Professional Tennis
Mardy Fish is now the top-ranked American in the world, surpassing Andy Roddick who held the distinction as the top-ranked American for a number of years. Fish has been playing the best tennis of his life as of late, and despite a lack of success in years past at the Australian Open, Fish is arguably…
American John Isner has moved on after a long drawn out four-hour and 41-min. second-round match, which included a 99-min. final set, in Day Three action at the 2012 Australian Open. Isner defeated David Nalbandian in five sets, 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 10-8, with a total of 43 aces. Throughout the course of the match,…
Top-ranked American Mardy Fish has fallen at the hands of Alejandro Falla from Colombia in straight sets, 7-6, 6-3, 7-6 in second round action at the 2012 Australian Open. Fish did not seem himself and had built up frustration which shown through his play. He made a comment to a ball boy and also made…
Tuesday saw two local hopefuls take to the courts at the Australian Open and both came up with performances to make the Tri-State area proud. Long Islander Scott Lipsky, along with his partner Rajeev Ram, are seeded 13th in the Men’s Doubles draw and defeated the team of Albert Montanes & Albert Ramos of Spain…
On the eve of the Australian Open, American teenagers Grace Min and Jack Sock, both U.S. Open junior champions, started the year strong by winning the USTA Pro Circuit’s season-opening women’s and men’s events in Innisbrook, Fla., and Plantation, Fla., respectively. Min and Sock will see their professional rankings jump following the Australian Open with…
Tennis Channel and Verizon FiOS TV have reached a new multi-year carriage agreement, it was announced by Patrick Wilson, senior vice president, distribution, Tennis Channel, and Terry Denson, vice president of global content strategy, Verizon. Verizon has started rolling out Tennis Channel—with Grand Slam coverage of Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, French Open and the Australian…
Day Two of the 2012 Australian Open finished with all the seeds on both the men’s and women’s sides of the draw advancing with the exception of hometown favorite Samantha Stosur, the number six-ranked and 2011 U.S. Open Champion. Stosur was ousted in straight sets on Tuesday, 7-6 (2), 6-3, to the 59th-ranked Sorana Cirstea of…
American Serena Williams was victorious in her opening round match at the 2012 Australian Open, a 6-3, 6-2 win over Austrian Tamira Paszek. Serena advances to face Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic in the second round. Her opening round match at the Open was her first real test after twisting her ankle in a match against…
Day One of the 2012 Australian Open is in the books Down Under, with many of the top seeds advancing to the second round of the first Grand Slam of 2012. The biggest upset of the day came on the men’s side of the draw from 19-year-old hometown favorite Bernard Tomic, who rallied from two sets…
In Day One action at the 2012 Australian Open, 19-year-old Australian Bernard Tomic came back from two sets down to knock out the number 22 seed, Fernando Verdasco of Spain, 4-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 7-5. Tomic advances to face American Sam Querrey in second round action after Querrey’s 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over France’s…