Professional Tennis
The USTA has announced that Brian Baker, playing in his first Grand Slam since the 2013 Australian Open, 2012 Olympian and former world number 43 Ryan Harrison, 2010 NCAA singles champion Bradley Klahn and 2011 NCAA singles finalist Rhyne Williams have been awarded men’s singles main draw wild card entries into the 2013 U.S. Open….
The 2013 Wimbledon Champion Andy Murray and 2012 Olympic Gold Medal winner comes into the upcoming U.S. Open Championships with a purpose … defending the title he won from Novak Djokovic last September. Will history repeat itself in Flushing Meadows? If so, Murray will have a tough act to follow after last year’s near five-hour…
Rafael Nadal beat Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-2 to win the Rogers Cup in Montreal title for the third time, preventing Raonic from becoming the first Canadian to win the title in 55 years. In 1955, the title was called the Canadian Open and Canadian Robert Bedard won the title that year. Bedard was in attendance…
The latest ATP Rankings have been released and for the first time in four decades, there is no American male ranked within the Top 20. Since the new ATP rankings came out on Aug. 23, 1973, there has been at least one American man in the top 20 up until now. John Isner is currently…
Serena Williams won her third Rogers Cup trophy by defeating Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-0. She didn’t lose a set the whole tournament, and her biggest test was against Agnieszka Radwanska in the semifinals. This is Serena’s eighth title of the year and 54th of her career. Many top players, including Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, missed…
Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Sara Errani 7-6 (1), 7-5 to reach the semifinals of the 2013 Rogers Cup in Toronto. Radwanska, seeded third, will play the winner of the late match between top-seeded Serena Williams and Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia. Errani eliminated Radwanska in the quarterfinals of this year’s French Open. In other quarterfinal matches, fourth-seeded Li Na…
Serena Williams won her opening match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Wednesday night, defeating Italian Francesca Schiavone, 6-3, 6-2. She will play a third-round match against 13th-seeded Kirsten Flipkens on Thursday night. Flipkens won her match against Kiki Bertens 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. "I felt good. I felt solid," said Serena. "Obviously I made…
Rafael Nadal defeated Jerzy Janowicz in straight sets 7-6(6), 6-4 at the Rogers Cup in Montreal Thursday afternoon. Nadal broke Janowicz at 5-6 in the first set and then took the tie-breaker to win the first set. Nadal had the first set on his racquet at 6-5 and led by an early break in the…
The USTA has announced that Monica Seles, a two-time U.S. Open Champion, has been named the 2013 inductee into the U.S. Open Court of Champions, a U.S. Open and USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center attraction honoring the greatest singles champions in the history of the U.S. Championships/U.S. Open. Seles will be inducted during…
Venus Williams played and lost her first match in over two months, losing to Kirsten Flipkens 0-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Venus lost in the first round at Roland Garros this year, and she missed Wimbledon after playing in that tournament for 16 years in a row. ”I wasn’t really expecting…