The reason we as fans love sports so much is because it often times plays as a mirror to life. The ups and downs of an athlete often serve as metaphors for life’s trials and tribulations. That is no more evident than in the story of American Venus Williams. The seven-time Grand Slam champion is…
The 2015 U.S. Open was supposed to be a celebration of American Serena Williams, who was going after the Calendar Grand Slam and trying to tie Steffi Graf’s record of 22 career Grand Slams in the Open Era, but the show was stolen by Italian Flavia Pennetta, who dazzled the Queens crowd for two weeks…
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Andy Murray won his opening round-robin match at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Monday, defeating Spaniard David Ferrer 6-4, 6-4 in an Ilie Nastase Group matchup. Murray had multiple opportunities to break Ferrer early in the opening set, but failed to capitalize on three chances in the eighth game. But in Ferrer’s following…
The Czech Republic battled back to defeat Russia 3-2 over the weekend, winning the nation’s second consecutive Fed Cup title and ninth overall. “We are feeling unbelievable. We can’t describe it. I’m speechless,” said Barbora Strycova. “This atmosphere, playing here at home with such a crowd, it’s just unbelievable.” The two nations entered Sunday tied…
Tulane's Dominik Koepfer capped off a brilliantly-played 2015 fall college tennis season in style on Sunday at the 2015 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. Competing at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and in front of a worldwide audience tuning in on ESPN3, Koepfer, the numer three seed in the tourney, tamed hard-hitting Andre Goransson of Cal in straight…
The Czech Republic will look to defend its Fed Cup championship this weekend when it takes on Russia. The two nations have met five times in Fed Cup history, with three of those encounters coming when the countries were Czechoslovakia and the USSR. The Czechs lead the head-to-head series 3-2. The Czech Republic team…
The best of the best on the ATP World Tour in 2016 will meet in London next week for the end of the year finals. The tournament begins Nov. 15 and will feature a bunch of familiar faces, with the big question heading in being: Can anyone take down Novak Djokovic? The world number one…
Oklahoma State's Katarina Adamovic wasn't fazed by the resume of her 2015 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships opening round opponent. Facing top-seeded Danielle Collins of Virginia, who had yet to drop a match in the 2015-2016 season and earned national titles at both the Oracle/ITA Masters and Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championship, the 92nd-ranked Adamovic outlasted…
Virginia’s Julia Elbaba, an Oyster Bay, N.Y. native, opened up her campaign at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships Thursday morning in smooth fashion, downing University of Southern California’s Giuliana Olmos 6-0, 6-1 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to move into the Round of 16. “I played well today. I started…