Roger Federer captured the 101st title of his decorated career on Sunday afternoon, defeating a hobbled John Isner 6-1, 6-4 to win the Miami Open inside Hard Rock Stadium. “What a week it’s been for me. I’m just so happy right now,” said Federer. “It’s unbelievable. I played here in 1999 for the first time…
This story first appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of New York Tennis Magazine. Click Here to read the full digital edition. The last few months have been nothing less than a whirlwind for Naomi Osaka. The sudden star of women’s tennis burst onto the world scene with her epic fortnight in New…
There were two new champions of the BNP Paribas Open crowned in the desert of Indian Wells, Calif. on Sunday, as Canada’s Bianca Andreescu and Dominic Thiem captured the respective men’s and women’s singles titles. Up first was Andreescu, the teenager from Mississauga, Canada, who defeated Angelique Kerber 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in a thrilling…
There is perhaps no player on the WTA Tour playing better tennis so far in 2019 than Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, and that continued on Thursday as she hung on to defeat fifth-seed Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 and reach the BNP Paribas Open semifinals in Indian Wells, Calif. “I’m very confident. You know, I’m…
Roger Federer continued his bid for a sixth BNP Paribas Open title by rolling past 23rd seeded Brit Kyle Edmund 6-1, 6-4 to reach the Indian Wells quarterfinals on Wednesday. “He didn’t have the best start, so that cost him the first set,” said Federer. “Second set, it was definitely better. I think he probably struggled throughout…
It was a thrilling day of tennis in the desert of Indian Wells, Calif. on Tuesday, as the top seeds in both men’s and women’s singles were defeated in straight sets. Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber ousted world number one Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4 in a match that was resumed on Tuesday after play was suspended…
Jamie Loeb, a Bronxville, N.Y. native and former NCAA Singles Champion from the University of North Carolina, was awarded the third annual Oracle US Tennis Award along with JC Aragone. “This means so much to me; I was in absolute shock when I heard,” said Loeb. “The success of past recipients proves how big…
Venus Williams of the United States advanced to round two of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, after her 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 win over German Andrea Petkovic in round one action. “I haven’t played in forever, so that was challenging in itself, to get back into competition,” said Venus post-match. “It was good to…
New York has become a comfortable place for Kevin Anderson in recent years. Last winter, Anderson came to Long Island to compete in the inaugural New York Open after a disappointing opening round loss at the 2018 Australian Open, a tough five-set defeat to Kyle Edmund in a match where he held a two-sets-to-one lead….
Standing above the rest in New York is no easy task … even if you stand at 6’11”. But that is just what Reilly Opelka did over the course of a week at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale. The 21-year-old American captured the second-ever New York Open singles…