Professional Tennis
The Hall of Fame Tennis Championships are being played in Newport, R.I. this week, and a number of top Americans headline the field. John Isner, the top-seed in Newport, was shocked by 161st-ranked Rajeev Ram, who ousted the top-ranked American with a 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(8) victory. Isner captured Hall of Fame Tennis Championships title back…
The USTA has announced that the total purse for the 2015 U.S. Open will increase by $4 million dollars, bringing the total purse for the tournament to a record $42.3 million and a 10.5 percent increase over the 2014 U.S. Open. Both the men’s and women’s singles champions will earn $3.3 million, the largest payout…
Seventeen-year old Reilly Opelka of Palm Coast, Fla. won the Wimbledon boys singles title on Sunday, defeating number 12 Elias Ymer of Sweden, 7-6(5), 6-4, at the All England Club in London, the latest accomplishment in a summer of superlatives for U.S. junior boys. Opelka, who stands 6-foot-11 and trains with coach Diego Moyano out of the USTA Training…
For the second consecutive year, world number one Novak Djokovic denied Roger Federer an eighth Wimbledon title, defeating the second-seeded Swiss 7-6(1), 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-3 at the All England Club on Sunday. The level of play in the opening two sets was exactly what most were expecting heading into the match. Federer seemed to have…
The Wimbledon women’s singles final will take place Saturday, as world number one Serena Williams looks to complete the “Serena Slam” when she battles with 20th-seeded Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, who is playing in her first ever Grand Slam final. Serena enters the match with a 2-1 record against Muguruza, but that one loss came at…
Seven-time champion Roger Federer rolled into the Wimbledon final on Friday, downing third-seed Andy Murray 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 to set up a rematch of last year’s final against world number one Novak Djokovic. Federer seemed to raise his level during the most important points. The first set was on serve through the first 11 games,…
The USTA has announced the launch of the 2015 U.S. Open Wild Card Challenge, which will once again utilize the USTA Pro Circuit to award wild cards into the U.S. Open. In the U.S. Open Wild Card Challenge, the American man and American woman who earn the most ATP World Tour and WTA ranking points…
World number one and top-seeded Serb Novak Djokovic made his way into the Wimbledon finals on Friday. The defending champion downed 21st-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4 in the day’s first match to return to the final for the fourth time in his career. Djokovic broke in the second game of the opening set,…
The semifinals of the men’s singles draw at Wimbledon will get underway on Friday, as three of the top four seeds will be in action and battling for a spot in the tournament’s final. France’s Richard Gasquet is the lone player not seeded in the top four (21st), and ousted the fourth-seeded Stan Wawrinka in…
Not much changed in the 20th installment of the Serena Williams-Maria Sharapova saga on Thursday. The world number one Serena continued her dominance over Sharapova, downing the fourth-seeded Russian 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Wimbledon finals. Serena entered the match with a 17-2 record against Sharapova, and got things off to a quick start on…