Professional Tennis
The greatest doubles duo in tennis history are calling it quits, as Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan told the New York Times on Wednesday that they will be retiring before the U.S. Open. “We just both feel it in our guts that it is the right moment,” said Mike Bryan. “At this age, it takes…
Former U.S. Open champion Andy Murray has kicked off his time inside the New York bubble with solid victories, following up his win over American Frances Tiafoe on Saturday with a three-set triumph over fifth-seed Alex Zverev in the Western & Southern Open on Monday. “It was a big one to get through,” Murray…
It was the forehand smash heard round the tennis world. And it was so unbelievable, it required a Hawk-Eye glance. At 20 games to 20 and six-points-all in the World Team Tennis championship match, winning came down to one point in the final set: women’s doubles. Veteran doubles player Bethanie Mattek-Sands took her place…
The USTA has announced the men’s and women’s doubles fields and wild card entries for the 2020 US Open. Each doubles draw for the 2020 US Open is 32 teams. Players entered and were accepted this year using only their doubles ranking. In previous years, the better of each player’s singles or doubles ranking…
It was an exciting weekend on the WTA Tour with multiple tournaments taking place across the world, including one right here in the United States: the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Ky. American Jennifer Brady captured her first career WTA title in Kentucky, while second-ranked Simona Halep triumphed at the Prague Open in the…
Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked man in the world, confirmed on social media on Thursday that he will be competing in the Western & Southern Open and U.S. Open tournaments later this month. “I am happy to confirm that I will participate at the Cincinnati and U.S. Open this year,” he said. “It was not…
We have all seen Rafael Nadal’s incredible focus during a match. He never gives up and plays each point like it’s his last. Tennis provides us an opportunity to mentally be like Nadal; maybe not at his professional skill level, but certainly in terms of his mental game. Rafa’s on court demeanor is mindful,…
Two more big names on the women’s side announced they will not be playing the 2020 U.S. Open as Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands and Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina announced their decisions on Friday. Adding to the growing list of top players choosing not to come to the United States, Bertens and Svitolinaj join defending…
The USTA today announced the wild cards for both men’s and women’s singles at the 2020 U.S. Open. 2012 U.S. Open champion Andy Murray and Americans Ulises Blanch, Maxime Cressy, Sebastian Korda, Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Michael Mmoh, Brandon Nakashima and JJ Wolf will receive singles main draw wild card entries into the 2020 U.S. Open, to be played August 31-September 13 at the USTA Billie Jean…
The USTA today announced the entry lists for the men’s and women’s singles draws for the upcoming 2020 U.S. Open, with the top-ranked man Novak Djokovic and the second-ranked woman Simona Halep headling the participants. Joining Djokovic, a three-time US Open champion, among the Top-10 players on the entry list are No. 3 Dominic Thiem,…