US Open (tennis)

By noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) For complete results, see the tournament website. For more on the Kick-off weekend, see texascollegetennis.com. Tags: college tennis, junior tennis, Australian Open Junior Championships, Les Petits As, Eric Quigley, ITA Kick-off Weekend, texascollegetennis blog, Colette Lewis

By TennisGrandstand Wire Services Serena Williams By Maud Watson Rivalry Renewed – Australian Open tournament organizers couldn’t have planned it any better if they had tried.  The women’s final will pit current Australian Open Champion Serena Williams against former world No. 1 Justine Henin. Though Serena has never sa...

By noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) The USTA made a big splash today with the announcement that a National Playoff will decide one of the wild cards into the qualifying for the U.S. Open. This is being compared to the tournament structure that allows amateurs to compete for a spot in the USGA's US Open golf tournament, but it's ac...

Bode Miller will trade his skis for a tennis racket after the Winter Olympics and World Cup season. Miller will attempt to qualify for the U.S. Open through a new national playoff system announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Tennis Association. Tennis aficionados around the country can compete for a...

By TennisGrandstand Wire Services WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., January 26, 2010 – The USTA announced today the launch of the US Open National Playoffs, which will expand the footprint of the US Open and provide the opportunity for all players 14 years of age and older to earn a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament. The US...

By noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) The first round of singles at the Australian Open Junior Championships were played over two days and are just finishing now, which is Monday in Melbourne. Tags: junior tennis, Australian Open, Heather Watson, Gabriela Dabrowski, Colette Lewis

By JA Allen 2. Novak Djokovic (Last Power Ranking: 2; ATP Ranking: 3) 6. Andy Roddick (Last Power Ranking: NR; ATP Ranking: 7) 7. Roger Federer (Last Power Ranking: 5; ATP Ranking: 1) Last Four Tournaments: London[RR (2-1)], Paris [R16], Valencia [Winner], US Open [R16]

By noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) Playing with Andy Murray in the best-of-three-match competition (women's singles, men's singles and mixed doubles), Robson had been competitive all week, but had gone 0-3 against Sabine Lisicki, Elena Dementieva and Yaroslava Shvedova. Murray had won all of his matches, however, an...

By noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) Dabrowski and partner Marianne Jodoin, also of Canada, won the girls doubles title over the unseeded team of Eric and Anita Husaric of Bosnia 3-6, 6-1, 12-10. Tags: college tennis, junior tennis, Casablanca Cup, Alex Domijan, Pro Circuit, Australian Open, Colette Lewis

Coming into the 2001 US Open, Venus had earned two Grand Slam singles titles, Serena one. But they'd never met in a Grand Slam singles final. ... Women's Tennis 2009: In RetrospectTheSportsCampus.com ATP review 2009SkySports Roger Federer and Serena Williams win ITF awardsBBC Sport

In a decade where Roger Federer has dominated and left little chance of success for his challengers, Andy has more-than filled the shoes of former American greats Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi by reaching five Grand Slam finals and climbing to the top of the ATP Rankings, where he remaine...

Reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters has beaten another Williams sister, much like she did in winning the final major in 2009 over world No. ... Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters set for Brisbane InternationalCourier Mail all 2 news articles »

2009 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro was named “Athlete of the Year” and “Best Tennis Player” at the recent Fox Pan American Sports llc's Premios Fox ...

By TennisGrandstand Wire Services By Maud Watson The Real Deal – Kim Clijsters is quickly going on to prove that her dash to the US Open title was no fluke. In an exhibition match played earlier this week in her native Belgium, Clijsters once again defeated former world No. 1 Venus Williams. This time the Belgian secured an empha...

By Manfred Wenas Serena Williams End of an Era – It appears that Indianapolis may lose its right to host a professional tournament. A victim of the recession, Tournament Director Kevin Martin explained the event’s nonprofit group had looked at a variety of options, but is now faced with selling its sancti...

By TennisGrandstand Wire Services Andy Murray has broken up with his long-time girlfriend Kim Sears, British media are reporting. Andy Murray has broken up with his long-time girlfriend Kim Sears, British media are reporting. Sears’ father, Nigel Sears, is an employee with the British Lawn Tennis Association where he is...

By noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) In the Birmingham Futures, unseeded James Lemke of Australia beat top seed and former Cal standout Conor Niland of Ireland 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Artem Sitak and former Kentucky standout Tigran Martirosyan, the second seeds, won the doubles over former LSU Tigers Colt Gaston and Michael Venus 6...

By noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) The semifinals are set for the Junior Davis and Fed Cups in Mexico, and there will be no second straight title for the U.S. The seventh-seeded Amerian team was defeated by second-seeded Czech Republic 2-1, splitting the singles matches, but losing the doubles in three sets. The top seeded te...

By Paula Vergara Paula Vergara is a freelance tennis journalist, covering the WTA and ATP tours. Paula’s publishing credits include On the Baseline Tennis News, Tennis.com, USTA New England Magazine, and Bob Larson’s Tennis News. Paula is also a member of the United States Tennis Writers’ Association. To...

By gauloises1 We’ve watched the final three straight times, now. Live on Monday, on ESPN2 on Tuesday, on the Tennis Channel on Wednesday. I’ve seen the trophy ceremony and match point endless times. And yet, I still haven’t fully assimilated that yes, it happened. We saw DelPo win his first Slam, and he beat...

By Nick's Picks By now, you probably know Heather Watson as the U.S. Open Junior girls’ champion. …her dream doubles match: I’d like to play with one of the Bryan brothers. Maybe the left-handed one. I’d like to play against, umm, probably not Serena. I’d be too scared. Maybe play against Venus and the other Bryan...

By thebenjamin Melanie Oudin became the big story here in the US by beating several players with solid pedigrees. Maybe the Williams sisters will finally be joined by another American woman in the top 20. Women’s tennis is the US, with the exception of the Williams’, has not been good recently. I did not root...

By J.A. Allen Roger Federer This will be his second consecutive Monday final. Last year he faced Andy Murray in Murray’s first Grand Slam final. In 2007 it was Novak Djokovic’s first. This year it will be del Potro’s first Grand Slam final. Ladies and gentlemen: Federer in four.

By Nick's Picks Nick’s Picks is back for the US Open and we are in New York City for the entire tournament to provide live coverage! Once again, we’ve partnered with Tennis Week for even more coverage and you can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr!

By Nick's Picks Serena Williams (USA) vs. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) Nick’s Pick – S. Williams in 2 sets Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Nick’s Picks is back for the US Open and we are in New York City for the entire tournament to provid

By Nick's Picks Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Devin Britton (USA) Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) Rafael Nadal (USA) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA) Nick’s Picks is back for the US Open and we are in New York City for the entire tournament to

By Nick's Picks Maria Sharapova (USA) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) Serena Williams (USA) vs. Alexa Glatch (USA) Nick’s Pick – S. Williams in 2 sets Kim Clijsters (BEL) vs. Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) Nick’s Picks is back for the US Open and we are in New York City for the entire tournament to

By Nick's Picks It’s US Open time again and we are thrilled to be back in New York for the entire tournament. Be sure to stay with Nick’s Picks throughout the tournament for live coverage of the year’s final Grand Slam. We begin today with our breakdown of the draws.

By alexanderlawrie Dunblane-born Murray will join fellow tennis ace Andy Roddick – the man who knocked him out of this year’s Wimbledon semi-final – Maria Sharapova and other celebs in the charity tournament on August 29. By Alexander Lawrie SCOTS tennis ace Andy Murray has revealed his habit of flexing his...

By mjsenno SBJ reports the tournament will use four Twitter feeds – one with general tournament information, which they have used well to disseminate information thus far, and three others that will follow three individual players selected by the fans around the course. Interactivity is one of th...

By RiCH(downthelinetennis@gmail.com) Here it is: the very last match of the Grand Slam season. Go ahead and cry. Roger Federer will be looking to match Bill Tilden's record of six straight US Open titles and earn his 16th major when he faces first-time finalist Juan Martin del Potro in today's final.

By TennisGrandstand Wire Services The USTA announced today that tennis Hall-of-Famer and two-time US Open Champion Tracy Austin will serve as a special consultant for USTA Player Development. Austin will assist in the coaching of female players at the USTA's West Coast Training Center in Carson, Calif., and will report t...

By TennisGrandstand Wire Services The 2008 year-end No. 1, Jelena Jankovic, the US Open finalist, is the top seed and will play Wimbledon Champion Venus Williams, who closed the year at No. 6. The other semifinal features 2008 US Open and 2009 Australian Open Champion Serena Williams, who finished 2008 No. 2 but has now regaine...

By Aaress Lawless Only two former major champions remain alive in the draw at Melbourne, Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Williams has been touted as a title favorite, but sadly it has been years since Svetlana Kuznetsova has been legitimately considered a contender for a major title.

By Aaress Lawless Everyone, feel free to discuss Tuesday’s matches in the comments below. Enjoy the tennis! Venus and Serena Williams will launch their 2009 Australian Open campaigns on day two of the season's first Grand Slam. The bottom half of the women's draw will hit the courts at Melbourne Park on Tues...

By Aaress Lawless • Men’s and Women’s Singles – Roddick will take on Isner and Serena will take on Caroline as the present takes on the future of tennis. • Mixed Doubles – Roddick and Serena will team up against Isner and Caroline to compete in a mixed doubles match.

By Aaress Lawless 1. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 4. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 8. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) MAROON GROUP (Number denotes seeding) 2. Dinara Safina (RUS) 3. Serena Williams (USA) 5. Elena Dementieva (RUS) 7. Venus Williams (USA) Aaress’ Picks for Day One

“My name is Joseph Taranto and I was there for the first 3 rounds of andy Roddick’s 2008 US Open. I live in Staten Island, NY, so going to the open is a routine thing for me every year. Every year I go to the US Open for the first seven days of the tourney, so I get too see a lot of Roddick matches.

By Martin Jacques As Murray scales the heights of world tennis, he will surely inspire a new generation of British tennis players just like, in their time, Bjorn Borg and Boris Becker did in Sweden and Germany respectively. And the very fact that he is not a chip off the old block of the English tennis establis...

In Sports News this Monday: Roger Federer beats Radek Štěpánek in the third round of what has been a disappointing US Open for the Czech Republic; Sparta stay in front in the Czech league after a home win over Viktoria Žižkov; Milan Baroš will be hoping a move to Turkey’s Galatasaray can rev...

By Lucy Flory Andy’s first round match is scheduled for the second evening session on Wednesday following a women’s singles match, and the atmosphere under the lights on Arthur Ashe court will be one Andy will relish! Speaking before the tournament Andy enthused:

By Nick's Picks Nick’s Picks along with Tennis Week and CBS Sports will bring you live coverage of the US Open from New York City. Check back everyday for insight leading up to the Open and then throughout. Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Arnaud Clement (FRA) Andy Roddick (USA) vs. Fabrice Santoro (FRA)

By Andyroddick.com Staff Q. Did you get a chance to watch them play in Wimbledon ? Q. You traveled the world, obviously, all these different tournaments in give countries. What is special about the Open? Is it your favorite tournament? What makes it so special when you go out there?

By Andyroddick.com Staff Stay tuned to AR.com for everything Andy over the summer and throughout the Olympus US Open Series. Check out www.usopenseries.com for all player and tournament additional info. Go Andy in USA! The Greatest Road Trip in Sports is kicking off its fifth season on Andy’s home hardcourts for the O...

By Nick's Picks It has not been a predictable day so far at Wimbledon as 2004 champion Maria Sharapova and American James Blake both lost. Sharapova, the #2 ranked player in the world, was beaten by Alla Kudryavtseva 6-2, 6-4. Kudryavtseva, who has only been to the third round of a Grand Slam once, came into t...

By Andyroddick.com Staff “I live in Belgium and I would love to say what was my favourite moment but the problem is: we have seen only ONE match against Johansson. The other match , the Belgium TV don’t propose. So my favourite moment is against Johansson.” – Catherine from Belgium.

By Andyroddick.com Staff Andy has arrived at the final stop on his US Open Series road trip – the US Open in New York. Throughout the summer, many of you have written in from several of Andy’s stops on tour – Indy, Washington DC, Montreal, Cincy – so in keeping with the ‘I was there’ tradition, we’re going to feature them...

By Andyroddick.com Staff The 2007 US Open is the culmination of the US Open Series, the North American summer season of 10 ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour events that begins July 16. The USTA will offer up to an additional $2.6 million in bonus prize money at the US Open to the top three men’s and top three women’s singles f...

Pro tennis player Guillermo Coria, once ranked No. 3 worldwide, is suing a New Jersey supplement manufacturer, claiming its steroid-contaminated vitamins led to a positive drug test and a suspension that cost him millions. In a trial set to begin Monday in New Jersey Superior Court in New...

By Andyroddick.com Staff This man’s name is Pete Pistone, and he and his brother, Tom, own Executive Star Group and run the security for the US Open and for Davis Cup. This past weekend, Pete and Tom were not only “keeping their eye on the ball” in North Carolina, they were on the ball when he came to protecting our men. Af...