Those of you who seek clarification of the editorial drift of Tennis Week enunciated a few issues ago, would do well to note that this column covered the Australian Open without once mentioning Mats Wilander or Martina Navratilova.
The NCAA tennis championships often have a distinct California flavor. This year is no different even though the event is being held across the country at the Dan Magill Tennis Center in Athens, Ga.
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do." That's how the saying goes, and so went the top two players in the world last week in Rome. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic put on games that would not have disappointed in ancient Roman times and certainly did not disappoint in the present day.
A tournament with such mesmerizing matches from start to finish should only end one way: with the top two players in the world going head-to-head. And the Internazionali BNL d'Italia is doing just that on Sunday.
The show will air Sunday, May, 18, at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, immediately following the finals of the Italian Open. Another airing will take place later in the day at 10 p.m. PT.
Silence of the Lambs would never fly as a title for a tennis movie. Silence is rare in our sport and lambs have not been sighted for some time. Issues instead bellow out for attention. Certainly the game's leaders are more shark than sheep but seldom do they act together.
Former touring tennis professional Ros Nideffer of San Diego (Rancho Bernardo) captured the 50 and over singles title at the USTA National Senior Women's Hard Court Championships with a 6-2, 6-3 victory in the final over second-seeded Tracy Houk of Montara, Calif.
Defending Champion and World No. 5 Simona Halep has committed to play the New Haven Open at Yale, a WTA event that is part of the Emirates Airline US Open Series to be held August 15-23, 2014 at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale.
It will be a championship day on Friday as singles finals in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s divisions of the USTA National Senior Women’s Hard Court Championships are scheduled to be played at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.
One day after reaching his fourth Masters 1000 quarter-final of the 2014, Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) advanced to his first semifinal of the season on Friday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome thanks to a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 win over Frenchman Jérémy Chardy, who upset Roger Federer in the second round.
The Jack Kramer Club is excited to host the 1st ever California Championships where juniors, adults, collegiate players, and America's Top Pros will compete to be crowned "Champion of California."
Roger Federer had already been confirmed, of course, for the third annual Laver Cup next summer. After all, it is taking place in none other than Geneva, Switzerland.
Roger Federer did it. So, did Caroline Wozniacki. They were the applauded and appreciated Australian Open singles winners. Much less well received was the brutal heat that turned the fortnight into the Dehydration Open.
