Professional Tennis
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…
On Thursday evening at the U.S. Open, the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium was treated to an exhibition doubles match between John McEnroe & Adam Sandler against Jim Courier & Kevin James prior to the Novak Djokovic-Juan Martin del Potro men’s quarterfinals match. The comedians showed off consistent play, cracking jokes and the occasional entertaining shot,…
On Day 12 of the 2012 U.S. Open, women’s singles action takes center stage at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, as the final four will meet to determine who will vie for the 2012 U.S. Open Women’s Singles Championship. Clear skies and temperatures in the mid-80s are in the forecast throughout the…
After two days of threatening skies over Flushing Meadows, Day 11 of the 2012 U.S. Open is expected to be played under sunny skies with some cloud cover and nearly no chance of precipitation as action gets underway at 11:00 a.m. EST at Louis Armstrong Stadium with men’s singles quarterfinals, doubles action, the stars of…
Five-time U.S. Open champion and 2012 top-seeded Roger Federer was stunned by the sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych 7-6(1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the 2012 U.S. Open. This marks the first time that Federer has not advanced to at least to the semifinals of the Open since 2003. The key to the match was…
Andy Roddick’s career came to a close Wednesday when the only American remaining in the men’s singles draw was beaten 6-7, 7-6, 6-2, 6-4 by Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round at the U.S. Open. Roddick’s last shot of his career was a running forehand that was long. After the match, he was handed a…
It took two days of starting and stopping play, but the third seeded Maria Sharapova advanced to a 2012 U.S. Open semifinal matchup with Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday, overcoming a slow start against France’s Marion Bartoli where she fell behind 0-4 yesterday before rain halted play. Today, when play resumed, Bartoli took the first set…
Match play has resumed at the 2012 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. as third-seeded Maria Sharapova of Russia continues her match against the number 11 seed, Marion Bartoli of France. The match is a continuation of yesterday’s quarterfinals encounter, and resumed play in the first…