World number one American Serena Williams withdrew from the Collector Swedish Open on Thursday after suffering an elbow injury in practice. Serena won her first-round match in Bastad, Sweden on Wednesday, and was ready to play Klara Koukalova in the second-round on Thursday, but was unable to go. “I was having some pain in my…
To nobody’s surprise, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, the women’s and men’s world number ones, took home ESPY Awards last night. Serena won the award for Best Female Tennis Player for the seventh time in her career. She also won it in 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013. She beat out Maria Sharapova, Simona…
World number three and 2013 Champion Simona Halep and defending champion and world number five Petra Kvitova headline the field for the 2015 Connecticut Open, presented by United Technologies. The WTA event, which is part of the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series, will be held Aug. 21-29, 2015 at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale….
Fresh off her win at Wimbledon, world number one Serena Williams cruised in the first-round of the Collector Swedish Open in Bastad, Sweden on Wednesday, beating Belgian qualifier Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2, 6-1 for her 40th win of this season. “I had never played her before, so I didn’t know what to expect,” said Serena. “And…
The Hall of Fame Tennis Championships are being played in Newport, R.I. this week, and a number of top Americans headline the field. John Isner, the top-seed in Newport, was shocked by 161st-ranked Rajeev Ram, who ousted the top-ranked American with a 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(8) victory. Isner captured Hall of Fame Tennis Championships title back…
The USTA has announced that the total purse for the 2015 U.S. Open will increase by $4 million dollars, bringing the total purse for the tournament to a record $42.3 million and a 10.5 percent increase over the 2014 U.S. Open. Both the men’s and women’s singles champions will earn $3.3 million, the largest payout…
Seventeen-year old Reilly Opelka of Palm Coast, Fla. won the Wimbledon boys singles title on Sunday, defeating number 12 Elias Ymer of Sweden, 7-6(5), 6-4, at the All England Club in London, the latest accomplishment in a summer of superlatives for U.S. junior boys. Opelka, who stands 6-foot-11 and trains with coach Diego Moyano out of the USTA Training…
For the second consecutive year, world number one Novak Djokovic denied Roger Federer an eighth Wimbledon title, defeating the second-seeded Swiss 7-6(1), 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-3 at the All England Club on Sunday. The level of play in the opening two sets was exactly what most were expecting heading into the match. Federer seemed to have…
The Wimbledon women’s singles final will take place Saturday, as world number one Serena Williams looks to complete the “Serena Slam” when she battles with 20th-seeded Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, who is playing in her first ever Grand Slam final. Serena enters the match with a 2-1 record against Muguruza, but that one loss came at…
Seven-time champion Roger Federer rolled into the Wimbledon final on Friday, downing third-seed Andy Murray 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 to set up a rematch of last year’s final against world number one Novak Djokovic. Federer seemed to raise his level during the most important points. The first set was on serve through the first 11 games,…