Third-seeded Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico & Scott Lipsky of Merrick, N.Y. lifted their second team trophy on Sunday at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in the men’s doubles finals, defeating the number two seeds, Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins of Great Britain, 7-6(3), 6-3. The Mexican/American tandem won on their team debut last year at…
Number two seed Marion Bartoli and third-seeded Dominika Cibulkova coasted to straight-set wins on Thursday, highlighting second-round main draw action at the Bank of the West Classic. Bartoli, the 2009 tournament champion, survived an early scare from Stanford senior Mallory Burdette and posted a 7-5, 6-0 victory in her first match of the tournament. With Burdette leading…
In Thursday action at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, R.I., Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and doubles partner Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico, the third-seeded doubles pairing, were 7-6(6), 6-7(3), 10-7 winners over the team of Russian Alex Bogomolov Jr. & Gilles Mueller of Luxembourg. With the win, Lipsky & Gonzalez advance to the semifinals on Friday where…
When John Isner and Nicolas Mahut step on court to play each other, it’s natural for fans to wonder how long they will be watching. However, in Newport R.I. on Wednesday, the match time was just one hour and 18 minutes—a far cry from the 11 hour and five minute battle the two competed in…
Tennis Channel will cover nine Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series events during the seven weeks between now and the U.S. Open, offering more than 100 match hours from the annual North American summer hard-court season. The network’s lineup includes five men’s ATP and three women’s WTA tournaments, along with a combined event with both men’s…
Defending tournament champion and recent Wimbledon singles champ Serena Williams looked dominant in her opening match, cruising past Stanford junior Nicole Gibbs 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon at the 2012 Bank of the West Classic. Competing in her first match since capturing her fifth career Wimbledon title only four days ago, Williams required only one hour…
Andy Roddick is gearing up for the 2012 Olympics in London where he will be competing in both singles and men’s doubles. The 29-year old recently won on grass in June at the AEGON Eastborne Championships, giving him 600 singles match wins. Despite being knocked out of Wimbledon in the third round, grass courts are…
In the second day of action at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, R.I., all top three seeds advanced to the second round, including defending champion, John Isner. Isner beat qualifier Sergei Bubka of the Ukraine, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3 to secure another match with Frenchman Nicolas Mahut. Isner and Mahut took part…
The USTA has announced that the ninth season of the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series, the seven-week North American summer tennis season that links 10 ATP World Tour and WTA summer tournaments to the U.S. Open, launched Monday with the women’s Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, Calif. Since its inception in 2004, the…
Since I was 21, tennis has been central part of my life. This year, I have turned 65. A lot has happened in the intervening years: Marriages, divorces, children, wooden racquets, metal racquets, short shorts, long shorts, white balls, yellow balls, watching, learning, coaching, and finally, appreciating all of these things. Living in Florida and…