Professional Tennis
American Samantha Crawford of Atlanta, Ga. captured the 2012 U.S. Open Girls Junior Championship with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over 12th-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sunday. Crawford, who currently trains at the USTA National Training Center in Boca Raton, Fla., is the second consecutive American…
American Serena Williams defeated top-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 on Sunday evening to capture the 2012 U.S. Open women’s singles championship. In addition to the Gold Medal she won at the 2012 London Olympics and the Wimbledon title she won in early July, Serena’s win Sunday was the 15th time she has won…
Novak Djokovic was very happy with the better weather in New York on Sunday as he advanced to the finals of the 2012 U.S. Open with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over David Ferrer. Djokovic started slow yesterday in windy conditions falling behind 2-5 in the first set before officials suspended the match. Today…
Due to the severe weather forecast of tornados and torrential downpours for Saturday, Sept. 8, the Novak Djokovic-David Ferrer men’s singles semifinal match has been postponed. Play will resume Sunday, Sept. 9th at 11:00 a.m. ET with Ferrer leading 5-2 in the first set. See the revised chart below for the updated tournament schedule: The following…
Fourth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain led defending U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic 5-2 in the first set of their semifinal match on Saturday before play was suspended due to a severe weather system that hit the New York area. The semifinal is scheduled to resume at 11:00 a.m. EST on Sunday. The Men’s Singles Finals…
In a year where Great Britain’s Andy Murray has already captured Olympic Gold at the 2012 London Games, he’ll also have a shot at taking home the 2012 U.S. Open title after his 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(7) win over sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic Saturday afternoon in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The third-seeded Murray, who has a…
Bob & Mike Bryan captured the 2012 U.S. Open Men’s Doubles Title on Friday, a record-setting 12th Grand Slam doubles championship, defeating Leander Paes & Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-4 to capture their fourth title. "We wanted to win our home slam," said Bob Bryan. "We wanted to win for the great crowd that was cheering for…
World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated Russia’s Maria Sharapova 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Friday afternoon to reach the women’s singles finals in two hours and 42 minutes. Azarenka, a Bronze Medal winner at this year’s London Olympic Games, came back from a set and a break down to defeat the Olympic Silver Medalist Sharapova to reach…
Martina Hingis, a former world No. 1 and the winner of five Grand Slam tournament singles titles, the 1991 Wimbledon champion and former world No. 2 Michael Stich, and the great Czech doubles player Helena Sukova, winner of 14 Grand Slam titles in doubles and mixed doubles have all been nominated to receive the highest…
American tennis star and former world number one John McEnroe was presented the highest honor in tennis in 1999- induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and at the 2012 U.S. Open on Thursday, this important achievement was celebrated once again, when McEnroe was presented his official Hall of Fame ring. The ring was…