NEW YORK, September 9, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Naomi Osaka won her first Grand Slam title Saturday handily 6-2, 6-4 – and became the first Japanese player to win a major singles title – by staying focused in the moment and […]
NEW YORK, September 7, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Serena Williams got her first Top 10 win of the year when she beat former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Tuesday. Perhaps, it merely was […]
NEW YORK, September 5, 2018 Naomi Osaka has become the first Japanese woman to advance to the semi-finals of a Grand Slam since Kimiko Date at Wimbledon 1996. The No. 20 seed, who is making her third US Open main […]
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic would just as soon forget his 2018 Miami Open presented by Itaú experience because it was all too brief. While the former No. 1 and six-time Miami Open champion can still pack big […]
MIAMI, March 22, 2018 The bottom half of the men’s draw was in action on Wednesday at Crandon Park, which welcomes the Miami Open presented by Itaù for the 32nd and final time before the event moves to Hard Rock Stadium […]
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Naomi Osaka was anything but shy as she took out her childhood idol, former World No. 1 Serena Williams, 6-3, 6-2, in a featured first-round Stadium match at the Miami Open presented by Itaú in […]
WASHINGTON, March 18, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Both Daria Kasatkina and Naomi Osaka – two of the rising stars of the next wave of women’s tennis – came ready to play when they arrived on court for their singles final in the BNP Paribas Open […]
