The USTA has announced that despite facing a hurricane at the start of the tournament and then overcoming two days of rain resulting in the need to reschedule the final five days of the tournament, the 2011 U.S. Open still attracted more than 650,000 fans to the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National…
Novak Djokovic’s Monday night win over Rafael Nadal in the finals of the 2011 U.S. Open earned the world’s top-ranked men’s singles tennis player a $2.3 million payout, pushing the Serbian’s earnings in 2011 to date over the $10.6 million mark. Djokovic’s $2.3 million U.S. Open payout consisted of $1.8 million for winning the event, plus a…
TV ratings for the Men’s Singles Finals of the 2011 U.S. Open between top-seeded Novak Djokovic and second-seeded Rafael Nadal were up over last year’s Nielsen Ratings on CBS, with an overnight rating of 2.6 and a six share. The four-hour plus Djokovic-Nadal match of 2011 was up 18 percent over last year’s finals match featuring…
Is your child the next Serena Williams or Novak Djokovic? Find out at the 2011 Bellmore Family Street Festival this Saturday, Sept. 17 where the USTA-Eastern/Long Island Region will be offering lessons for kids and special giveaways for both children and adults. The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region will have two courts set up in the Sports…
For generations, tennis has been all around them, but the Shinnecock Indian reservation in Southampton, N.Y. had not adopted the sport until this year. Recognizing the many health benefits of tennis, tribe member Ken Coard, the director of Indian Education and the summer cultural camp, decided it was about time to introduce tennis to the…
The 2011 U.S. Open concluded Monday evening with the Men’s Singles match between number-one seeded Novak Djokovic from Serbia and the second-seeded Rafael Nadal from Spain. Djokovic took the match in four sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1, and in the process, won his first-ever U.S. Open championship and third Grand Slam event of the…
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…
And at 8:20 p.m. EST on Monday night, top-seeded Novak Djokovic dropped to the court of Arthur Ashe Stadium, part jubilation, part exhaustion, in celebration of his 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 2011 U.S. Open finals win over the number two seed, Rafael Nadal, thus ending this year’s event in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. For four hours…
American teenagers Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock won the 2011 U.S. Open Mixed-Doubles title Friday night, beating the eighth-seeded team Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank of Argentina in a third set super-tiebreak, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 10-8 in front of the crowd who remained after the Men’s Quarterfinals were complete at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The 19-year-old Oudin…
In a post-match interview at the 2011 U.S. Open, 28th-seeded American Serena Williams elaborates on the women’s final match on Sunday where she lost in straight sets to the ninth-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia. She speaks in regards to the questioned actions of the umpire along with her level of play during the match and…