WASHINGTON, April 23, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The two most successful – and dominant – teams in the history of Fed Cup by BNP Paribas competition, the Czech Republic and the United States, will decide this year’s championship. It seems only […]
WASHINGTON, April 20, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) When the United States takes on France in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals in Aix-en-Provence this weekend, the reigning Fed Cup champion Americans will be attempting to achieve back-to-back finals […]
MIAMI, March 23, 2018 The top half of the men’s draw was in first round action on Thursday at the Miami Open presented by Itaú. Australian young gun Thanasi Kokkinakis eased past Frenchman Calvin Hemery 6-1, 6-2 in a match […]
MIAMI, March 21, 2018 Following a straightforward win against Allie Kiick on Monday, Eugenie Bouchard of Canada fell to Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson 4-6, 3-6 in the second round of qualifying at the Miami Open presented by Itaú. In the pair’s first meeting, the […]
WASHINGTON, January 22, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Madison Keys looks fitter now than she did when she lost 6-3, 6-0 to her friend and fellow American Sloane Stephens last fall in the final of the U.S. Open. In a recent interview with The New […]
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 […]
NEW YORK, September 7, 2017 Eight years and four wrist surgeries since ending Roger Federer’s 40-match US Open win streak, Juan Martin del Potro returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium for a rematch. The 28-year-old Argentine repeated his 2009 final victory, […]
NEW YORK, September 5, 2017 Madison Keys delighted the home crowd in Monday’s night session of the US Open, outlasting No.4 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 7-6, 1-6, 6-4 in exactly two hours of play. The 22-year-old US-American will now […]
NEW YORK, September 3, 2017 Roger Federer extended his winning streak against No. 31 seed Feliciano López of Spain to 13 matches in Saturday’s night session at the US Open. The 36-year-old Swiss, who had survived two five-set matches to advance to […]
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