Professional Tennis
USTA Eastern hosted the inaugural New York Open College Wild Card Invitational at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, bringing together some of the best players from 16 colleges in the Eastern Section to compete for a spot in the 2019 New York Open main draw. The three-day tournament saw some highly…
The final puzzle piece of the New York Open Wild Card Playoff was put into place this weekend as the fourth Pre-Qualifying Tournament took place at MatchPoint NYC in Brooklyn. Adam El Mihdawy secured his spot in the Pre-Qualifying tournament semifinals by defeating Ethan Leon in the finals. El Mihdawy now joins Borna Gojo,…
Four months removed from the U.S. Open, both Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka delivered encore performances in Australia over the last two weeks. The two captured the men’s singles and women’s singles titles, respectively, in dominant fashion to leave no doubt on who currently stands atop the men’s and women’s tours. In the women’s…
A day after Rafael Nadal dropped just six games en route to the Australian Open final, Novak Djokovic was nearly equally as dominant in his semifinal match on Friday. The top-seeded Serb routed Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 to secure his spot in the championship. “Today was a perfect match for me from…
Rafael Nadal powered his way into the Australian Open final on Friday, dismantling one of the hottest players in the tournament, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 in clinical fashion. “I played well, of course,” said Nadal. “I have been playing well during the whole event. Every match, more or less, I think I…
Today, the Delray Beach Open announced the latest player commitments for their upcoming blockbuster event set to rock the tennis stadium in downtown Delray Beach next month. Joining an already star-filled line-up including former US Open and Delray Beach Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro (World No. 5), Kevin Anderson (World No. 6), Milos Raonic…
In remarkable fashion, Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova came back to defeat Serena Williams 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 and book her spot in the Australian Open semifinals on Wednesday. Pliskova had captured the opening set, but soon after things took a dramatic turn. Serena rallied to win the second set, and then built a commanding 5-1…
Entering the Australian Open last week, American Danielle Collins had never won a main draw match at a Grand Slam. Now the 25-year-old finds herself in the final four at a Grand Slam after fighting back to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Tuesday and securing her spot in the Australian Open semifinals….
Two of the final three Americans remaining in the Australian Open singles draw will compete in their respective quarterfinal matches on Monday night, as Frances Tiafoe and Danielle Collins find themselves in unfamiliar, yet comfortable, territory (the third American remaining, Serena Williams, is very familiar with being at this stage of a Grand Slam)….
On Saturday, February 9, the country’s largest tennis expo comes to Long Island as the New York Tennis Expo arrives at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum from 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., and we are pleased to announce that Hall of Famers Andy Roddick and Jim Courier will be part…