Professional Tennis
World number one Serena Williams’ pursuit of history was nearly dismissed Friday, tested by fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the U.S. Open before pulling out the 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 win to move on to the Round of 16 in Flushing Meadows. Mattek-Sands took three straight games to kick off the match, en route to taking…
Simona Halep, the number two-ranked player in the world, has officially qualified for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore, presented by SC Global, the WTA's year-end event that boasts a $7-million purse and which will take place at the Singapore Sports Hub from Oct. 25-Nov. 1. “Congratulations to Simona for once again qualifying for the BNP Paribas…
Hey tennis stars … the summer of 2015 is flying by, and I am still trying to figure out who is leading the points race in the U.S. Open Series! Ahhh, the U.S. Open: The big, bad boy on the Grand Slam block. The Aussie is the “Happy Slam.” The French Open is the “Fashion…
Marin Cilic got all he could handle from Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin on Friday afternoon, but the defending champion turned it up in the fifth set to hang on for the 6-7(5), 7-6(1), 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-1 victory. After taking the first set in a tie-breaker, Kukushkin found himself up a break and serving for the second…
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga continued his stellar play in Flushing on Friday, dispatching Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 to reach the Round of 16. Through the first seven games, this match was on serve, but that was when Stakhovsky made the first big mistake. He hit a volley into the net on break point, and…
Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic entered the U.S. Open as one of the hottest players on the tour, but ran into a focused and determined Venus Williams on Friday. The 23rd-seeded American beat the 12th-seeded Bencic 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Round of 16. Venus had a few break chances in the opening set, and finally…
Both world number ones will be in action on Day Five at the U.S. Open on Friday, as Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic both look to advance to the fourth-round. Any day that Serena Williams plays, she is headlining the field. With history on the line, the 33-year-old American will face off with compatriot Bethanie…
The third-seeded Andy Murray got by Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in Flushing Meadows on Thursday in three hours and 17 minutes. Battling the heat and humidity, Murray overcame a two-set deficit in his 11th appearance at the U.S. Open, upping his overall Open record to 39-9. “We need to believe, for…
American John Isner, the number 13 seed, moved onto the third round at the U.S. Open in one hour and 41 minutes on Wednesday, taking down Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 at Louis Armstrong Stadium. Isner entered the match having lost twice in two meetings with Youzhny. Isner has held serve in…
French Open champion Stan Wawrinka got through to the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday, moving past Korean teenager Hyeon Chung in three tie-breakers, 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 7-6(6). Much like his opening round match, Wawrinka played a bit of an inconsistent match, but Chung had a lot to do with that. The 19-year-old displayed…