Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic opened up his ATP Finals run with a 6-1, 6-1 win over 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic. Djokovic, who is also seeking to end the season at number one for the third-time in his career, improved his career record to 11-0 against the big-serving Croatian. “Winning in straight sets…
The National Prize Money One-on-One Doubles Tournament and Live rockin’ blues concert returned to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, with a great night of tennis and music. The tournament was won by former Auburn Tiger player Daniel Cochrane, who defeated former Clemson Tiger Derek DiFazio in the finals, 6-1. Cochrane took home $1,000, while the runner-up DiFazio won $500….
The second day of the ATP World Tour Finals doubles tournament produced a big upset, as the eighth-seeded Lukasz Kubot & Robert Lindstedt upset Bob & Mike Bryan in the opening round-robin match from London on Monday. The Bryans entered the tournament as three-time defending champions and fresh off the pair’s 100th career title together,…
In its continuing quest to “Empower Israel’s children … beyond tennis,” the Israel Tennis Centers Foundation (ITC) held a special fundraising event at the home of Richard and Leora Linhart in Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The Linharts had this to say, “We are delighted and happy to host such a moving and fun event. These are…
Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka channeled some of the form that helped him win the 2014 Australian Open in January, blowing past sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-1, 6-1 in the opening round of the ATP Finals on Monday. Wawrinka entered the tournament with losses in four of his last five matches, but came out firing in his…
Virginia's Julia Elbaba of Oyster Bay, N.Y., and North Carolina's Brayden Schnur completed an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sweep of singles titles on Sunday at the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center and hosted by Columbia University. In the women's singles championship, Elbaba strung together her second…
Roger Federer began his London campaign on Sunday by defeating powerful Canadian Milos Raonic 6-1, 7-6(0) on the opening night of the ATP Year-End Finals. The six-time champion at the year-end event was able to exact some revenge on Raonic, who beat him in the Paris quarterfinals last month. The first set was an absolutely…
Playing in his first ever ATP Finals match, Japan’s Kei Nishikori showed no signs of inexperience, cruising to a 6-4, 6-4 win over Scotland’s Andy Murray in the opening match in London. The fourth-seeded Nishikori entered the match without even a set win in his previous three tries against Murray, but took advantage of some…
The finals are set at the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and hosted by Columbia University. Virginia's Julia Elbaba from nearby Oyster Bay, N.Y., will take on California's Maegan Manasse for the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship Women's Singles title, the first national championship match for Elbaba…
Five of eight men's singles seeds fell on Day One of the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, while third-seeded Hayley Carter of North Carolina was the only female singles seed to lose at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Seven of the eight women's singles seeds advanced safely into today's second round. Reigning champion and top-seeded…