Author: Michael Dickens

Raducanu’s Star Continues To Rise At The US Open

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Eighteen-year-old Emma Raducanu is making winning look routine. She’s dropped just 15 games in four main-draw matches at this year’s US Open, the fewest of any player left in the women’s draw. […]

Van de Zandschulp Extends Breakthrough US Open Run

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 117 Botic van de Zandschulp must have felt like the king of the world after stunning No. 11 seed Diego Schwartzman during their fourth-round US Open match inside Louis Armstrong […]

Otte Making Believers By The Round At US Open

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 5, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Oscar Otte is making a believer out of everyone. From Andy Murray, who witnessed first hand the German’s talent over five sets in the second round on Centre Court at Wimbledon earlier […]

Rogers Shocks Barty At US Open

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 5, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Day Six at the US Open Saturday was filled with plenty of key moments. Among them, Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini stopped the eight-match winning streak of last week’s Winston-Salem titlist Ilya Ivashka […]

Teenage Dreams Come True For Alcaraz, Fernandez At US Open

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 4, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) New York City crowds surely love an underdog and during Friday’s US Open third-round match between World No. 3 and third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and unseeded Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, […]

Kontaveit Wins Inaugural Tennis In The Land

WASHINGTON, August 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia and unseeded challenger Irina-Camelia Begu from Romania staged their first meeting in a WTA singles final, where they faced off for the title of the inaugural […]

Ivashka Takes First ATP Title, Wins Winston-Salem Open

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C./WASHINGTON, August 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) In a year of first-time winners on the ATP Tour, Ilya Ivashka became the eighth first-time champion Saturday after winning the ATP 250 Winston-Salem Open. The 27-year-old from Minsk, Belarus, became the […]

Dreams Made For 16 Men, 16 Women As US Open Qualifying Finishes

WASHINGTON, August 28, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Some of the names are more familiar than others like Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu and Maxime Cressy of the United States. We know them from ATP Challengers and ITF World Tennis Tour events […]

Linette Celebrating Victories On And Off Court

WASHINGTON, August 27, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Things are looking up for Poland’s Magda Linette, both on and off the court. She’s found reason to celebrate her wins on the WTA Tour and in her personal life. First, on the […]