US Open (tennis)

By Manfred Wenas The prestigious Queens Club in England was celebrating a coup this week after US Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro committed himself to the pre-Wimbledon tournament until 2012 in a bid to improve his grass court game for Wimbledon. Andy Murray picked up his first grass-court title by wi...

By noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) The Eddie Herr acceptances have been posted, and it looks as if they'll be only one junior slam singles winner in the field--US Open girls champion Heather Watson, who, of course, lives in Bradenton and trains at Bollettieri's. French Open finalist Daria Gavrilova of Russia, the Eddie He...

By noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) 2009 US Open girls champion Heather Watson was in London recently between competing in the $50,000 ITF Women's circuit in Barnstaple as a wild card and playing qualifying in the $25,000 this week in Glasgow, and during that time, she's done quite a few interviews. This one, by Donald McRae...

By noreply@blogger.com (Colette Lewis) The Pro Circuit events this week include the $10,000 Men's tournament in Costa Mesa, Calif. and the $75,000 women's tournament in Albuquerque, NM. There is also a $50,000 women's event in Canada that has drawn quite a few notable juniors. US Open girls champion Heather Watson qualified and...

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...

US Open Girls champion Heather Watson reminiscent of a "young Martina Hingis" says LTA's head of women's coaching Nigel Sears.

By gauloises1 Asked if she had been inspired by Robson’s win at Wimbledon last year Watson replied: “Definitely. She’s doing really well at a very young age. source Nothing. She’s solid. Heather Watson beat Yana Buchina 64 61 for the US Open junior girl

Heather Watson wins US Open girls' singles title in New York beating Russia's Yana Buchina 64 61 at Flushing Meadows.