Julia Goerges of Germany has upset top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki, 7-6 (3), 6-3, in the finals of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany. With the win, Georges becomes the first German to win the Porsche Grand Prix since Anke Huber took home the crown in 1996 and jumps to number 27 in the WTA rankings. “Julia played…
Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeated his fellow countryman, David Ferrer, 6-2, 6-4 to win his sixth Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell Championship on Sunday. The top-ranked Nadal won his 29th consecutive match at the clay court event, when the fourth-seeded Ferrer hit his backhand wide to end the match. It was Nadal’s 45th career ATP title and his second consecutive…
The team of Scott Lipsky & Santiago Gonzalez, playing together for the first time, has ended the 10-match winning streak of Bob & Mike Bryan on Sunday as Lipsky & Gonzalez captured the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell Doubles Championship with a 5-7, 6-2, 12-10. En route to their championship, Lipsky & Gonzalez knocked off the number three seeds Jurgen…
Irina Falconi, a native of Ecuador who moved to New York City at the age of four and now resides in Atlanta, along with Tim Smyczek of Milwaukee won the 2011 USTA French Open Wild Card Playoffs on Friday at the Boca West Country Club in Boca Raton, Fla., to earn main draw wild cards…
Two local Long Islanders won the U.S. Open National Playoffs/Mixed-Doubles Sectional Qualifying Tournament, played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The team of Darrin Cohen & Bea Bielik was rarely tested throughout the tournament and did not drop a set in five wins. In the finals, they defeated Magda Okruashvili & Tsimafey Senkevich,…
In men’s action at the 59th Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Spain, hometown favorite Rafael Nadal defeated Columbian Santiago Giraldo, 6-3, 6-1 to set up a quarterfinals match against Frenchman Gael Monfils who defetade his fellow countryman Richard Gasquet, 6-4, 7-6 (7). Nadal has an overall record of 28-1 at the…
I am out on the tennis court at 7:30 a.m. in the morning working out on the tennis court, and on the court next to me is a wonderful scene. Two former students, home from college, are playing doubles with the parents of one of the boys. It turns out that these two boys (one…
You used to have lots of energy, looked forward to a tennis match, were able to concentrate and perform, and overall, looked and felt great, but with age, you noticed some of these things started to change. Could testosterone deficiency be playing a role in your performance? Menopause in women has been a long understood…
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has advanced past the Porsche Grand Prix in Germany second round for the first time, beating Zuzana Kucova of Slovakia, 6-1, 6-2, to reach the quarterfinals of the event. She advances to face hometown favorite Andrea Petkovic of Germany, who rallied to defeat Jelena Jankovic, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. This year alone, Petkovic beat both…
World Number Ones and Top American Talent Highlights 2011 World TeamTennis Draft Selections It won’t be difficult to find a player in the World TeamTennis (WTT) Pro League presented by GEICO this summer who has spent time at the top of the world rankings. Ten current or former world number one players highlighted the 2011…