Taylor Fritz headlines a talented group of young Americans in the Delray Beach Open Qualifying Draw starting next weekend. Fritz has competed in the main draw at Delray Beach the last two years, and is the first alternate for direct entry into the main draw should somebody drop out of the field. In the…
2018 Australian Open boys’ singles champion, Sebastian Korda, has been awarded a wildcard into the New York Open’s main draw, which will run from February 10-18 at NYCB LIVE home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The 17-year-old Korda is the fifth American to win the Australian Open boys’ singles title and the third…
Tie Break Tens, the new fast-paced short-form tennis competition, announced on Wednesday that Elina Svitolina and Marion Bartoli will compete in its inaugural United States tournament, which will take place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday, March 5. Svitolina and Bartoli join Serena and Venus Williams in the tournament’s field….
The 2018 Australian Open came to a close this weekend with two edge-of-your-seat men’s and women’s singles finals as each went the distance, with one player claiming his 20th Grand Slam title, and another winning her first. On Saturday, Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki captured the first major title of her fantastic career with a thrilling 7-6(2),…
Roger Federer advanced to the seventh Australian Open final of his career on Friday, but didn’t do so in the fashion he would have liked. The defending champion and 19-time Grand Slam winner held a 6-1, 5-2 lead against 21-year-old South Korean Hyeon Chung, before the tournament’s breakout star was forced to retire with…
Both Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki both advanced to the third major final of their careers on Thursday, but each did so in different fashions with contrasting semifinal matchups that saw Wozniacki through easy, while Halep battled through an epic match with former champion Angelique Kerber. Wozniacki took on 22-year-old Elise Mertens of Belgium…
Marin Cilic advanced to the third Grand Slam championship match of his career on Thursday, using precision and focus to defeat Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-2 in the Australian Open semifinals. “I think overall, consistently, I’m playing better,” said Cilic. “I think I am performing better when you look at match after…
Roger Federer defeated Tomas Berdych for the 20th time on Wednesday, doing so in straight sets 7-6(1), 6-3, 6-4 to clinch his spot in the Australian Open semifinals. The defending champion got off to a bit of a slow start in this one as Berdych raced out to a 3-0 lead in the opening…
Angelique Kerber looked like the player that was once ranked No. 1 in the world on Tuesday as the 21st seeded German dismantled 17th seed American Madison Keys 6-1, 6-2 to advance into the Australian Open semifinals. “It’s always tough against Madison but I tried to just go out and play my game,” said…
Madison Keys continued her unconscious play at the Australian Open, bulldozing her way into the final eight with a 6-3, 6-2 win over eighth-seed Caroline Garcia of France. Garcia had been playing excellent tennis dating back to the fall where she eventually reached the semifinals of the WTA Finals in Singapore, but Keys was…