WASHINGTON, August 28, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) On Wednesday night, Canadian No. 3 Milos Raonic fought off one match point on serve, then broke his Serbian opponent, Filip Krajinovic, and served out his quarterfinal match that earned him a hard-fought 4-6, […]
WASHINGTON, August 28, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Throughout Thursday morning, accolades came pouring in via social media for Naomi Osaka, following her bold stand Wednesday night to sit out playing her Western & Southern Open semifinal round match to protest […]
WASHINGTON, August 27, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Naomi Osaka has spent the past five months finding her voice and stepping out of her protective shell and taking a stand in the Black Lives Matter movement. She came to New York […]
WASHINGTON, August 26, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Attending a Novak Djokovic virtual press conference via Zoom is a little bit like theater. Sure, we know what the World No. 1 can do on a tennis court where his racquet does […]
WASHINGTON, August 26, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) While this year’s Western & Southern Open in New York has been characterized by an abundance of unbelievable upsets thanks to the fast courts, still, there are a lot of familiar big names remaining […]
WASHINGTON, August 25, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) When 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams made her Western & Southern Open debut in New York on Monday afternoon, she probably wasn’t expecting to be pushed by unheralded, power-hitting Dutch qualifier Arantxa […]
WASHINGTON, August 24, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) As the Queen City of Cincinnati came to the borough of Queens, the second day of the Western & Southern Open in New York City presented another slate of quality first round matches […]
WASHINGTON, August 23, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) August 22 is a date that many had marked on their calendar denoting the return of the ATP Tour after five months. It arrived with much fanfare even if there were no fans […]
STARNBERG, August 22, 2020 The ATP Tour returns at the Western & Southern Open, with seven of the Top 10 players in the FedEx ATP Rankings set to compete in New York. The field is led by World No. 1 […]
WASHINGTON, August 22, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Leylah Fernandez of Canada had her eye on her third WTA quarterfinal of the season last week at the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Ky., when she faced 116th-ranked American Shelby Rogers in a […]
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