6-4 to win the 2012 Gerry Weber Open for the second time Sunday. With the win, Haas became the first German tennis player to win twice. Haas recovered from losing his serve in the first game by winning the opening set in…
The 10th-seeded David Nalbandian of Argentina was leading in the second set Sunday at the AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club in London, England when his anger got the best of him and cost him both the match and title due to a disqualification. The Argentine had been leading the sixth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia,…
On Saturday, June 16, the U.S. Open National Playoffs came to a close at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as the women’s singles, men’s singles, and mixed-doubles finals were all played. For the past six days, players from the USTA Eastern Region battled at the National Tennis Center to qualify for the…
If you came of age as a tennis player some time during the early days of the Open Era, eventually you came into contact with Vitas Gerulaitis. He was, on some level, the embodiment of tennis in the New York metropolitan area and why it was cool to play. There had been other great players…