Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu took home her second WTA title of the year, becoming the first player from Canada to win the Rogers Cup in a half century in Toronto on Sunday. Andreescu was trailing Serena Williams 1-3 when the 23-time Grand Slam champion was forced to retire with back spasms. “It’s not easy…
The ATP World Tour announced that Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Jurgen Melzer have been elected to the Player Council. The three players will be replacing the roles left by Robin Haase, Jamie Murray and Sergiy Stakhovsky, who resigned prior to Wimbledon. The next Player Council meeting is slated to be held in New…
The USTA today announced an extensive line-up of musical talent that will entertain fans over the course of the three-week 2019 US Open. Beginning with Fan Week and concluding with the men’s singles championship, the US Open will feature a diverse array of talents representing all musical genres crossing from country to Broadway and from indie…
Former world number ones Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams have been awarded the first wild cards for the 2019 Western & Southern Open. Both players join the main draw field for the tournament that will be held Aug. 10-18 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. “Maria and Venus are two of the…
The USTA announced the field for the 2019 US Open Wheelchair Competition. The event, in its 12th year, will be held Sept. 5-8 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. The 2019 US Open Wheelchair Competition will feature a men’s, women’s and quad division and will include six events:…
The USTA announced that US Open Fan Week, a week-long tennis and entertainment festival, will kick-off the 2019 US Open and run from Monday, August 19 through Sunday, August 25, on the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Anchored by the US Open Qualifying Tournament, the week’s activities also include…
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced on Thursday that the 2019 US Open will feature the largest purse in the sport’s history as it will surpass $57 million in prize money. In addition to the increased prize money, the USTA will also be making a $1,000,000 payment to support the ATP and WTA Tour…
With two chapters of the New York Open under the community and organizer’s belts, tournament officials at GF Sports tell us that New York Open 3.0 plans to return bigger, better and maintain its moniker as the “Home of The Black Court.” GF Sports has already been busy preparing for the only indoor championships…
The Wimbledon fortnight came to a close this past weekend as an exciting two weeks of tennis in London was capped off by a first-time Wimbledon champion, and an all-time match between two of the sport’s greatest players ever. On Saturday, Romania’s Simona Halep captured her second career Grand Slam and her first Wimbleon…
Outside of a puzzling dip in form in the second set, Roger Federer outplayed Rafael Nadal in the 40th meeting between the all-time greats on Friday, as the 37-year-old Swiss advanced to the Wimbledon final with a 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory. In the highly-anticipated final, neither player budged on serve in the first set…