Professional Tennis
The USTA has announced that USTA Player Development has created a new “Team USA-Pro” Department within its organizational structure focused on providing American pro tennis players with coaching assistance, training and financial resources to help them reach the Top 100. USTA Lead National Coaches Tom Gullikson and Kathy Rinaldi have each been promoted to leadership…
In a first round match, which is sure to go down in history as an honorable first meeting, former junior world No. 1 Taylor Fritz squared off against former world No. 2, Michael Mmoh at the Memphis Open on Tuesday. The much-anticipated match between the main draw wild card and qualifier gave fans a look…
According to an exclusive report from Sean Ingle of The Guardian, two international tennis umpires have been banned and four others risk being banned as well for manipulating live betting scores in tournaments on the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) Futures Tour. Manipulating the live scores of matches allowed gamblers to place live bets while already…
Playing in his first ATP tournament as a seeded player, American Denis Kudla opened up his Memphis Open campaign with a 6-4, 6-2 over fellow American Rajeev Ram on Monday to move into the second round. Kudla won 79 percent of his first serve points and converted on three of his five break point chances…
The United States needed just the first three singles matches of its best-of-five World Group II playoff to move past Poland 3-0 after Venus Williams defeated Poland’s second-highest ranked player, Magda Linette, 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. The playoff got underway on Saturday, and it was Sloane Stephens who put the Americans…
Photo credit: Alex Smith/Memphis Open American Michael Mmoh took down compatriot Bjorn Fratangelo in a three-set thriller that lasted two hours and 54 minutes today at the Memphis Open presented by ServiceMaster. With the win, Mmoh qualifies for his first career ATP main draw event. In arguably the most exciting match of the final…
Juan Martin del Potro announced on Wednesday that he will be returning to the ATP World Tour at the Delray Beach Open, which begins on Feb. 15. Del Potro played in just four tournaments in 2014 and two in 2015 following multiple wrist surgeries. The 2009 U.S. Open champion began training last fall, but was…
World number three Roger Federer underwent successful knee surgery, forcing him to miss tournaments in Rotterdam and Dubai this month, according to a statement posted on his official website Wednesday. “Roger Federer underwent successful arthroscopic knee surgery today in Switzerland to repair a torn meniscus,” the statement reads. “The injury happened the day after the…
Jamie Loeb of Bronxville, N.Y., who trains out of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy at Sportime Randall’s Island, qualified for the main draw of the Dow Corning Tennis Classic 100K in Midland, Mich. with a 6-1, 6-3 win over fellow American Nadja Gilchrist in the final round of qualifying on Tuesday. Loeb raced out to…
Andy Murray entered Sunday's Australian Open final clash with Novak Djokovic hoping that the fourth time would be the charm, but it wasn't to be, as the Serb defeated Murray in the Melbourne final for the fourth time, a straight-set 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(3) triumph. Djokovic got things started immediately in the opening set. After holding…