Grand Slams
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
American Veteran Professionals: Three out of Four Wimbledon Singles Finalists
American Serena Williams reigns again as Wimbledon champion and Venus Williams holds second place. American Andy Roddick comes within a backhand volley of a Wimbledon championship and yet American fans want more…
For years I have been reading articles about the dominance of Russian and French tennis programs producing players in the top 100 and more [...]
American Melanie Oudin Eliminates Jelena Jankovic to Advance at Wimbledon to Round of 16
Melanie Oudin upset the former number one player and #6 seee, Jelena Jankovic. Although Oudin failed to convert multiple set points in the first set, Oudin battled back strong and took the match in the third set. It has been 10 years since a woman qualifier has made it to the fourth round in Wimbledon. [...]
27Jun2009 | US Tennis Network | 1 comment | Continued
Fish Out of Wimbledon Singles; Many US Doubles Teams Advance
US Singles:
Mardy Fish was broken in the first set after two costly cross court net approaches which elevated Djokovic, deflated Fish and lead to the first service break. The match went south from there as Djokovic found his groove as Fish went down 4, 4 & 4.
Serena Williams defeated Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-4.
US Doubles:
Robert Kendrick [...]
Levine, Oudin, Roddick, Venus Advance Into Singles 3rd Round at Wimbledon; Mattek-Sands, Williams Sisters, Cerretani, Blake & Fish, Kendrick & Querrey advance in Dubs
US Pros at Wimbledon, Day 4
US Men Singles:
Jesse Levine consolidated his upset of Marat Safin by advancing to the third round in a five set victory over Cuevas 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3
Andy Roddick defeated Kunitsyn 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
US Women Singles:
Melanie Oudin defeated Shvedova 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 after facing a break point in the [...]
25Jun2009 | US Tennis Network | 1 comment | Continued
Serena, Fish, Bryan Bros, Huber, King, and Ditty Roll on Day 3 at Wimbledon; Querrey, Spadea, Craybas, Dent, Ram, Martin, Kops-Jones and Spears Eliminated
Day 3 at Wimbledon
US Men Singles:
Sam Querrey had the opportunity of his life today up a set and a break on Centre Court at Wimbledon, but momentum turned on the first point with Querrey serving at 5-3 in the second as he watched a miss-hit, yet playable, topper catch the baseline. Sam remarked in his [...]
24Jun2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Oudin, Williams Sisters, King, Craybas, Levine, Spadea, Querrey, Fish, Roddick, Butorac/Levine Into 2nd Round at Wimbledon
1st Round of Wimbledon US Tennis Results:
American Men’s Singles:
Taylor Dent’s match vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver was suspended due to darkness with Dent down 2 sets to one 5-7, 6-7, 6-4
Jesse Levine upset #14 seed, Marat Safin, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4
James Blake was eliminated by Andreas Seppi 5, 4 & 6(5)
Vincent Spadea defeated Paul Capdeville 0, 4 [...]
Melanie Oudin, Taylor Dent, Jessie Levine, Rajeev Ram & Michael Yani Get Through The Wimbledon Gauntlet
“Wimbledon is where heart can exceed fitness, desire can overcome flaws and life long dreams transcend pressure.” Quote from twitter.com/tennistough
15 US Men and 8 US Women crossed the white lines to compete in the most emotionally intense qualifying tournament of the year for many tennis professionals. Many players grow up watching Wimbledon on TV and [...]
