ASHEVILLE, N.C./WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) When the United States plays host to Ukraine in a 2022 Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Qualifying event Friday and Saturday at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C., they will […]
MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 31, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The last time a WTA player reached the semifinals at both Indian Wells and Miami was five years ago when former World No. 1 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic accomplished the feat […]
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) When most tennis fans think of the current state of American women’s tennis, the names that most quickly come to mind are Serena and Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens, Jennifer Brady and Coco […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, February 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) My, how things can change in a year. Just ask American Jessica Pegula. A year ago, Pegula bowed in the first round of the Australian Open to fellow American Taylor Townsend in straight […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, February 14, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Three American women – none of them named Serena Williams – highlight play in the upper half of the women’s singles draw at the Australian Open on Monday. Unseeded Jessica Pegula starts the […]
MIDLAND, January 17, 2020 (Press Release) The USTA announced that Jessica Pegula of Buffalo, New York headlines the initial player acceptance list for the Dow Tennis Classic, a $100,000 USTA Pro Circuit event, held at the Greater Midland Tennis Center, February 3-9, […]
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Unheralded and under the radar of American tennis thanks to a plethora of injuries, Jessica Pegula cried tears of joy after winning her first career WTA singles title at the Citi Open in […]
WASHINGTON, August 4, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Saturday evening’s featured men’s semifinal at the ATP 500 Citi Open, between top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and mercurial Nick Kyrgios, was a box office smash that proved entertaining and gave fans a lot […]
WASHINGTON, August 3, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) While Peter Gojowczyk isn’t recognized as the face of German tennis – that distinction goes to World No. 5 Alexander Zverev and then, perhaps No. 35 Jan-Lennard Struff – the 122nd-ranked native of […]
TEMPLETON, September 28, 2018 (by Steve Pratt) For the second straight day, Asia Muhammad had a second-set letdown after winning the first, but rallied to come back and win the third set as she beat Canada’s Katherine Sebov on Thursday […]
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