Professional Tennis
The Round of 16 has taken shape, and the second week of action at the 2011 U.S. Open gets underway Monday, Sept. 5 with a full slate of top-seeded stars still in contention. On the women’s side of the draw, a marquee matchup in the afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium will see the 28-seed, American…
In Sunday action at the 2011 U.S. Open, 22-year-old American Donald Young reached the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time, beating 24th-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela from Argentina in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3. A full house at the Grandstand gave Young a standing ovation as he celebrated the victory, pumping his…
Day Six of the 2011 U.S. Open featured a number of seeded players advancing to next week’s Final Round of 16. Both the men’s and women’s top seeds advanced as Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Russian Nikolay Davydenko, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, and on the women’s side, top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark defeated Vania King of the…
Saturday’s action at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center determined many of those who will head into next week’s Final Round of 16, and in Sunday action at the 2011 U.S. Open, the remaining players on each side will be determined. With most of the top seeds playing Saturday breezing into the Final Round…
In Friday action at the 2011 U.S. Open, an all-American battle of native Nebraskans under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium closed out another great day of action, as 2003 U.S Open Champion Andy Roddick defeated 18-year-old Jack Sock, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. Roddick, the number 21 seed, advances to play unseeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau who…
Weekend action begins Saturday, Sept. 3rd at the 2011 U.S. Open and plenty of top seeds are sticking around this Labor Day weekend for their shot at the finals of the last Grand Slam of 2011 in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Kicking things off on Saturday in the women’s draw is top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of…
Tennis Channel has announced that tennis icon John McEnroe will lend his analysis and commentary to the network’s U.S. Open prime-time broadcast Labor Day weekend, Sept. 3-4. As with previous Tennis Channel telecasts, McEnroe will be teamed with broadcasting legend Ted Robinson. The two have appeared in the network’s booth at the French Open since 2007…
In Friday afternoon action at the 2011 U.S. Open, number three-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova was upset by the number 26 seed, Flavia Pennetta of Italy, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The runner-up at this year’s Wimbledon, Sharapova fought back from a 3-0 deficit in the third set and evened the match at 4-4 with…
In Day Four action at the 2011 U.S. Open, the top seeds on both the men’s and women’s sides of the draw played under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium and both advanced to the next round. On the men’s side, top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic was a 6-0, 6-0, 6-2 winner over Argentina’s Carlos…
The USTA has announced that Pancho Gonzalez, a tennis pioneer and two-time U.S. National Champion, has been named the 2011 inductee into the U.S. Open Court of Champions, a U.S. Open and USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center attraction honoring the greatest singles champions in the history of the 130 years of the U.S….