World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus had her 26-match win streak halted Wednesday night at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open after a 3-6, 3-6 straight sets loss to France’s Marion Bartoli. The seventh-seeded Bartoli heads into the semifinals where she will meet the number five seed, Agnieszka Radwanska. Already headed to the finals is world number…
Belgium’s Kim Clijsters has a tear in her hip muscle and now will require four weeks of rest and withdrawal from the WTA tour. Her management company stated that she has been plagued with hip pains throughout the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. after losing to Yanina Wickmayer on Saturday in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6(5)….
The USTA has announced a series of reforms to the National Junior Tournament Schedule designed to make the system more efficient, effective and affordable for current players and those who will enter the pipeline through the association’s 10 & Under Tennis initiative. The new system also aims to foster more local and sectional competition as…
World number two-ranked Rafael Nadal defeated France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, to earn a place in the semifinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open. Nadal will now face fourth-seeded Andy Murray, who defeated Janko Tipsarevic in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Nadal made it as close as two points from victory…
The following was part of an interview with Jim Courier, captain of the 2012 U.S. Davis Cup team, conducted recently by Tim Curry, director of Corporate Communications for the USTA, as Captain Courier prepares for the United States’ showdown in April with Team France … TIM CURRY: Thank you, everyone, for joining us today…
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) Eastern Long Island Region has scheduled its 22nd Annual Awards Dinner for Wednesday, May 9 at the Crest Hollow Country Club, located at 8325 Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury, N.Y. As in year's past, the region will celebrate the achievements of its tennis stars–both junior and adult–at the dinner, which…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal had a straight set 6-4, 6-4 win over Japan’s Kei Nishikori to reach the quarterfinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Tournament in Miami. This match was the toughest yet in the tournament for Nadal, after he took a medical timeout in the opening set for treatment of his left knee. Nadal lost…
Serena Williams’s bid for a sixth Sony Ericsson Open title came to an end Tuesday after she lost in the quarterfinals to Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. The former world number one-ranked Wozniacki won 74 percent of her first serve points and converted three of her six break point opportunities. Serena hit 34 winners over…
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier have announced that world number eight Mardy Fish, number 10 John Isner, and the top-ranked doubles team of Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan will represent the United States in the 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinal tie against France, April 6-8, 2012. The tie will…
American Andy Roddick upset world number three-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland, 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-4, at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Since the U.S. Open this past September, Roddick held a 40-2 record, but came up short against Roddick who has slipped to 34th in the ATP Rankings. It marked just the third time Roddick…