The USTA has announced that world number one and two-time defending champion Serena Williams leads the women’s field for the 2014 U.S. Open Tennis Championships. Serena is joined by 103 of the world’s top 105 women, including reigning French Open and former U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova, Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, two-time U.S. Open champion…
While the state of American tennis is in a bit of a downswing in recent years, especially in Grand Slam events, there are a number of young players on the horizon who have showed promise on the professional level. Last week, 21-year old Shelby Rogers reached the finals of the Bastein Ladies tournament in Austria…
Americans Bob & Mike Bryan have qualified for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held at The O2 Arena from Nov. 9-16, bidding to cap their 2014 season by winning the ATP World Tour title for a fourth time, adding to titles in 2003-2004 and 2009. They have qualified for the eight-team…
Third time’s a charm. At least it is for Australian Lleyton Hewitt who was playing in his third straight title match at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island. The former world number one failed in his first two tries in 2012 and 2013 but defeated Croatian Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(3)…
American Shelby Rogers’ magical run at the Gastein Ladies tournament in Austria came to an end on Sunday as the 21-year old American fell to Germany’s Andrea Petkovic 3-6, 3-6 in the event’s title match. Rogers had her chances early; breaking the 20th-ranked Petkovic’s serve to go up 2-1 in the opening set. However, the…
Former world No. 1 and 6-time Grand Slam tournament champion Lindsay Davenport has been elected to receive the highest honor in the sport of tennis—enshrinement in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Joining Davenport in the Class of 2014 will be five time Paralympic medalist Chantal Vandierendonck, who was the first ITF World Champion for…
Americans Grace Min and Shelby Rogers both advanced to the semifinals of the Gastein Ladies tournament in Austria on Friday as each cruised to straight set victories. Min played the early match and faced off with eighth-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic. The 20-year old Min rolled to the 6-2, 6-1 victory and has…
World number one Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week’s Collector Swedish Open in Bastad, Sweden, citing having not yet fully recovered from withdrawing from last week’s women’s doubles event at Wimbledon. Last week, Serena, teaming with her sister Venus, was forced to pull out of their second round match with Kristina Barrois & Stefanie Voegele…
American Shelby Rogers notched the biggest win of her career on Thursday, knocking off 15th- ranked player in the world Carla Suarez-Navarro 6-4, 6-0 to reach the quarterfinals of the Gastein Ladies tournament in Austria. The 21-year old from South Carolina smashed 11 aces and lost only one service game en route to the straight…
Fresh off his victory over the Bryan brothers in the Wimbledon Men’s Doubles tournament title match last week, American Jack Sock moved into the quarterfinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island on Wednesday. Sock defeated fellow American Rajeev Ram 7-5, 6-2 in straight sets in his second round match to…