New Jersey native Christina McHale opened up her U.S. Open Series campaign with a straights set victory on Tuesday, moving past Romania’s Monica Niculescu 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Citi Open second round. McHale used a dominant return game to move through in straight sets. She broke twice in the opening set, and added three…
Marat Safin and Justine Henin joined Yvon Petra and Margaret Scriven this weekend as the four were the latest inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. Safin was introduced by fellow Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Connors, while Henin was introduced by Monica Seles. Also joining Safin and Henin was Amélie…
On March 7 of this year, Russian star Maria Sharapova called a news conference for what she called a big announcement. But even the dozens of reporters in the room and those watching the conference from afar weren’t prepared and didn’t expect what she would say next. “I wanted to let you know that a…
The 13th season of the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series, the five-week North American summer tennis season that links seven WTA and ATP World Tour summer hard court tournaments to the U.S. Open, launches next week with the women’s Bank of the West Classic. Since its inception in 2004, the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series…
The player field for the 2016 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies Corp., is comprised entirely of players who will compete in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, it was announced by Tournament Director Anne Worcester. The WTA event, which is part of the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series, will be held Aug. 19-27 at the…
The USTA today announced that the prize money for the 2016 US Open will increase by $4 million, bringing the total purse for the tournament to a record $46.3 million, a 10-percent increase over the 2015 US Open prize money totals. In all, the US Open will provide the richest purse in tennis history at…
Serena Williams played flawless tennis on Saturday, using her dominant serve to defeat Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3 and capture the Wimbledon championship, equaling Steffi Graf’s Open Era record of 22 career Grand Slam titles. It was her fourth chance to tie Graf’s record, having lost at last year’s U.S. Open and this year’s Australian Open…
Angelique Kerber and Serena Williams during the trophy presentation of this year's Australian Open. (Ben Solomon/Tennis Australia) In a rematch of this year’s Australian Open final, Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber will square off in the Wimbledon final on Saturday. It is the third straight major final appearance for Serena as she continues her quest…
Former Wimbledon champion Andy Murray cruised into the final on Friday, dispatching Tomas Berdych in straight sets, reaching the third Wimbledon final of his career with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 semifinal victory. Murray broke in Berdych’s opening service game to take the early 2-0 lead, only to see Berdych respond with a break in the…
Milos Raonic held his nerve and came back from two sets to one down to beat seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in a thrilling five-setter on Friday, reaching the first Grand Slam final of his career with a 6-3, 6-7(5), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 semifinal victory. Federer was previously 10-0 in Wimbledon semifinals. “I was struggling…