USTA Press Release, September 13, 2017 The following will recap some of the highlights of the 2017 US Open: American Players Four American women reached the singles semifinals at the US Open for the first time since 1981. First-time US […]
WASHINGTON, September 12, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) Martina Hingis added her 24th and 25th Grand Slam titles to her impressive collection over the weekend at the U.S. Open. On Saturday, she teamed with Jamie Murray of Great Britain to win the mixed […]
USTA Press Release, September 11, 2017 Sixteen-year old Amanda Anisimova, of Aventura, Fla., won the US Open girls’ singles title Sunday, defeating American 13-year old Cori ‘CoCo’ Gauff, 6-0, 6-2. It was the first time since 1981 that the US Open women’s […]
WASHINGTON, September 11, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) Throughout this U.S. Open fortnight, both World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and first-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson worked toward a common goal: to be the one standing alone at the end basking in the glory as the 2017 U.S. Open […]
USTA Press Release, September 10, 2017 16-year old Amanda Anisimova and 13-year old Cori ‘CoCo’ Gauff will contest the third-straight all-American Grand Slam girls’ singles final in 2017 at the US Open on Sunday, marking the first time ever that three all-American Grand Slam […]
WASHINGTON, September 10, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) Five weeks ago, Sloane Stephens was ranked 957th in the world. Five weeks later, ranked No. 83, she’s the U.S. Open women’s singles champion. For sure, Stephens persevered to reach the pinnacle of playing […]
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) “An Upset and a Rout Produce Two First-Time Grand Slam Finalists” read Friday morning’s banner Sports headline in my home-delivered copy of The New York Times. It kind of summed up things very succinctly about Thursday […]
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Rafael Nadal can inflict pain on an opponent as good as anyone in the game of tennis. Over a stretch of nine games that began with the start of the second set […]
NEW YORK, September 8, 2017 Jean-Julien Rojer from the Netherlands and Horia Tecau of Romania beat Spanish duo Feliciano and Marc López 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open men’s doubles final on Friday. The encounter lasted one hour and 26 minutes. […]
USTA Press Release, September 8, 2017 The USTA announced on Thursday that Juan Martin del Potro and Petra Kvitova have been awarded the sixth annual US Open Sportsmanship Awards, presented to the professional tennis players who best demonstrate excellence in sportsmanship throughout the US […]
