In the first of a series building up to this year’s US Open by looking back at classic matches at the tournament, Jimmy Connors rolls back the years. Jimmy Connors vs. Aaron Krickstein (4th Round, 1991) 3–6, 7–6(10-8), 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(4) Aaron Krickstein makes for an unlikely combatant in [...]
“I am very sad to announce that I am not ready to play the US Open in NY. Thanks to my fans for their support and specially, the new yorkers” – with these words, shared via his Twitter account, King of Clay Rafael Nadal announced to disappointed tennis fans across [...]
Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova is becoming name to be feared on the WTA tour. Normally a doubles specialist, this year’s singles tour has seen her reach the quarter finals of the French Open and of course produce that now famous golden set against the much fancied Sara Errani at Wimbledon. Against [...]
Marion Bartoli, seeded sixth in the Western and Southern Open being played in Cincinnati this week as part of the run up series to the US Open, certainly was not at her energetic best when she served a total of thirteen double faults in her straight set defeat to Johanna [...]
Jeremy Chardy of France defeated American player Andy Roddick 7-6 6-3 in 92 minutes in the first round of Cincinnati Masters. Chardy entered the draw as a lucky loser, replacing injured John Isner. Chardy and Roddick showed some quality tennis throughout the first set and with no breaks of serve, [...]
“Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting; what they don’t reveal is essential!” — Anonymous When Andy Murray routed Roger Federer for the Olympic gold medal, he turned the Big 3 into the Big 4. But Murray still hasn’t won a Grand Slam title, while Federer has [...]
There has been a lot written about Brian Baker, and rightly so, because of his tennis accomplishments so far during 2012. After 6 years of non participation in competitive tennis, he entered a series of ITF Futures and Challenger events in 2011 and early 2012 in which he played very [...]
Former world no.1 Jelena Jankovic won’t have very good memories on Monday night in Cincinnati. China’s Peng Shuai defeated her in the first round after a three set thriller, winning 5-7 7-5 7-6 (8). Jankovic has also lost in the opening round of last week’s Rogers Cup in Montreal, going [...]
Fourth seeded Petra Kvitova received a bye into the second round of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. There she will meet an impressive looking Mona Barthel after the German claimed her place in the last 32 with a 6-0 6-4 win over Spain’s Martinez-Sanchez. 11th seeded Cibulkova of [...]
Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt proceed to second round of 2012 Cincinnati Masters while sixteenth seed Andy Roddick drops out. Querrey, Istomin, Troicki, and Chardy are also through. German veteran Haas has been in a great form recently as he won the Halle tournament in June and played some superb [...]
With the hardcourt season well underway, the WTA’s top players are eyeing the trophy in Cincinnati en route to the US Open. Following her Olympic gold medal, 2nd seed Serena Williams will return to action here and could set up a number of interesting matchups in the quarterfinal and semifinal [...]
As the American hard court swing really gets underway, Juan Martin Del Potro remains forever the enigma. Viewed by many as the best player outside the top four, his fans expectantly await the day when he lifts a second Grand Slam title. However, since clinching the US Open three years [...]
2001 US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt and 106th ranked James Blake have been confirmed as wild card entrants for this year’s Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows by the USTA (United States Tennis Association). Both Hewitt and Blake have enjoyed something of a career revival this tennis season, and as such [...]
In a tournament hampered by rain and withdrawals, the Monday night finals between Petra Kvitova and Li Na provided a spectacular finish to the week in Montreal. Both in search of their first title of the year, the duo battled through a tight first set. After an hour of incredible [...]
