Professional Tennis
Coming into today’s action at the 2011 French Open, there were only four women remaining in the singles draw … and now we have two, with Li Na of China and Francesca Schiavone of Italy advancing to the championship match. The first to take Court Chatrier were Li Na and Maria Sharapova from Russia. The…
It was supposed to be an entertaining match, but thanks to the Swiss maestro Roger Federer, it became just another routine affair. Federer was able to defeat France’s Gael Monfils, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(3) in the quarterfinals of the 2011 French Open on Tuesday afternoon. Monfils, who had just come off a five-set victory in the…
Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and his mixed-doubles partner Casey Dellacqua of Australia have done it again, clinching a spot in the mixed-doubles championship match at the 2011 French Open. The duo was able to overcome a surge from opponents Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil & Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia to advance. After taking the first set…
Tennis Channel and ESPN have extended the French Open and Australian Open multimedia programming alliance they began in Roland Garros in 2007. Both networks will continue to offer matches virtually round the clock from both events, two of the sport’s four major "Grand Slam" tournaments, with complementary coverage and cross-promoted schedules. A noteworthy evolution, however,…
Merrick, N.Y. native Scott Lipsky has made his way into the semifinals of the mixed-doubles bracket at the 2011 French Open with partner Casey Dellacqua of Australia. Lipsky, a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, N.Y. as well as Stanford University, is catching the eyes of many as he seeks his first…
The anticipation was high at the 2011 French Open for the third round clash between the number two seed Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro, 2009 U.S. champion. With little daylight left, the match was suspended until Saturday with the score tied at a set apiece. However, Djokovic came out firing the next day….
Before we could even catch our breath after Kim Clijsters’ early exit yesterday, top seed and number one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark succumbed to defeat at the hands of the number 28 seed, Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia. Wozniacki was embarrassed after being broken five times while watching 26 winners fly right past her. Wozniacki’s 6-1,…
The USTA has announced that it will host its annual open casting call on Tuesday, June 21 at the Apollo Theater, located at 253 West 125th Street in New York City to select children to perform at the 2011 U.S. Open, set for Aug. 29-Sept. 11. Winners will perform live at Arthur Ashe Stadium during night…
As second round action picked up at Roland Garros, perhaps the biggest upset on the men and women’s draw took place Thursday as the number two seed and one of the heavy favorites to win the French slam, Kim Clijsters, fell to Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Clijsters seemed to have complete…
After almost the greatest upset on a clay surface, people around the world are still talking about how world number one-ranked Rafael Nadal escaped by the skin of his teeth in five sets against young American John Isner. This had been the first time in Nadal’s career that he was faced with a five set…