Archive: September 2014
Author Doreen Gonzales and members of the Gonzalez family have released a biography entitled “Tennis Legend Pancho Gonzalez” that covers the life and amazing career of the great champion. Pancho’s immigrant parents could not afford lessons for him so he taught himself to play tennis on Los Angeles’ public parks and eventually became the best player in the world for an unparalleled 10 years.
The United States' record Davis Cup streak is alive. In 2015, Team USA will compete in the World Group for the 27th straight time dating back to 1989. No nation is enjoying a longer uninterrupted stay in the highest category of Davis Cup competition.
Roger Federer will get his chance for extra points after all. Switzerland entered Saturday's action leading Italy 2-0, but they didn't really go in for the kill. Rather than have Federer team with Stan Wawrinka to try to win after three matches, they had Wawrinka play with Marco Chiudinelli.
The ITF has announced the latest results for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, World Group play-offs and Zone Group ties taking place on 12-14 September.
Roger Federer bounced back from a U.S. Open semifinal loss to eventual champion Marin Cilic by winning the opening singles rubber in this weekend's Davis Cup tie between Switzerland and Italy on Friday. Federer treated the home crowd in Geneva to a 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4 victory over Simone Bolelli to give the Swiss a 1-0 lead against Italy.
The ITF has announced the latest results for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, World Group play-offs and Zone Group ties taking place on 12-14 September.
Rachel also sits down with Serena Williams to talk about winning her 18th Grand Slam singles title and its significance to her career.
The ITF has announced the draws for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, World Group play-offs and Zone Group ties taking place on 12-14 September.
The official draw for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Play-off between Canada and Colombia took place Thursday at Province House in Halifax to determine the match-ups for the coming weekend. The tie will be contested on an indoor hard court at the Halifax Metro Centre from September 12-14, 2014.
Making a quick turnaround following a semifinal showing at the U.S. Open, Roger Federer will be back in action on Friday when Switzerland hosts Italy in the Davis Cup World Group semifinals. The opening day of singles in Geneva will feature a first rubber between Federer and Simone Bolelli, to be followed by Stan Wawrinka vs. Fabio Fognini.
Former Grand Slam champions Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil are among the latest group of players to be presented with the Davis Cup Commitment Award. The ITF, through its National Associations, will present further Davis Cup Commitment Awards during this weekend’s 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and zone group ties on Saturday 13 September.
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive live coverage of the U.S. Davis Cup team's competition against Slovakia in Chicago, this weekend, with world-whiparound telecasts at 5 p.m. ET, Friday, Sept. 12; 3 p.m. ET, Saturday, Sept. 13; and 1:30 p.m. ET, Sunday, Sept. 14.
It was so sad that for the Barclays year end men's tennis championships in 2013 when Andy Murray qualified but couldn't play due to a back surgery. The part that got us was they took his image away in the venue. It maybe didn't belong in and around London. But he deserved his image @ the 02 ARENA.
The US Open men's final between Marin Cilic and Kei Nishikori drew a 1.9 rating on CBS, less than any other US Open men's final in figures dating back two decades. That represents about 2.2 million watching on television.
Click here to see some of photos from the 2014 US Open tennis.
« Previous Page — Next Page »
