Professional Tennis
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,…
The USTA today announced that the U.S. Open will offer $53.4 million in total player compensation in 2020 – nearly 95 percent of its total from 2019 – with $7.6 million dedicated toward player relief from the COVID-19 pandemic. The USTA, WTA and ATP Tour worked collaboratively to build a payment structure for the…
The King Trophy came down to as dramatic a finish as you can have in World TeamTennis as one point decided the entire season with the New York Empire capturing the King Trophy over the expansion Chicago Smash, 21-20, in a Super Tiebreaker on Sunday at Center Court at Creekside at The Greenbrier in West…
The Philadelphia Freedoms put an exclamation point on their league-best 12-2 season by beating the No. 4 seeded New York Empire, 23-17, in the WTT regular season finale. Philadelphia, the No. 1 seed last season, will be looking for revenge against New York who beat them in the last match of the regular season…
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty, the top-ranked woman in the world, announced on Wednesday that she will not be in New York to compete in the U.S. Open, citing concerns of traveling to the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is set to host both the U.S. Open…