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 […]
QUEBEC, September 13, 2016 Main draw matches got underway on Monday at the WTA National Bank Cup presented by Mazda at PEPS on the campus of Laval University. Canadians Françoise Abanda, Aleksandra Wozniak, and Carol Zhao were in action. Eighth-seeded […]
LAHAINA, January 31, 2016 Top-seed Kyle Edmund and Di Wu will play the final of the $50,000 Sportmaster Tennis Championships of Maui. The 21-year-old Brit benefited from a walkover on Saturday when third seed James Duckworth was forced to withdraw […]
