Professional Tennis
Sunday’s matches in Indian Wells, Calif. featured a number of different Americans in action on both sides of the draw, with some of the men pulling off upsets and advancing to the third round of the BNP Paribas Open. Donald Young, who has played some of the best tennis of his career thus far in…
For the first time since she sat crying in the locker room after defeating Kim Clijsters in a three-set match to win the Indian Wells Masters in 2001, world number one Serena Williams will return to the site she has boycotted for the last 14 years. “There are some who say I should never go…
The first round of the men’s draw at the BNP Paribas Masters in Indian Wells got underway on Thursday afternoon as one of the most popular players made his way back onto the court for the first time since August of 2013. Mardy Fish was ranked as high as number seven in the world before…
The second day of the BNP Paribas Masters in Indian Wells was kind to the American women, as four of the five Americans in action on Thursday won their first-round matches. In a tightly-contested all-American contest, Taylor Townsend edged Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5. The 18-year-old fired seven aces and gave herself 20 break point…
Sloane Stephens opened up her campaign at the BNP Paribas Masters in Indian Wells, California with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over South African Chanelle Scheepers on Wednesday. Stephens, who reached the quarterfinals at this event last year, had to rally from two games down in the second set to halt a three-match losing streak and…
It had been 25 years since Monica Seles beat Gabriela Sabatini in a five-set match to cap off a successful season at Madison Square Garden. On Tuesday night, Sabatini was finally able to exact her revenge, beating Seles 8-5 in 37 minutes in front of 14,894 at Madison Square Garden in the BNP Paribas Showdown…
Former world number four Juan Martin del Potro withdrew from the BNP Paribas Masters at Indian Wells earlier this week as the Argentine still continues to battle a left wrist injury. Del Potro was the runner up at the tournament back in 2013 and had been given a wild card to this year’s event. The…
Grigor Dimitrov brings his talents to New York City in early March for the BNP Paribas Showdown, when he takes on Roger Federer in an exhibition match. The 23-year-old Bulgarian has made quite a name for himself in his short years on the ATP Tour and 2015 could be a breakout season for the rising…
The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced its 2015 inductees at a press conference Monday, with two-time Grand Slam champion and current coach of Andy Murray, Amelie Mauresmo, headlining the class of three. Mauresmo is a former world number one who captured titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2006. She held the number…
Tennis legends Monica Seles and Gabriela Sabatini will face each other in a 25th anniversary rematch of their famed 1990 five-set WTA Championship final in the 2015 BNP Paribas Showdown, set for March 10 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Seles leads the career head-to-head 11-3 over Sabatini. In addition to the Seles-Sabatini…