Professional Tennis
A year ago, Rafael Nadal was resting at home with a knee injury and didn’t compete in the U.S. Open. One year later, he is the 2013 U.S. Open champion. In front of packed house of over 25,000 fans, the second-ranked Nadal defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Monday night to…
Leander Paes & Radek Stepanek took home the 2013 U.S. Open Men’s Doubles title, defeating Alexander Peya & Bruno Soares in straight sets 6-1, 6-3. Paes & Stepanek rode the momentum they gained by defeating the world number one and top-seeded Bryan Brothers in the semifinals and made the finals victory look easy. They were…
Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title with a 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-4 win over Australia’s Ashleigh Barty & Casey Dellacqua. Hlavackova and Hradecka, who upset the team of Serena & Venus Williams in the semifinals on Friday, used the momentum to defeat Barty & Dellacqua to take home the title….
In three tough sets, top-seeded Serena Williams defeated second-seeded Victoria Azarenka for the second straight year in the finals of the U.S. Open, 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-1. The championship gives Serena her 17th Grand Slam title and her fifth U.S. Open Singles Title. This was Serena’s second major singles title of the year, as she also…
On Day 14 of the 2013 U.S. Open, a winner will be crowned in the women’s singles draw, as the top-seeded Serena Williams will, for the second consecutive year, face the number two seed, Victoria Azarenka at Arthur Ashe Stadium Sunday afternoon. Overnight rain showers will give way to partly sunny skies on Sunday as…
Rafael Nadal will face Novak Djokovic on Monday in the 2013 U.S. Open Men’s Finals match as both the number one and two seeds advanced to the championship match with wins on Saturday. At Arthur Ashe Stadium, it was Nadal who cruised past Richard Gasquet, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2, after Djokovic defeated the ninth-seed Stanislas Wawrinka…
The 2013 U.S. Open men’s semifinals are set for Saturday, Day 13 of the final Grand Slam of the year, featuring two familiar faces with the world’s top two players and former U.S. Open champions, the top-seeded Novak Djokovic and second-seeded Rafael Nadal. Sun is expected throughout Saturday with zero percent chance of rain as…
On her seventh match point, Serena Williams finally converted and advanced to the 2013 U.S. Open women’s final and a return matchup with number two-seeded Victoria Azarenka. Closing out match point was about the only thing Serena had trouble with late Friday afternoon, a 107-mile per hour service winner on her seventh match point for…
World number two Victoria Azarenka defeated the unseeded Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-2 Friday afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium to earn a spot in the 2013 U.S. Open women’s singles finals, her second consecutive Open finals appearance. It will be Azarenka’s fourth Grand Slam final, coming into Sunday’s women’s singles final with a 2-1 overall Grand…
New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the signing of legislation to expand and improve the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The legislation will enable critical infrastructure repairs, allow more fans to attend major tournaments and create over 1,500 construction and full-time jobs. “As the site of the U.S. Open, the Billie…