All Posts Tagged With: "Serena Williams"
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
7Jun2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Serena Drops Out of Madrid, Lepchenko Into 2nd Round, M-Sands, King Lose in Singles, Win in Doubles, Kops-Jones, Spears, Craybas Out of Madrid
Lepchenko was the only American woman to advance in singles play today defeating Magdalena Rybarikova 7-6(12), 5-7, 6-1.
Venus Williams will take the court tomorrow.
Serena bagged the first match in Madrid with statements that indicate she never wanted to even start the match but was forced to play the mandatory event or face a significant fine. [...]
Venus Williams Into Rome Semis To Take On Safina; #1 Huber & #2 Raymond Into Doubles Quarterfinals
Serena Williams bowed out early in Rome to Patty Schnyder 2-6, 6-2, 1-6 thus eliminating the possibility of a rematch with Azarenka. Venus Williams, however, has secured her place in the semifinal vs. Safina and if Azarenka defeats Kuznetsova, Venus could have her chance to take on Azarenka.
Venus defeated Safarova 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, then Chakvetadze [...]
US Tennis Professionals That Have a Twitter Account
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Currently on our List:
@MardyFish #1 American Singles Player
@andyroddick Former #1 American Singles Player
@serenajwilliams #1 American Singles Player
@bryanbros #1 American Doubles Team
@liezelhuber #1 American Doubles Player
@travisparrott Top 40 American Doubles Player
@samquerrey Top American Player
@jimcourier Former #1 American and currently on Senior Outback [...]
