Professional Tennis
Wimbledon's 2014 Junior Champion Noah Rubin, a freshman on the Wake Forest men’s tennis team and native of Rockville Centre, N.Y., will make his ATP World Tour debut at the Winston-Salem Open after he accepted a wild card into the main draw of the tournament, which starts this Saturday at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex at…
Stan Wawrinka became the first player to enter the quarterfinals of the Western and Southern Open on Thursday, battling back from a set down to oust Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 in Cincinatti. The Australian Open champion reeled off 12 of the final 13 games to storm into the quarterfinals. Cilic looked to be in…
For the second time in as many tournaments, Eugenie Bouchard’s run came to an end in the early rounds as she fell to Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 on Wednesday in Cincinnati. Kuznetsova committed 18 less unforced errors than the Canadian Bouchard, who was bounced in the first-round of the Rogers Cup last week. “It…
The USTA has announced that 2014 USTA Boys 18s National Champion Noah Rubin, 2012 Olympian and former world number 43 Ryan Harrison, current world number 93 Tim Smyczek, top 17-year-old Jared Donaldson and 2014 NCAA singles champion Marcos Giron have been awarded men’s singles main draw wild card entries into the U.S. Open. Wayne Odesnik, Australia’s Bernard Tomic and France’sMichael Llodra will also receive U.S. Open main draw wild…
Andy Murray rolled into the third-round of the Western and Southern Open on Wednesday as he defeated Portugal’s Joao Sousa 6-3, 6-3. Murray notched three of four break points and didn’t allow a single break on his way to the straight-set victory. A two-time champion at the Cincinnati event, Murray is seeking a return to…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) ruled Tuesday that two World Group playoff matches as part of the Davis Cup will have to be moved to different venues due to ongoing conflicts in the respective regions. The Sept. 12-14 contest between Israel and Argentina, set to take place in Tel Aviv, will have to be played…
The USTA has announced that former world number one junior Taylor Townsend, 2011 U.S. Open Junior Champion Grace Min, two-time NCAA singles champion Nicole Gibbs, 2014 NCAA singles champion Danielle Collins, former Wimbledon and Australian Open junior finalist Madison Brengle and USTA Girls 18s National Champion CiCi Bellis have been awarded women’s main draw wild card entries into the 2014 U.S. Open. Australia’s Jarmila Gajdosova and France’s Amandine…
Ana Ivanovic battled back after trailing in the second set to knock off Sorana Cristea of Romania 6-1, 7-5 to advance at the Western and Southern Open. The Serb trailed 4-1 in the second set before rallying for the straight set victory. “I was happy. I was a little bit doubtful going on the court…
American John Isner rolled into the second round of the Western and Southern Open on Monday, taking down South African Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-4 to move on in Cincinnati. It was a good bounce back match for Isner who had lost his opening match in the last two tournaments since winning the Atlanta Open title….
The USTA has announced a series of physical improvements and new fan enhancements for the 2014 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The two-week tournament begins Monday, Aug. 25, and concludes with the Men’s Singles Final on Monday, Sept. 8. In the first phase of a five-year transformation of the…