Professional Tennis
Slowed by a right knee injury, eighth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki failed to make it out of the first round of her second straight Grand Slam tournament, falling 6-2, 6-2 to 96th-ranked Irina-Cameila Begu of Romania at the U.S. Open on Tuesday. Wozniacki was forced to retire against Maria Kirilenko after the first set of her semifinal match…
On Day Two at the U.S. Open, the second-seeded Agnieszka Radwnaska of Poland started fast and made quick work of her first round opponent with a straight-set 6-1, 6-1 win over Nina Bratchikova of Russia. Radwanska, has never gotten beyond the fourth round in New York, but has been a quarterfinalists at the other three Grand Slams…
Sloane Stephens defeated number 22 seed and former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the first round of action at the U.S. Open Tuesday. Shortly after her 6-3, 6-4 victory, Stephens spoke about her match and her overall mindset heading into the second round as she prepares to face Germany’s Tatjana Malek. Have you seen yourself…
Twenty-nine-year-old American Andy Roddick defeated fellow American Rhyne Williams in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in Tuesday afternoon action of the first round of the 2012 U.S. Open. This was the first U.S. Open for Williams, a former University of Tennessee player, at the age of 21. In the first set, Roddick led 4-3, where he attained…
Top-seeded Roger Federer returned to the U.S. Open on Monday and defeated American Donald Young 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to improve his career record to 62-7 at Flushing Meadows. Looking to extend his record with an 18th Grand Slam title, Federer finished with seven aces and needed only 1 hour, 34 minutes to dispatch Young, an American…
Kim Clijsters of Belarus began play last night at the 2012 U.S. Open in what she has announced will be her final appearance at the event. Her round one opponent,16-year-old American wild card Victoria Duval, was defeated 6-3, 6-1 by Clijsters, the Belgian’s 22nd consecutive U.S. Open victory under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I was just…
It’s a mix of the experienced and the new as eight U.S. women take to the courts in today’s action, including a pair of all-American matchups, with three-time champion and reigning Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams taking on 2008 girls’ champion CoCo Vandeweghe, and Venus Williams opening her 2012 U.S. Open against fellow American Bethanie…
The United States was the dominant force on the world tennis scene for the first 30 years of the Open Era, but in the last decade, has experienced limited international success. Now, with the current generation of U.S. champions all over 30, American tennis is at a crossroads and the future is uncertain at best. Here…
Americans Jack Sock and Mardy Fish started things off on the right foot for the U.S. on Day One of action at the 2012 U.S. Open. Sock pulled the biggest upset of the when he make quick work of Florian Mayer on the Grandstand in front of a pro-American crowd, Sock dominated from start to…
American James Blake defeated Lukas Lacko of Slovakia in a close four set match, 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the 2012 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. It was a tight first set, until the 32-year-old Blake was able to break at 5-5 and hold to take the…