Archive: charleston
Madison Keys is currently in the top ten of the world’s most exceptional tennis players. Coached by former world champion, Lindsay Davenport, Keys has a massive forehand, a big serve, decent movement, good hands, an acceptable backhand and a growing confidence in her game.
On the hardest and most physically demanding of surfaces against some of the toughest circumstances in tennis, 14th-seeded Kiki Bertens claimed the biggest title of her career, winning two matches in one day to claim the Volvo Car Open title.
Recently, I spoke with a coaching friend who claimed one of the most important aspects of working with top ten players is the ability to help the athlete manage their energy.
When professional players compete in high level tournaments, one of the goals is to leave their mark on the event. At the Charleston 800K this week, as they seek to make their marks, many women are sliding, skidding and slipping on the green clay.
Back around the turn of the millennium, a frizzy haired Brazilian won the French Open, drawing a massive heart on the court to express his love for the crowd, the tournament and for tennis in general.
I headed over to the stadium tonite to catch the second set of Madison Keys against Lara Arruabarrena. The twenty-six year-old Spaniard has good ball control, an average serve and is coming off her best year on tour.
The stadium court at the Charleston WTA event holds about six-thousand tennis enthusiasts. Most of them are slathered in sunscreen and wearing white hats which hide the icees and ice creams they purchased on the way inside.
The strange thing about Charleston’s WTA event’s sponsor booth selection is the synergy of it all. The white tents and sanitized smells merge with various food trucks and pop-up booths to bring a circus-like atmosphere to the site.
After thirty years of coaching, today I learned something new. I am...
Charleston, SC. is an 800k event on the WTA calendar. Around the players lounge, towering figures like Kvitova and Pliskova make shade for Sara Errani and Lauren Davis.
The city of Charleston has history in every nook and cranny. Military forts, civil rights battles, plantation homes, and a proximity to Savannah which hosts ghost haunts.
The Volvo Car Open has extended two of its five main draw wild cards to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Andrea Petkovic. They join a deep field that includes Caroline Garcia, Johanna Konta, Sloane Stephens, Petra Kvitová, Madison Keys, Daria Kasatkina, Julia Goerges, Naomi Osaka and more in the Charleston, South Carolina.
Check out the up to date results from the women's Volvo Car Open tennis tournament in Charleston.
Click here to keep up with the up-to-date tennis results from the Volvo Car Open.
Andy Roddick picked up in 2016 just where he left off in 2015 on the PowerShares Series, winning his debut event of the new season in Charleston, S.C. Saturday night, defeating Andre Agassi 6-1 in the one-set championship match.
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