Grand Slams
Five US Women Could Claim A Berth In Women’s Wimbledon Singles Draw
Melanie Oudin defeated Sophie Ferguson 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 and Karin Knapp 1 & 2.
Kristina Kucova is the final obstacle in the way of Oudin reaching the main Wimbledon singles draw.
Shenay Perry defeated Chin-Wei Chan 2 & 3 and Anna Lapushchenkova 2 & 2.
Perry will meet #1 seed Viktoriya Kutuzova who earlier dismissed American Lauren Riley [...]
Four US Men One Match Away From Wimbledon Main Draw
US Men in Wimbledon Qualifying Singles:
Rajeev Ram defeated fellow American Sam Warburg 3 & 2
Ram will face Andrea Stoppini in the final qualifying round.
Taylor Dent advanced over Peter Luczak 6(4) & 3
Dent will face Pablo Cuevas for a berth in the main singles draw.
Michael Yani will face the #28 seed, Prakash Amritraj, in the third [...]
For Many American Men, Wimbledon Started Yesterday
Men’s Singles:
America’s ’second team’ took to the grass yesterday in an attempt to secure a berth in the coveted main draw of Wimbledon.
Scoville Jenkins was defeated in three sets by Roger-Vasselin 7-6(4), 3-6, 0-6
Todd Widom was also eliminated in straight sets by Bachinger 3&3
Michael Yani advanced over Mark Lopez 1 & 1 on Monday and [...]
Quick Links to Wimbledon
Quick Links for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, London:
June 22 – July 5, 2009
Link To Wimbledon Results Web Page
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16Jun2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | ContinuedUS Open Tickets On Sale June 8th, 6:00AM PST
2009 US Open Tickets go on sale Monday, June 8th, at 6:00 AM PST:
Click “Get Tickets Now” below and enter “US Open” in the search box at the top of Ticketmaster’s home page.
American Women Made Red Dirt Progress In 2009; American Men Slide
Four American women advanced past the first round in both 2008 and 2009, but Serena William’s quarterfinal appearance at the French Open this year helped the US women mark forward progress in singles as last year no US woman made it past the third round. In Women’s doubles, seven teams with an American pro advanced [...]
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Wayne Odesnik, Lauren Embree, Sam Querrey, Robert Kendrick & Varvara Lepchenko Challenge The Clay Sunday
The Roland Garros first round begins in a few hours:
US Men:
Wayne Odesnik vs. #7 seed Gilles Simon
Robert Kendrick vs. Daniel Brands
Sam Querrey vs. Ernests Gulbis
US Women:
Varvara Lepchenko vs. Alla Kudryavtseva
Wildcard Lauren Embree vs. #11 seed Nadia Petrova
Carly Gullickson Lone American To Win Her Way Into French Open Main Draw. 17 US Players Eliminated
18 Americans started the Roland Garros qualifying rounds and only Carly Gullickson advanced into the French Open main draw. Unfortunately, Gullickson had to eliminate fellow American Lauren Albanese 4&3 in the final qualifying round.
Amer Delic lost today in his final qualifying round to Franco Ferreiro 4&5.
