The USTA and United States Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez has announced that world number 22 Madison Keys, number 36 CoCo Vandeweghe, number 57 Christina McHale, and world number three doubles player Bethanie Mattek-Sands will represent the U.S. in the 2016 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoffs against Australia. The best-of-five match series will be played on an outdoor…
The USTA has announced the tournaments for the 2016 USTA Pro Circuit Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes the USTA Pro Circuit to award wild cards into the French Open. Three women’s events will be hosted in Dothan, Ala., Charlottesville, Va., and Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., and three men’s events will take place in…
Both Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka followed up their victories at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells a couple of weeks ago by triumphing at the Miami Open this past weekend, completing what is known as the Sunshine Double. On Saturday, Belarus’ Azarenka took on Svetlana Kuznetsova, the Russian who captured the Miami title…
World number one Novak Djokovic notched a fairly routine victory over 15thseed David Goffin on Friday afternoon, moving past the Belgian 7-6(5), 6-4 to book his spot in the Miami Open final. Djokovic fell behind early as Goffin broke for a 4-3 lead, but as he does so often, Djokovic broke right back immediately to…
Victoria Azarenka continued her March onslaught on Thursday night, moving past Australian Open champion and second-seed Angelique Kerber 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the Miami Open final. The match got off to a shaky start for both players, with the first three games seeing breaks of serve. Azarenka finally broke through with a hold to…
Japan’s Kei Nishikori outlasted France’s Gael Monfils in what was the best match of the Miami Open up to this point on Thursday afternoon, saving five match points and holding on in a third-set tiebreaker for a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) win to book his spot in the semifinals. “When I was down 4-5, love-40, I…
Angelique Kerber entered the Australian Open as a relative unknown. Despite being a top 10 player, Kerber was only known to those who followed tennis closely. She was the only player ranked in the top 10 to have never played in a Grand Slam final. Kerber at one point in her career, lost 11 of 13…
Novak Djokovic once again showed his dominance over Tomas Berdych on Wednesday, downing the Czech for the 10th consecutive time, a 6-3, 6-3 triumph, to reach the Miami Open semifinals. Djokovic is now 26-1 all-time against Berdych. Berdych simply did not play the type of tennis necessary to take down Djokovic. While he tried to…
BNP Paribas Open champion Victoria Azarenka powered her way into the semifinals of the Miami Open, moving past Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon. The opening set saw both players demonstrate their power and big hitting, but it was Azarenka who secured the set’s lone break. While Konta converted 87 percent of her first…
Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova came back from a set down to beat world number one Serena Williams on Monday afternoon, holding on for the 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-2 victory, her first against Serena since 2009, to book her spot in the Miami Open fourth round. “I’m really happy with my performance,” said Kuznetsova. “I tried to stay…