CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) For all of the hype that has accompanied the rise of American teen prodigy Coco Gauff since her 2019 debut at Wimbledon, she has very little experience playing on clay. One would […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Thirty-first-ranked Ons Jabeur of Tunisia was among the group of seven first-round winners safely through to the second round of the first WTA 1000-series event of the season, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis […]
ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, February 25, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The semifinals of the WTA’s Adelaide International are set and there’s a distinctive theme among the final four participants: two of them are teenagers – Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek – and two […]
WASHINGTON, August 10, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) The inaugural Top Seed Open presented by Bluegrass Orthopaedics in Lexington, Ky., features World No. 9 Serena Williams, who is the top seed and one of four major champions in the talent-rich 32-player […]
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) James Blake left Harvard to become a professional tennis player in 1999, playing until he retired at the US Open in 2013. During his career, Blake attained a career-high World No. 4 ranking, […]
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In a frenetic week filled with global coronavirus pandemic and the killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, by a white police officer in Minneapolis that was the lightening rod for coast-to-coast […]
AO Press Release, January 17, 2020 The magic and sorcery of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is set to land at Melbourne Park, with a dedicated Harry Potter Day announced for the Australian Open. Australian Open Chief Revenue and Experiential […]
WASHINGTON, December 18, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Editor’s note: The 2019 tennis season will be remembered for several new faces who emerged on both the ATP and WTA tours, such as Bianca Andreescu, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Ashleigh Barty, Daniil Medvedev and […]
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Coco Gauff, the 15-year-old American teen sensation who garnered worldwide attention during this summer’s Wimbledon Championships with a first-round upset victory over her idol, five-time champion Venus Williams, announced she is returning to […]
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