Tournaments
Mardy Fish Is Fit For Success
Mardy Fish has clearly turned a corner in his career. With the US Davis Cup team down 1-2, Mardy started very strong leading the first set with a break, yet ultimately losing the first set as well as the second on a break at 5-6. In the third set, with the match approaching 4 hours, [...]
10Jul2011 | Dave Hilton | Comments Off | Continued
Tennis Channel Commentator Cool on Ryan Harrison
Tennis Channel’s commentator, Doug Adler, apparently needs time to warm up to the prospect of a US player defeating his beloved Federer. Even though we, at USTN, will call attention to opportunities for more U.S. success, we are ultimately in the corner of our U.S. players during every match we attend.
Here is Doug Adler’s comment after Harrison went down 0-1 (15-40) last night at Indian Wells, “Yeah, I think he’s going to give a clinic tonight
17Mar2011 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Ryan Harrison Has What It Takes In Indian Wells
Harrison took out Dent in the first round at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, 6-3, 6-4. In a match that was punctuated by Dent’s frustration and disbelief, Harrison showed a fortitude that many young players fail to secure when the opportunity for success presents itself.
12Mar2010 | Hilton | Comments Off | Continued
Two US Women and Two US Men Survive Qualifying in Indian Wells
Reynolds, Smyczek, Perry and Stephens Advance to main draw at Indian Wells
10Mar2010 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | ContinuedThree US Women Remain in Qualifying at Indian Wells
Three of the Eight US Women Seeking to Qualify for the BNP Paribas Open Main Draw in Indian Wells advanced to the second round: Sloan Stephens, Varvara Lepchenko & Shawna Perry all managed straight set victories.
Coco Vandeweghe, Alison Riske,, Julia Boserup, and Lillia Osterloh, Abigail Spears were eliminated. Spears had to pre-qualify and lost 2-7 in the third set tie-breaker to [...]
Seven US Women Hit the Desert Monday Morning
Seven US Women Seek to Qualify for the BNP Paribas Open Main Draw in Indian Wells.
7Mar2010 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Want to Play In The 2010 US Open? – This is Your Year!
In an unprecedented and brilliant move, the USTA has granted a wild card to the best USTA player in the U.S. (Based on a nationwide playoff)
Pay your $125 dollar registration fee for one of 16 regional playoffs, win the tournament and then win the national playoff to receive your US Open wildcard.
2Mar2010 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Oudin succumbs to Stosur and Isner drops to Hewitt in Perth
The US Team was eliminated from the Hopman Cup tonight. Melanie Oudin lost to Samantha Stosur and John Isner was defeated by Lleyton Hewitt to mathematically eliminate the Americans from winning their group.
4Jan2010 | Hilton | Comments Off | Continued