Professional Tennis
Three-time defending champion Kei Nishikori extended his match-win streak in Memphis to 14, defeating American Ryan Harrison, 6-2, 7-5 in a second-round matchup on Wednesday. The quest for a fourth straight Memphis Open title for Kei Nishikori began with a rematch of last year’s second round encounter in which Nishikori edged out Harrison in three…
The U.S. Fed Cup Team will travel to Australia for the 2016 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoffs, April 16-17 at a site to be determined. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced the draw for the 2016 World Group Playoffs. Australia is seeded eighth, while the United States was unseeded. The seeds were…
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…