LONDON, August 29, 2018 (Press Release) With the US Open just starting, a survey was conducted to find out if Britain think grunting helps tennis player’s performance. 29% of the British public agree and almost half admitted they are noisy […]
NEW YORK, August 29, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Twenty-time major champion Roger Federer likes playing in the U.S. Open. It seems to bring out the best in his game and his personality. Over the years, Arthur Ashe Stadium has become […]
NEW YORK, August 2018 Mixed feelings for the German ladies at the US Open on a hot Tuesday in New York. No. 4 seed Angelique Kerber opened her campaign at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6(5), 6-3 win over Margarita Gasparyan […]
STARNBERG, August 28, 2018 Florian Mayer has retired from professional tennis. The 34-year-old German played his last match in the first round of the US Open on Monday, losing to Borna Coric 2-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4. “The decision to stop […]
NEW YORK, August 28, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The U.S. Open began its 50th anniversary celebration by setting an all-time single-day attendance record of 67,832 on Monday. The day session featured the christening of the new Louis Armstrong Stadium in […]
NEW YORK, August 27, 2018 Andy Murray advances to the second round of the US Open. On the new Louis Armstrong Stadium Murray, the 2012 champion and World No. 382, rallied past World No. 448 James Duckworth of Australia 6-7(7), 6-3, […]
NEW YORK, August 27, 2018 First match on brand new Louis Armstrong Stadium and first upset at this year’s US Open. World No. 1 Simona Halep is out of the last Grand Slam tournament of the season. The 26-year-old Romanian lost […]
NEW YORK, August 27, 2018 (Press Release) US Open Fan Week drew nearly 100,000 fans to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in 2018, with 96,135 taking in the week’s free festivities in Flushing. Fan Week began with […]
NEW YORK, August 25, 2018 The pages of US Open history are now available to everyone, as the US Open: 50 Years of Championship Tennis commemorative book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the US Open is now in bookstores everywhere. The 272-page […]
WASHINGTON, August 24, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The biggest mysteries surrounding the 2018 U.S. Open draw ceremony were two-fold: which quarter of the men’s draw would a suddenly-rejuvenated Novak Djokovic land in and where would six-time U.S. Open champion Serena […]
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