MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It should come as no surprise that World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty found herself playing for the title of the Western & Southern Open in the Cincinnati suburbs on Sunday afternoon. After […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Russia’s Andrey Rublev had never taken a set let alone win a match against countryman Daniil Medvedev in four previous meetings. That all changed in his fifth attempt at the Western & […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 21, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) What a difference a year makes. Just ask the Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova, who a year ago was ranked 118th among WTA singles players and shut out from direct entry into the […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) With the five active players with the most Grand Slam titles – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (men) and Serena Williams and Venus Williams (women) – all missing from this […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 19, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On a day in which nine of the WTA’s top 10 players were in action at the Western & Southern Open in Mason, Ohio, in the last major tuneup before the US […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Three-time Western & Southern Open finalist Simona Halep is no stranger to playing on Center Court at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati. On Tuesday, she opened play […]
MASON, OHIO/WASHINGTON, August 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) After a year’s respite in New York due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Western & Southern Open has returned to its familiar digs at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, […]
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Roger Federer will miss this month’s US Open because he needs a third operation on his right knee, which will sideline him for what he said will be “many months.” The 20-time major […]
MONTREAL, August 15, 2021 Unseeded Camila Giorgi is the champion of the Omnium Banque Nationale présenté par Rogers in Montreal, Canada. The World No. 71 from Italy secured the biggest title of her career with a 6-3, 7-5 win over No. […]
TORONTO/WASHINGTON, August 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev, who two years ago was a finalist in the National Bank Open, was two points from a straight-set defeat against No. 7 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland Friday […]
