After winning four consecutive French Open Championships, tour opponents may have wished the fiercely competitive Spaniard would stay on his favorite surface. Those who know the feisty former number one player know that compromise is not his style. Nadal saw an opening and raised his game to take advantage of his extraordinary speed and shot-making […]
Kim Clijsters arrived at the Arthur Ashe Stadium with a plan that she took to Center Court and executed in a nearly flawless display of tennis the way it should be played.
The air was electric Saturday as Rafa Nadal conducted a clinic against Mikhail Youzhny before a heavyweight title fight between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer took place.
Venus Williams continued her quiet march toward the U.S. Open Championship but the major obstacle is awaiting in the semifinals.
After a busy Wednesday, the Women’ draw at the U.S. Open finally pared down to 32 survivors and the absence of a true number one is felt throughout the draw.
There are so many good choices at the 2010 U.S. Open that a longshot has a strong chance to outdistance a few veterans and walk away with a stirring championship in a fortnight or so. Defending titleholder, Juan Martin DelPotro, will be missing but Argentina has reason to be confident as their newest ace, hot David Nalbandian goes headhunting.
Mardy Fish arrived in Atlanta with appearances in the finals in two of his last three tournaments but the hottest player in the tournament was fortunate to be seeded sixth.
Encouraged by her mother, Vera Zvonareva began playing tennis for fun at age six. Her mother, Natalya Bykova, a Russian field hockey player who earned a bronze medal in the 1980 Olympics, enrolled the future star in the famed Russian State Academy of Physical Fitness.
When Samantha Stosur plays tennis, it is poetry in motion. There’s a beautiful, confident competitor with all the snappy trimmings, an up and down storyline with an ending that is inconclusive but on the horizon.
