USTA Player Development has announced that it will host its second annual U.S. Open Wild Card Playoff to award a men’s and women’s main draw singles wild card into the 2011 U.S. Open. Eight men and eight women will be invited to compete for the wild cards Aug. 18-20 at the Junior Tennis Champions Center,…
The USTA has announced that 97 of the top 100 women, including two-time defending U.S. Open champion and reigning Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters, and fellow 2011 Grand Slam singles champions Li Na and Petra Kvitova, are entered in the women’s singles field for the 2011 U.S. Open Tennis Championships. Clijsters, Li and Kvitova will…
From the very beginning of the game, tennis has been a sport where fashion has played a pivotal role. From the days of lawn tennis, to the Roaring 20s and on into the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s … tennis style has chronicled the growing need for on the court comfort coupled with proper performance. Today, tennis fashion has never been…
If you play tennis to win, there is not a level of play that does not involve pressure. In tennis, someone will win and someone will lose. As a player, I felt my best when something was on the line. Money, trophies … pride! I liked playing tons of sets and if that was not an option, then tons of game-based drills. Victory was…
James Blake, a member of the ATP world tour for years and now 31 years old, knew what he had coming after a rain delay in Atlanta in the first round of play. Blake was up against Ernests Gulbis of Latvia in the first round of the Atlanta Tennis Championships and took the victory, 7-6…
On a Friday night of World TeamTennis action at the Sportime Stadium at Randall’s Island, the New York Sportimes fell just short of a victory, succumbing to the Springfield Lasers 20-17 in a nail-biting encounter. The Sportimes came back from a very slow start to take the lead in the match, but fell just short…
On the weekend of July 10-11, the fast-growing sport of beach tennis held its first ever U.S. National Championships, as the sport’s top players converged in Chicago to compete for $3,000 in prize money and to vie to see who is the best of the best in the world of beach tennis. Top players from…
Tennis Channel will provide the sport’s fans with close to 100 high-definition hours of live or same-day match play during the 2011 Olympus U.S. Open Series this summer. The network will cover singles semifinal, quarterfinal and early round matches during the annual North American hard-court circuit this year, in addition to prime-time Sunday doubles finals….
Fifth-ranked Robin Soderling of Sweden defeated David Ferrer of Spain to capture the Swedish Open title. This is Soderlings second title at the Swedish Open in just the past three years. In the seventh game of the first set, Soderling broke Ferrer’s serve to lead 5-2, and followed the break up with a hold to…
On a chilly evening of World TeamTennis (WTT) action at Sportime Stadium at Randall’s Island, the New York Sportimes battled relentlessly against the talented Philadelphia Freedoms, but failed to capitalize on an early lead. From 12-12, the score line remained tied throughout the encounter until the Freedoms came out on top in the women’s singles and…