Professional Tennis
Four of the world’s top tennis players descended on New York City Tuesday night for the annual BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden, as Stan Wawrinka took on Gael Monfils and Serena Williams battled Caroline Wozniacki in two exhibition matches. The first matchup was between the two-time Grand Slam champion Wawrinka and the always…
Former world number ones Justine Henin and Marat Safin will headline the 2016 International Tennis Hall of Fame field, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Tuesday. Henin finished the year-end number one on three different occasions, holding the top ranking for a total of 117 weeks. Known for her one-handed backhand, the Belgian won…
Maria Sharapova dropped a bombshell on reporters at a downtown Los Angeles press conference on Monday, revealing that she had failed a drug test during the Australian Open, and it didn’t take long for many of her sponsors to distance themselves from the world’s highest paid female athlete. Soon after her press conference, Nike suspended its endorsement…
In a press conference Monday afternoon, world number seven Maria Sharapova told reporters that she was notified by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in a letter a couple of days ago that she had failed a drug test during the Australian Open. Sharapova said the failed test came as a result of her taking Meldonium,…
When my longtime client and friend Ivan Lendl called me to tell me that Pete Sampras wanted to play Roger Federer back in 2007, we laughed and said it would never happen. But I said to him if it is going to happen, it should happen at Madison Square Garden. There hadn't been tennis at…
The ATP World Tour was off this past week as the men prepared for their respective Davis Cup matches this weekend, but the WTA saw two thrilling tournaments take place. Great Britain’s Heather Watson came back from a set down to win the Abierto Monterrey Afirme title in Monterrey, Mexico, while Ukrainian Elina Svitolina held…
In the 46th meeting between the two nations, the United States defeated Australia 3-1 over the weekend to reach the Davis Cup quarterfinals, led by John Isner’s two singles victories, including the clinching one over Bernard Tomic in four sets on Sunday at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, Australia. The match was all…
Serena Williams, a 21-time Grand Slam champion, will take on close friend and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki, and two-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka will square off with France’s Gael Monfils in the 9th Annual BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden, set for Tuesday, March 8. The ninth edition of the BNP…
The world of tennis has lost one of its pillars, as legendary writer and broadcaster Arthur Worth “Bud” Collins passed away on Friday at his Massachusetts home. He was 86. Collins began as a tennis writer for the Boston Globe and several other Boston-area newspapers in the early 1960’s and quickly became one the sport’s most…
The United States and Australia both won one singles match on the opening day of the Davis Cup first-round on Friday at the Kooyang Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, Australia, bringing the contest to 1-1 with three matches left to be played. John Isner put the Americans on top to start things off, rolling past…