The draw for the 2014 Davis Cup World Group was held in London on Wednesday, and the 32-time titlist United States will host nine-time winner Great Britain, led by Andy Murray. The two nations met in the inaugural Davis Cup tie in August 1900. Serbia, the 2010 Davis Cup champion, was drawn to meet Switzerland, which…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that Marin Cilic has been found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program (presence of a Prohibited Substance in a Player’s Sample). Cilic from Croatia provided a urine sample in association with his participation in the BMW Open event in Munich,…
As we enter the season of the U.S. Open, a question that hangs over American tennis is why have we not produced male champions in tennis over the past 10 years? It’s a problem that I have spent months seriously considering. Like most issues, the answer is complicated, but I feel confident that I have…
Andy Murray will look to maintain his unbeaten record on home soil this year with victory at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, as he became the third player to qualify for the season finale, to be held at The O2 in London from Nov. 4-11. Murray, who reached the quarter-finals at the U.S. Open,…
It’s no secret that, in order to compete at the top levels of any professional sport, you need to be in exquisite physical condition. Tennis is a sport in which a single match can require running 10 miles of sprints. The top pros are playing six or seven matches over the span of two weeks…
A year ago, Rafael Nadal was resting at home with a knee injury and didn’t compete in the U.S. Open. One year later, he is the 2013 U.S. Open champion. In front of packed house of over 25,000 fans, the second-ranked Nadal defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Monday night to…
Leander Paes & Radek Stepanek took home the 2013 U.S. Open Men’s Doubles title, defeating Alexander Peya & Bruno Soares in straight sets 6-1, 6-3. Paes & Stepanek rode the momentum they gained by defeating the world number one and top-seeded Bryan Brothers in the semifinals and made the finals victory look easy. They were…
Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title with a 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-4 win over Australia’s Ashleigh Barty & Casey Dellacqua. Hlavackova and Hradecka, who upset the team of Serena & Venus Williams in the semifinals on Friday, used the momentum to defeat Barty & Dellacqua to take home the title….
In three tough sets, top-seeded Serena Williams defeated second-seeded Victoria Azarenka for the second straight year in the finals of the U.S. Open, 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-1. The championship gives Serena her 17th Grand Slam title and her fifth U.S. Open Singles Title. This was Serena’s second major singles title of the year, as she also…
On Day 14 of the 2013 U.S. Open, a winner will be crowned in the women’s singles draw, as the top-seeded Serena Williams will, for the second consecutive year, face the number two seed, Victoria Azarenka at Arthur Ashe Stadium Sunday afternoon. Overnight rain showers will give way to partly sunny skies on Sunday as…