The women’s singles semifinals of Wimbledon will take place on Thursday as four ladies will battle it out for a chance to compete in one of the most prestigious finals in the sport. A blockbuster showdown between former champions Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova highlight the day’s action, while Garbine Muguruza and Agnieszka Radwanska will…
World number one Novak Djokovic eased into the Wimbledon semifinals on Wednesday, beating 2014 U.S. Open champion and ninth-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Djokovic entered this match knowing it would be heavily dictated by the serve. Facing the big-serving Cilic, Djokovic was able to nail down one break point in each set and…
Young hopefuls from across the Tri-State area will be out in force at SPORTIME Randall's Island, the flagship location of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, on Saturday, July 18, as SPORTIME/JMTA coaches seek to discover untapped tennis and athletic talent in “Finding the Next Mac.” The goal of both the Tryout and the Athletic Scouting…
After a couple of early rain delays, seven-time champion Roger Federer and 2013 champion Andy Murray made their way into the Wimbledon semifinals on Wednesday. Federer dispatched of 12th-seeded Gilles Simon 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 to advance. After taking the first set routinely, the second-seeded Swiss had his 116-game hold streak snapped at 5-4 in the…
Serena Williams entered Tuesday’s quarterfinal against Victoria Azarenka having never lost to the Belarus native on grass, and despite a slow start, continued that streak with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. Down a set, Serena broke through at 2-1 in the second set. She broke Azarenka to take a 3-1…
Tennis is a game that is played by pattern. Strokes are patterned and so are points. It’ s very organized and orderly, so we should experience very few random moments. We construct strokes and techniques to correspond with point of contact and we construct points for high percentage play. This could be very interesting news…
Maria Sharapova needed three sets to move past upstart American Coco Vandeweghe, holding on for the 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-2 victory to reach the Wimbledon semifinals on Tuesday. Sharapova will play world number one Serena Williams in the semifinals. Sharapova seemed to be on her way to a comfortable straight set win, leading 6-3, 5-3 and…
It took two days to finish, but world number one Novak Djokovic completed his comeback over 14th-seeded South African Kevin Anderson on Tuesday, winning 6-7(6), 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals. This match was the last to go onto court on Monday and due to darkness, had to be resumed on Tuesday…
Roger Federer moved into the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win over 20th-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut. The seven-time Wimbledon champion didn’t face a single break point chance, and has now held serve in his last 100 service games. On return, Federer was just as sharp. He broke twice in the…
Americans Madison Keys and Coco Vandeweghe continued to impress on Monday, as each won their respective fourth-round match at the All-England Club to advance to the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Vandeweghe ousted sixth-seed and French Open finalist Lucie Safarova 7-6(1), 7-6(4) to reach the final eight. While the match’s statistics were relatively even overall, Vandeweghe was tougher…