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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.
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.
New US Open champion Marin Cilic was quick to praise the inspiration given to him by one-time hero and now coach Goran Ivanisevic and reveal the part the 2001 Wimbledon winner played in last nights triumph on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard has left the new WTA event in Hong Kong high and dry without a draw card player after pulling out of this week's tournament; the Canadian, ranked eighth, cited fatigue.
Serena Williams took a record $4 million for winning the US Open, the biggest prize money check that has been given in tennis. Williams got $3 million for winning the US Open, and $1 million for winning the US Open series, with points given for how players perform in warm-up events.
The USTA announced that Tony Trabert, a two-time U.S. National Championships singles winner and long-time voice of the US Open on CBS Sports, has been named the 2014 inductee into the US Open Court of Champions, a US Open and USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center attraction honoring the greatest singles champions in the history of the U.S. Championships/US Open.
Devastated Novak Djokovic was pondering his schedule as the beaten US Open semi-finalist and decided to skip Davis Cup play this weekend in India for Serbia after losing a 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to Japan's Kei Nishikori.
Roger Federer has already put his 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 semi-final defeat at the US Open in perspective after going down to Marin Cilic and is turning his focus to the Swiss Davis Cup weekend semi-final in Geneva against Italy.
Andy Murray will not be going to the polls today as his long-term residence in England means he does not get a vote in the historic Scottish referendum on whether to secede from the United Kingdom. But the former Wimbledon and US Open champion did a last minute U turn on his stance of not getting involved in politics by taking to Twitter and Facebook to reveal his support for independence.
This was a case where you really didn't have to see the match to imagine what happened. You *knew* Serena Williams would produce most of the power, and end most of the points one way or the other, and that Caroline Wozniacki would get lots and lots of balls back until Serena hit either a winner or an error.
For the first time since the 2005 Australian Open (Marat Safin vs. Lleyton Hewitt), a men's singles Grand Slam final will be without either Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, or Novak Djokovic. It will also be the first Grand Slam final between two men ranked outside the top 10 since the 2002 French Open...
When we saw that the WTA had scheduled three events for the week after the U. S. Open, we couldn't help but think, Why? Why would anyone fly from New York to the Far East for a new event? Especially given that one of this week's events is Quebec City, which is closer to home and is a tournament the players like a lot.
Marcos Giron's first taste of the U.S. Open was a sweet one. The UCLA Bruin earned a wild card into the main draw of the men's singles event and lost to No. 1 American John Isner in three competitive sets. More than a week later, Giron capped off a title-winning run in the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational.
Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer? Not exactly. The 2014 U.S. Open men's singles final will pit Kei Nishikori vs. Marin Cilic on Monday afternoon. That surprising title match became reality on Saturday afternoon when Nishikori and Cilic scored respective semifinal victories over Djokovic and Federer.
A win in Zagreb; a final in Rotterdam and now another title at the Delray Beach Open for Marin Cilic – it’s been a three week streak that has made the popular Croat the hottest player on the ATP tour this year. He has now won 14 of his last 15 matches and 18 in all – more than any other player.
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