Tennis fans across the world can rejoice as Rafael Nadal recently announced that he will return to tennis, although they’ve a 7-month wait ahead of them. Although he won’t be competing in the US Open at Flushing Meadows when it begins next Monday, he has confirmed that he will be [...]
French player Marion Bartoli, the number five seed at the New Haven Open at Yale tournament being played this week in the run up to the US Open, made hard work of her match on Tuesday against the fast rising, stylish, accurate and hard hitting young American, Sloane Stephens. Often [...]
Befitting his official ATP ranking status of No. 1 in the world, 17-time Grand Slam winner and all-round tennis ace Roger Federer has been confirmed as the top seed for the US Open this year. Seedings were officially announced this week, with draws for the men’s field expected to be [...]
Lois Ann Goodman, one of the sport’s top professional line judges, was at the centre of a shocking arrest on Tuesday following investigation into the death of her husband in April. Goodman, who has officiated in matches featuring the world’s top players, was taken into custody on a felony warrant [...]
Raphael Harper Junior will make history at the US Open this year as he becomes the first Jamaican umpire to officiate at the last Grand Slam event of the year, held in Flushing Meadows in New York City. An experienced and renowned umpire, who has served the Jamaica Tennis Association [...]
Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov reached the third round of the Winston-Salem Open after dismissing Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei in straight sets 6-1 6-3. Dolgopolov, who had a bye in round one, dominated in all departments and with 8 aces to his good, he set up an encounter against the winner [...]
Bjorn Borg vs. John McEnroe (Final, 1980) 7–6(7-4), 6–1, 6–7(5-7), 5–7, 6–4 Over the summer of 1980 tennis regent Bjorn Borg and young pretender John McEnroe engaged each other in a pair of classic grand slam finals. The first, at Wimbledon, is one of the most feted matches of all-time [...]
Fifth seed Andy Roddick won the battle of the Americans as he overcame James Blake in two identical sets 7-6 (6) 7-6 (6) to make it to the third round of the Winston-Salem Open. Blake broke Roddick very early on in the match, but the former world no.1 and US [...]
German Mona Barthel started her New Haven campaign with a straight sets 6-3 7-5 win over Slovak Daniela Hantuchova. This was the first meeting between the two players, with Hantuchova having 5 WTA career titles to her name against Barthel’s one title. However, the Slovak has been struggling with her [...]
The final tournaments before the start of the US Open which will commence this coming Monday have got underway in Dallas, Texas and New Haven, Connecticut with some of the WTA’s top players in action. Play in the main draw at the Texas Tennis Open started on Sunday, with the [...]
The twenty two year old Romanian player, Sorana Cirstea, who turned professional in 2006, is one of the streakiest players on the WTA tour. She is a very talented player who, when on top of her game, lets rip with some wonderful and beautifully executed shots but, on her bad [...]
US Open New York, NY, USA August 27-September 9, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 128 $24,054,000 Singles Seeds: (cut: Rochus 105) 1. Roger Federer (SUI) 2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3. Andy Murray (GBR) 4. David Ferrer (ESP) 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 7. Juan Martin Del Potro [...]
US Open Qualifying August 21-24, 2012 Singles Seeds: (cut: Seifert 257) 1. Igor Sijsling (NED) 2. Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 3. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 4. Lukas Rosol (CZE) 5. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 6. Grega Zemlja (SLO) 7. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 8. Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 9. Florent Serra (FRA) 10. Frederico [...]
Wild card holders James Blake and Ryan Harrison made it safely through to the second round of the Winston-Salem Open. Blake fired seven aces on his way to victory against the Spaniard Albert Ramos, prevailing in straight sets 6-4 6-3. Next up for the American will his countryman and no.5 [...]
