Madison Square Garden and the Garden of Dreams Foundation have announced that Andre Agassi will be the recipient of the 2011 Garden of Dreams Hero Award. The award, established in 2009, honors one person or organization annually that embodies the spirit and commitment of the Garden of Dreams Foundation, with active, on-going dedication to children…
The American doubles team of Merrick, N.Y. native Scott Lipsky & Rajeev Ram upset the team of Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram of Israel, in a third set superbreaker tie-break, 6-2, 3-6, 10-2, to advance to the second round of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. Just last week, the duo of Lipsky & Ram…
Caroline Wozniacki defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia on Sunday, 6-1, 6-3, in the Dubai Championship finals. With her win, Wozniacki will reclaim the top spot in the WTA rankings from current number one, Kim Clijsters, as Kuznetsova will move up to number 11 in the rankings. Wozniacki didn’t drop a set during the week at the Dubai…
Andy Roddick won the 30th title of his career in his 50th professional final on Sunday with a 7-6 (7), 6-7 (11), 7-5 victory over Milos Raonic of Canada in the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Tenn. The top-seeded Roddick two-plus hour win for Roddick makes him the eighth American to have captured at least 30 titles,…
The French Tennis Federation (FTF) has voted to keep the French Open at its traditional Roland Garros venue and renovate the existing site by expanding it and brining modern amenities to the facility. The FFT said that it had chosen the option of renovating Roland Garros, located in western Paris for more than 80 years, by making…
Kim Clijsters from Belgium was defeated by Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3, in the finals of the Open Gaz De France on Sunday, but claimed the top spot in the WTA rankings from previous number one Caroline Wozniacki. "I think in the past matches where I beat her, she showed some of…
The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open men’s and women’s player fields were announced and the tournament will host a field worthy of a Grand Slam event with each of the top 77 ranked men’s players and 74 of the top 75 ranked women’s players in the world attending. Once again, the world’s best players including Rafael Nadal,…
The United States team will travel to Germany for the Fed Cup playoffs. The Americans, who lost to Belgium in the first round last weekend without the injured Williams Sisters, need to beat the Germans in order to stay in the eight-team World Group. The best-of-five series will be played April 16-17. The venue has yet…
A Look Back at the 2010 ATP Tour Grand Slam Champions Australian Open Championship ►Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(11) French Open Championship ►Rafael Nadal defeated Robin Soderling, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 Wimbledon Championship ►Rafael Nadal defeated Thomas Berdych, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 U.S. Open…
For ardent tennis fans, nothing beats courtside seats to watch the great players battling in a Grand Slam tournament, such as Wimbledon or the French Open. But the reality is that these tickets are far from easy to come by, and if you are lucky enough to acquire them you want to get what you pay…