Author: Michael Dickens

Sakkari Returns To DC Open, Feels Right At Home

WASHINGTON, JULY 25, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) At the outset of the Mubadala Citi DC Open, Maria Sakkari‘s goal was to be able to perform well enough in the ATP/WTA 500 combined event so she could celebrate her birthday on […]

Fritz Arrives At DC Open In A Positive Frame Of Mind

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) As second round play continued at the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Wednesday in the nation’s capital, a city defined by its athletic rivalries and political resolutions, American No. 1 and top seed […]

Ben Shelton Feels Right At Home Playing In DC Open

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) As the Mubadala Citi DC Open unfolds in the nation’s capital city, less than five weeks before the start of the US Open, World No. 8 Ben Shelton of the United States feels […]

Venus Williams Returns To Tennis At DC Open, ‘Why Not?’

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) When Venus Williams, the 45-year-old seven-time major singles champion and future Hall of Famer, sat down for her Mubadala Citi DC Open pre-tournament news conference Sunday morning, the question on the minds of […]

Bublik Breaks New Ground, Wins First Clay-Court Title In Gstaad

GSTAAD/WASHINGTON, July 20, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Throughout his week at the ATP 250 EFG Swiss Open Gstaad in the upscale resort town in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps, Alexander Bublik played through many changing conditions, including […]

Buse Finds His Rhythm In Gstaad, Reaches First ATP Tour Semifinal

GSTAAD/WASHINGTON, July 18, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Peru, the South American country that’s home to a section of the Amazon rainforest and Machu Picchu, an ancient Incan city located high in the Andes mountains, has never enjoyed much of a […]

Sinner On Wimbledon Triumph: ‘This Was A Dream Of A Dream’

WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 15, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) After Jannik Sinner delivered a 137 mile-per-hour serve that Carlos Alcaraz couldn’t return, which rewarded the young Italian with his first Wimbledon Championships title, he stood with his arms high above his head […]