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 [...]
Chinese Li Na won her 6th career title after defeating Angelique Kerber in Sunday’s final at the Cincinnati Open. Li came back from a set down on her way to victory against the German, winning 1-6 6-3 6-1. Kerber started the match flawlessly, and not only did she cruise through [...]
It’s no big surprise that the major topic of discussion last week was Rafael Nadal’s announcement that he was withdrawing from this month’s U.S. Open due to an ongoing knee injury that also forced him out of the Olympics. But what was an even bigger surprise, at least for me, [...]
ANDRE AGASSI is a former number one player who was dominant in the early 1990s and mid 2000s. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time. He competed in 15 Grand Slam finals and is an eight time Grand Slam singles champion, having [...]
For full match commentary, please click Here Roger Federer cruised to a 5th title win at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati after beating Serb Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-0 7-6 (7). Djokovic clearly struggled to get into his rhythm in the first set. His serve has let [...]
