Archive: April 2014
Monte Carlo might as well be a "masters"... What a great draw. Fantastic that Roger Federer took the wild card. We wish more draws had more wildcard spots. It would give the tournament so much more star power.
The Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters may not be a required 1000-point event, but this year's installment of the tournament does not look much different from any other 56-man Masters event.
It will be an all-Spanish singles final at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship on Sunday afternoon. The two compatriots, though, are heading into it after much different days at the office.
So far this week, five players have been named the winner's of the Jackie Cooper-Tory Fretz ASICS Sportsmanship Award during the 47th annual Easter Bowl finishing this weekend at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Click here for the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship results and more.
Desperately wanting to play in her third straight ASICS Easter Bowl final, CiCi Bellis of Atherton, Calif., rallied to win the last four games after being down 4-2 in the third set to beat top-seeded Sofia Kenin of Pembroke Pines, Fla., 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, in the Girls’ 18s singles semifinals on Saturday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
The one that played fire tennis against Jimmy Connors
Jerome Golmard the former Davis Cup tennis player from France and former no 22 ATP singles has been diagnosed with the Lou Gehrig's disease (ASL) in January 2014.
Click here for the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship results and more.
In a match that had all the intensity of a final between two of the nation’s top 16-year-olds, top-seeded Francis Tiafoe of College Park, Md., came back to beat No. 7-seeded Taylor Fritz of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, on Friday to advance to the ITF Boys’ 18s semifinals at the ASICS Easter Bowl.
This may not be the golden era of men's tennis in the United States, but outside of the U.S. Open, Americans at least manage to generally perform well at home.
IMG Tennis, a division of the global sports, fashion and media company, IMG Worldwide, announced today a new global partnership deal for its client Maria Sharapova with Supergoop!, the first prestige skincare line solely dedicated to a healthy approach to broad spectrum sun protection.
Acrimony toward the NCAA continues to grow – they've now abolished the third set for the women and made the men’s game no-ad scoring. Ever the contrarian, this time I’m going to side with the organization.
Dustin Brown is one of the more popular players on tour, far more popular than his current ranking of 101st and his career-high ranking of 89th would suggest. He is well known and even loved for his dreadlocks, his willingness to interact with fans on social media, and of course his incredible shot-making.
John Isner was the only American seeded at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship and he bowed out of the tournament after just one match. A less heralded contingent of Americans, however, is picking up the slack.
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