The USTA and Intercollegiate Tennis Association has announced today fields for the 2011 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, which will take place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center’s Indoor Building Nov. 3-6.

The number-two seed and former world number one Rafael Nadal fell at the hands of Novak Djokovic in the 2011 U.S. Open Men's Singles final. Nadal won the 2010 U.S. Open against Djokovic and this year Djokovic got his revenge and captured the title. Here is a post-match interview with Nadal after his loss in four sets.

With the 2011 U.S. Open looming in our midst within the next two months, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center recently welcomed more than 500 entrants for the 2011 U.S. Open Ballperson Tryouts. In 2010, nearly 450 tried out to make the cut of approximately 100 chosen few to serve as ballpersons at the 2010 U.S. Open.

Irina Falconi, a native of Ecuador who moved to New York City at the age of four and now resides in Atlanta, along with Tim Smyczek of Milwaukee won the 2011 USTA French Open Wild Card Playoffs on Friday at the Boca West Country Club in Boca Raton, Fla., to earn main draw wild cards into the 2011 French Open.

This year, two Long Islanders had the opportunity to live out one of their dreams by getting to play in the 2010 U.S. Open Junior Tournament. The U.S. Open Junior Tournament is played on the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open.

Rafael Nadal failed to reach a quarterfinal for the first time this year, as he was upset by Jurgen Melzer in the third round of the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters on Thursday. The top-seeded Nadal had never dropped a set to the Austrian in three previous meetings but went down in three sets, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

As tennis fans enjoy the 2010 U.S. Open, I cannot help but think about the man who won the event in 1956, Ken Rosewall, and the time I hit with him. I don’t know why I started by volleying when I faced the great Rosewall across the net.

The following is taken from American Vania King & Kazakhstanian Yaroslava Shvedova's post-match press conference on Monday, Sept. 13th after their Women's Doubles Finals Match at the 2010 U.S Open. The sixth-seeded women's doubles team of King & Shvedova were victorious over the second-seeded team of American Liezel Huber & Russian Nadia Petrova, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) to capture the 2010 U.S. Open Women's Doubles Championship.

The following is taken from Jack Sock's post-match press conference on Saturday, Sept. 11th during the 2010 U.S Open. The top-seeded men's junior Sock defeated the number two seed Marton Fucsovics of Hungary, 6-3, 6-4 to capture the 2010 U.S. Open Men's Junior Championship.

With extremely windy conditions on Arthur Ashe Stadium Court Thursday, players on both the men's and women's side of the 2010 U.S. Open fully realized the importance of adjusting their game to the elements. Rafael Nadal moved on to the semifinals with a straight-set victory over Fernando Verdasco in the Night Session.

Wednesday was a chance for both the men and the women to punch their ticket the semifinals at this year's U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Strong winds at Arthur Ashe Stadium made playing conditions tough, but the top players fought through Day 10 at Flushing Meadows.