Archive: tennis
Tennis Canada's former CEO, Michael Downey, who now leads Britain's LTA, has described three important guidelines to developing young players.
The No. 1 players in the world had to work a little bit of overtime thanks to a five-set marathon between Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka earlier in the day on Wednesday. In the long run, though, it hardly mattered for Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic. Both players won their night-session matches to earn spots in the U.S. Open semifinals.
The similarities are very real. In 2007, an 18-turning-19 Ernests Gulbis was playing in his first U.S. Open. In the third round, a day-session match against veteran Spaniard Tommy Robredo was pushed into the night. It was worth the wait for Gulbis, who destroyed the world No. 8 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 29 minutes.
Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be facing each other for the second time this summer on American hard courts when they do battle in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Monday. With CBS owning afternoon TV coverage rights for Labor Day weekend, all of the biggest names are taking the court early in the day...
One of the best things about watching the galaxy of stars inter-act at the ATP Heritage dinner at the Waldorf Astoria just before the US Open was the degree to which the world No 1’s were in awe of each other.
Click here to check out some photos of the talented Nick Krygios @ the 2014 US Open.
Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) and Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) moved through to week two at the U.S. Open on Saturday in Flushing Meadows, New York. / Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) et Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) seront de la deuxième semaine des Internationaux des États-Unis, à Flushing Meadows, New York.
Fans of Roger Federer with both day and night U.S. Open tickets on Sunday may think they are getting to see the 17-time Grand Slam championship twice. They will, in fact, see Federer once. But the second men's third-round match of the day will feature not Federer, but a man who has molded his playing style after that of the Swiss--Grigor Dimitrov.
For the second straight year at the U.S. Open, not a single American man reached the fourth round. The host nation's last hopes, Sam Querrey and John Isner, both bowed out of the tournament during second-round action on Saturday.
By the looks of things, Novak Djokovic's little summer vacation is over, and he's back at work. He leaves Sam Querrey still a little below the Top Fifty -- but at least Querrey seems finally to be going in the right direction.
Next came this awesome match between these two great ladies players. And next thing we know "pokey " the cat dove under the bed. We think the world of Maria's Play and talent and guts and determination. She is a great champion. But she is just too loud. Just saying.
Nick Kyrgios will get top billing in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday night at the U.S. Open. Perhaps CBS officials called for even bigger names during the day, and they got them. Joining Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in third-round action are familiar foes John Isner and Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Wearing his traditional all-black U.S. Open night outfit, Roger Federer rolled into the third round of the season's final major with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Sam Groth on Friday. Federer out-aced the big-serving Australian nine to eight while prevailing in one hour and 48 minutes.
It was a day of firsts for Dominic Thiem; his first five-setter, his first comeback from two sets down, and his first trip to the third round of a Grand Slam. But it could have been so much better.
Has the bottom half of the Open draw been taken over by aliens or something? First Agnieszka Radwanska, now this. Admittedly Simona Halep gives the impression of being primarily a traditional-surface player. But Mirjana Lucic-Baroni has always preferred clay and grass, too -- and she just barely beat Shahar Peer.
« Previous Page — Next Page »
