Professional Tennis
The USTA has announced that for the 2015 summer tennis season, ESPN will broadcast over 1,800 hours of live tennis action across it’s platforms as the exclusive live domestic television and digital media partner for the U.S. Open and Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series. The year 2015 marks the first year of an 11-year agreement between…
Andy Murray fought his way back from a set down to defeat France’s Gilles Simon 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-0 to clinch the quarterfinal victory for Great Britain and put them into the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time since 1981. Murray picked up all three victories for his country in the 3-1 victory in…
Ram Beats Karlovic for Second Newport Title American Rajeev Ram won his second title at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Sunday, downing second-seeded Croat Ivo Karlovic 7-6(5), 5-7, 7-6(2) to snap a three-year American drought at the tournament in Newport, R.I. “To say that I felt like I’d be the winner at the…
Andy Murray evened up Great Britain’s Davis Cup quarterfinal against France at 1-1 on Friday, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-6(10), 6-2. The opening set was on serve through the first 11 games until Murray secured the first break of the match. At 6-5, Murray hit a return that Tsonga was unable to get back to…
Former world number one and two-time major champion Amelie Mauresmo headlines the class of 2015 set for induction this weekend at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. Joining Mauresmo in the Class of 2015 will be David Hall of Australia, a six-time Paralympic medalist. Longtime tennis industry leader Nancy Jeffett has also been elected in the Contributor Category in recognition…
World number one American Serena Williams withdrew from the Collector Swedish Open on Thursday after suffering an elbow injury in practice. Serena won her first-round match in Bastad, Sweden on Wednesday, and was ready to play Klara Koukalova in the second-round on Thursday, but was unable to go. “I was having some pain in my…
To nobody’s surprise, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, the women’s and men’s world number ones, took home ESPY Awards last night. Serena won the award for Best Female Tennis Player for the seventh time in her career. She also won it in 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013. She beat out Maria Sharapova, Simona…
Twenty-one-year-old Dennis Novikov of San Jose, Calif. has won the Bronze Medal in singles at the Pan American Games in Toronto, defeating Guido Andreozzi of Argentina, 6-4, 6-4. Novikov, ranked 215th in the world, was the 2012 USTA Boys 18s National Champion in singles and doubles. Those victories earned him wild card entries into each…
World number three and 2013 Champion Simona Halep and defending champion and world number five Petra Kvitova headline the field for the 2015 Connecticut Open, presented by United Technologies. The WTA event, which is part of the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series, will be held Aug. 21-29, 2015 at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale….
Fresh off her win at Wimbledon, world number one Serena Williams cruised in the first-round of the Collector Swedish Open in Bastad, Sweden on Wednesday, beating Belgian qualifier Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2, 6-1 for her 40th win of this season. “I had never played her before, so I didn’t know what to expect,” said Serena. “And…