NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 2, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) After two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka wrapped up her duel of champions against 2023 titlist Coco Gauff with a convincing 6-3, 6-2 victory before nearly 24,000 fans that filled Arthur Ashe […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 1, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) By the time that 14th seed Tommy Paul of the United States fell to Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in a five-set thriller, which ended after 1 a.m. Sunday morning on Arthur Ashe Stadium […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, August 31, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Reigning US Open champion and World No. 1 Jannik Sinner put his 23-match winning streak at hard-court Grand Slam events on the line against 2020 quarterfinalist Denis Shapovalov Saturday afternoon before a […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, August 30, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) In a week that has seen Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz show up for his opening-round match sporting a military-style buzz cut and American favorite and 2023 US Open champion Coco Gauff driven to […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, August 24, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) A year ago, Novak Djokovic arrived at the US Open after having won the Paris Olympic Games gold medal, defeating Carlos Alcaraz in the gold medal match. It’s something the Serbian great […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, August 21, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) The US Open, the year’s last Grand Slam event, begins for the first time on a Sunday – just three days from now – making it a 15-day event. While men’s defending […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, August 21, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) The reimagined US Open mixed doubles extravaganza – two days, 16 teams, plenty of star talent, which included the newly-crowned Cincinnati Open champions, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Iga Swiatek of Poland […]
CINCINNATI/WASHINGTON, August 19, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) From her opening-round match at the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open last week through to Monday evening’s championship match at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, No. 3 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland played like […]
CINCINNATI/WASHINGTON, August 18, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) For just the third time in PIF ATP Rankings history, the World No. 1 and World No. 2 players contested the men’s singles final at Cincinnati Open Monday afternoon. Unfortunately, defending champion and […]
CINCINNATI/WASHINGTON, August 18, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Coming into Sunday afternoon’s Cincinnati Open women’s singles semifinals at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, major champions Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina had met 11 previous times, with the six-time Grand Slam champion […]
March 28, 2025
