Professional Tennis
It was the final match of the first day of action at the 2021 Australian Open, and the much-anticipated showdown between two young talents did not disappoint. In the end, it was Denis Shapovalov who came out victorious as the 11th seeded Canadian defeated Italy’s Jannik Sinner 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Shapovalov blasted…
The Australian Open announced on Friday that all 507 of the tournament’s players and staff who were staying at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, where a worker contracted COVID-19 earlier in the week, had been cleared of the virus and were eligible to participate in next week’s major tournament. “Everyone that tested, tested negative,” said…
This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine. Click Here to read the full digital edition. The 2021 Grand Slam season in professional tennis will begin, as it normally does each year, in Melbourne with the Australian Open, but this edition of the tournament Down Under will present a…
This article first appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine. Click Here to see the full digital edition In what has been a tumultuous year, Sofia Kenin posted the best year of her professional career. As a result, Kenin was named the WTA’s Player of the Year for 2020, the…
Fourth-seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland captured the second ATP Tour title of his career on Wednesday, dowining American Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-3 to win the Delray Beach Open. “I was trying to focus on things that I should do and to stay aggressive, because Sebastian is never going to hand me the match,” said…
The Delray Beach Open singles field was narrowed down to four players after Monday’s quarterfinal matches, which featured two upsets as second-seed John Isner and eighth-seed Frances Tiafoe were both ousted. American Sebastian Korda took out Isner 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, hanging on as he saved three match points in the final game before closing…
The Delray Beach Open continued this weekend in sunny Florida as the second-round of singles play and quarterfinal action in doubles were played on Sunday. Below are the results from Sunday: Cameron Norrie def. Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 7-5 “I managed to win a lot of the long rallies at the start and set the…
The Delray Beach Open continued on Tuesday with its second day of action in the ATP Tour’s first tournament of the year (along with the Antalya Open in Turkey which also began on Monday). The day’s play included both the Qualifying Rounds as well as the Champions Tour, and the results are below: ATP…
The 2021 Delray Beach Open gets underway on Monday with two matches for the ATP Champions Tour. The two matches are: ATP Champions Tour • Not Before 6:00 p.m. Johan Kriek & Mark Merklein vs. Luke & Murphy Jensen ATP Champions Tour • Not Before 8 p.m. Bob & Mike Bryan vs Tommy Haas…
Four former champions—Reilly Opelka (2020), Frances Tiafoe (2018), Sam Querrey (2017) and Kei Nishikori (2008)—are among the players who have entered the season-opening Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com that will take place January 4-13. “We look forward to welcoming this terrific field to open the 2021 season in Delray Beach,” said Tournament Director Mark Baron. “While there are plenty of very familiar…