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The 114th annual Ojai concluded on Sunday with former UCLA Bruins Dennis Novikov and Haythem Abid doing battled in the Men’s Open singles final with Novikov coming back to win, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Grace Min and Daniel Kosakowski lead the Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge Standings as the race for a main draw wild card into the French Open concludes this week at the Tallahassee (Fla.) Tennis Challenger and Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla.
The 2011 runner-up Jo Wilfried Tsonga and the youngest player ranked inside the world’s Top 20, Grigor Dimitrov, have both committed to play in the Aegon Championships, 9-15 June.
For a second straight week there is no Masters 1000 event and this time around there is not even a 500-pointer on the menu. Monte-Carlo and Barcelona have gone by the wayside and the back-to-back stretch of Madri followed by Rome does not begin until next week.
Kei Nishikori won the first clay-court title of his career--and his fourth overall--by making quick 6-2, 6-2 work of Santiago Giraldo on Sunday in Barcelona. Nishikori broke his opponent five times in eight return games to prevail in one hour and 13 minutes.
Tallahassee Tennis Challenger champion Donald Young headlines Monday’s play at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event, the final of three tournaments in the Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge, whose winner will earn a spot in the main draw of the French Open.
UCLA jumped out to an early lead with the doubles point and allowed just two singles losses to clinch the Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championship title, their second-consecutive tournament Championship and second overall.
Grigor Dimitrov won the tourney in Bucharest. He beat Lukas Rosol 7-6, 6-1 to make that 3 ATP titles he has notched. His ranking will move up tomorrow when the ATP weekly rankings are posted. He is currently ranked 16. Will this put him in the top ten ? Or just near it.
The following is a reprinted “Vantage Point” column that was written by Gene Scott and appeared in Tennis Week on May 26, 1987.
The Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championship final will be between the top two seeds as No. 1 USC and No. 2 UCLA blanked their respective opponents to advance to the championship match. The Trojans and Bruins will face off on Saturday in the final.
All the big names on the men’s tour will be making an appearance in Madrid, as from the 2nd of May to play for the Madrid Masters 1000 title.
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) today announced a strategic partnership with Vixlet, the leading edge technology platform that allows fans to socially connect with players, tournaments and other passionate fans worldwide. The WTA will be the first international sports league on Vixlet's platform.
The International Tennis Federation announced last week that it will launch an ITF Junior Masters featuring the top eight boys and girls from the previous year's final rankings.
Tennis players of the world unite! Complain about the prices of rackets and court rentals and club memberships and most of all the prices of seats / tickets to tennis tourneys. Yikes you practically need to mortgage your house to attend a really super nice tourney in Indian Wells. Wake up all tournament directors.
Legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri has led life with the intensity of a fifth set tiebreaker. In his autobiography he tells all, from his humble beginnings in a suburb of New York to his triumphs on the center courts at Wimbledon, the French Open, the Australian Open and the U.S. Open.
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