Mayo Hibi Captures ASICS Easter Bowl
Mayo Hibi (Dave Kenas / ASICS Easter Bowl)
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (April 13, 2013) – Mayo Hibi completed the ITF Carson-ASICS Easter Bowl double on Saturday, concluding a dominating two weeks of tennis with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Tornado Ali Black.
“I surprised myself that I was able to pull off the Easter Bowl after winning Carson,” said Hibi, who joins Krista Hardebeck (2010...
ASICS Easter Bowl: Girls’ 18s Finals and Boys’ 18s Semis Set
Mayo Hibi (Photo credit: Neal Trousdale)
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (April 12, 2013) – Mayo Hibi has had quite an impressive run in her return to junior tennis over the past two weeks.
The Irvine 17-year-old is just one win away from taking the impressive back-to-back ITF double of winning Carson and the ASICS Easter Bowl as she takes on 14-year-old Tornado Ali Black in the Girls...
Junior Tennis: ASICS Easter Bowl Begins
Junior player Mackenzie McDonald looking for a title repeat (Credit: Bob Kenas / Easter Bowl)
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (April 6, 2013) – UCLA recruit Mackenzie McDonald will attempt to become the first boys’ 18s back-to-back winner since Grey King in 1971-72 as the 46th annual ASICS Easter Bowl, the nation’s elite junior tennis tournament, begins on Sunday.
The ASICS Easter Bowl...
The Curse of the Stars and Stripes
Sloane Stephens is the latest American to struggle under the weight of media expectations.
It’s no secret that tennis is considered a niche sport in the United States. Mainstream American sports media does little to cater to the tennis fan base unless it has to or they have a narrative to sell. Therefore, the presence and popularity of tennis in the United States will always be...
WTA Charleston Tuesday Gallery: Williams, Jankovic, Lisicki and more
CHARLESTON, SC (April 2, 2013) — Tennis Grandstand photographer Christopher Levy captured all the action from the Family Circle Cup on Tuesday, including players Serena Willaims, Andrea Petkovic, Jelena Jankovic, Melanie Oudin, Sabine Lisicki, Lucie Sararova, Yulia Putintseva, Jessica Pegula, Anna Tatishvili and Kristina Mladenovic.
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Kozlov Outlasts Escobedo To Advance At USTA International Spring Championships
CARSON, Calif., (Tuesday, April 2, 2013) – If past results are any indication, the future of American tennis is on display this week at the ninth annual USTA International Spring Championships being played at the Home Depot Center. Sam Querrey, Vania King, Melanie Oudin and Sloane Stephens are just a few of the players who [...]
Jelena Jankovic Dusts Off Her Assets, Laura Robson Charmingly Calls Out Her Coach
April 2, 2013 — Tuesday at the Family Circle Cup saw Jelena Jankovic, Laura Robson and Sabine Lisicki blast through to the winner’s circle while Melanie Oudin faltered. All four ladies though gave some memorable quotes. Jankovic laughed about falling over on her “cushioned” behind during her match, Robson called out her coach for trying to re-quit smoking, Oudin spoke about...
Jankovic Survives Oudin in Charleston
By Stephanie Neppl (April 2, 2013) CHARLESTON, SC – Former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic survived a tough three-set battle with American Melanie Oudin in the first round of the Family Circle Cup on Tuesday. The Serbian had lost her two previous match ups with the American, and admitted Oudin’s style of play gives her issues. [...]
Fill Their Cups: Fed Cup World Group Quarterfinal Preview
Just three months after they celebrated, the Czechs must prepare to defend.
One week after the 2013 Davis Cup began, Fed Cup starts with four ties hosted by European nations. We look ahead to what viewers can expect from the women’s national team competition. Having gone 7-1 in Davis Cup predictions, will our hot streak continue?
Czech Republic vs. Australia: The first of...
2013 Fed Cup Coverage This Weekend on Tennis Channel
(February 7, 2013) Tennis Channel will provide exclusive live coverage of the U.S. Fed Cup team’s first-round competition against Italy in Rimini, Italy, this weekend, with complete telecasts Saturday, Feb. 9, and Sunday, Feb. 10. The battle is a rematch of the 2010 Fed Cup championship, won by Italy. The contest will feature two singles matches on Saturday, and two singles matches...
Oudin replaces injured Stephens
Sloane Stephens is pulling out of the US Fed Cup team's upcoming first-round matches against Italy because of a strained abdominal muscle.
Melanie Oudin replaces Stephens on the US roster for the Feb. 9-10 matches on indoor red clay at Rimini, Italy.
Stephens, currently ranked a career-high 17th, was hurt during her run to the Australian Open semifinals last month. She says...
Stephens Out of Fed Cup with Injury, Oudin to Replace Her
Melanie Oudin
(February 3, 2013) U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez announced on Sunday that Melanie Oudin will replace Sloane Stephens on the United States Fed Cup team for the World Group First Round in Rimini, Italy, February 9-10. Oudin joins Fed Cup rookies Varvara Lepchenko and Jamie Hampton as well as doubles stalwart Liezel Huber.
“Melanie is such a team player...
USC's Steve Johnson invited to Australian Open
The U.S Tennis Assn. announced Tuesday that former top 30 player Bethanie Mattek-Sands, former U.S. Open junior champion Jack Sock and two-time reigning NCAA singles champion Steve Johnson of USC are among the players who will compete in the Australian Open wild-card playoffs, held Dec. 14-16, at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at Peachtree Corners in Norcross, Ga.
The men's...
Pro tennis returns for Goldwater Classic
PHOENIX -- Women's professional tennis returns to Phoenix with the United States Women's Tennis Associations Goldwater Women's Tennis Classic, Nov. 4-11 at Phoenix Country Club.
The final U.S. event on the 2012 professional calendar represents the final chance for 60 pros to earn points to qualify for January's Australian Open.
The top-ranked player in the field...
WTA Quebec City – Friday Results, Saturday Schedule
BELL CHALLENGE
Québec City, Canada
September 10-16, 2012
$220,000/International
Hard/Indoors
Results – Friday, September 14, 2012
Singles – Quarterfinals
(3) Mona Barthel (GER) d. (6) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 63 64
(8) Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. (Q) Lauren Davis (USA) 64 62
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 62 30 ret. (low back injury)
(Q) Kristina Mladenovic...
Barthel makes Quebec City semifinals
Third-seeded Mona Barthel of Germany advanced to the Bell Challenge semifinals Friday, beating sixth-seeded Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4.
Barthel will face Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens on Saturday. Flipkens led Anna Tatishvili 6-2, 3-0 when the Georgian player retired because of a back injury. In the first round, Flipkens beat top-seeded Dominika Cibulkova...
WTA Quebec City – Thursday Results, Friday Schedule
BELL CHALLENGE
Québec City, Canada
September 10-16, 2012
$220,000/International
Hard/Indoors
Results – Thursday, September 13, 2012
Singles – Second Round
Melanie Oudin (USA) d. (4) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) w/o (right shoulder injury)
Anna Tatishvili (GEO) d. (7) Petra Martic (CRO) 62 63
(8) Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. (WC) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 76(2) 26 76(4)
Kirsten Flipkens...
Wozniak withdraws in Quebec City
Canadian star Aleksandra Wozniak injured her right shoulder during a warm-up session and withdrew from Bell Challenge on Thursday before her scheduled second-round match against Melanie Oudin.
Wozniak, ranked 48th and seeded fourth, said she will have an MRI on Friday morning.
In other second-round matches, Anna Tatishvili beat seventh-seeded Petra Martic 6-2, 6-3, and Kirsten...
WTA Challenge Bell Results
Results Tuesday from the $220,000 WTA Challenge Bell at the Club Avantage Multi-Sports de Quebec (seedings in parentheses):
Singles First Round Petra Martic (7), Croatia, def. Jessica Pegula, United States, 6-4, 7-5.
Petra Rampre, Slovenia, def. Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
Melanie Oudin, United States, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 7-5, 7-6 (6).
Barbora...
American hope for Jack Sock
Jack Sock in action at the US Open (Photo via USOpen.org)
By Ashley Babich
Andy Roddick shocked many in the tennis community this week when he announced his impending retirement at the 2012 US Open. (He even surprised some who don’t follow tennis so closely, as my grandma called to tell me, with much concern, that she heard the “cute American tennis player is retiring.”)
The...
Tennis Channel, Wilson Sporting Goods and Melanie Oudin Ring Opening Bell at NASDAQ
NEW YORK, NY – Wilson Sporting Goods Co. President Chris Considine, along with Tennis Channel Chairman and CEO Ken Solomon and Wilson player Melanie Oudin, rang the NASDAQ Opening Bell remotely on Friday from the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York. Wilson, the leading manufacturer of ball sports equipment, is the official ball and stringer of the...
Day 1 Recap: Any Upsets? Nope
So the US Open started today, if you haven't noticed. Day 1 produced no notable upsets, but it was full of a lot of exciting tennis. Some interesting points of note
- The Americans had an up and down day. Jack Sock put in a great perofrmance, defeating seeded Florian Mayer in straight sets when Mayer retired in the third. Fish took care of Go Soeda, and James Blake defeated...
Sock moves to 2nd round of US Open
American teenager Jack Sock took a two-set lead over 22nd-seeded Florian Mayer at the U.S. Open before Mayer quit the first-round match Monday after feeling faint and dizzy.
The 19-year-old Sock, of Lincoln, Neb., won the U.S. Open boys championship in 2010, becoming the first American to take that title since Andy Roddick, 10 years earlier. Last year, Sock won his first-round match...
Hottest Women at the US Open: Lucie Safarova (CZE) #15 Seed | Rd. 1 vs. Melanie Oudin (USA)
Lucie SafarovaU.S. Open Seed:Current Ranking:Highest Ranking:Next Opponent:Tournament History:Lucie Safarova was born on February 4th 1987 in Brno, Czech Republic. Safarova plays left-handed with a two handed backhand and is known for a topspin forehand similar to Rafael Nadal.Safarova has won four WTA tour singles titles, one double title and reached the quarterfinals of the 2007...
Local tennis phenom prepared for US Open
Regrets? Oh, there've been glories and surgeries, followed by weeks of rehabilitation, hours of tedium, false starts and the occasional sliver of false hope. But no regrets.
"Yeah, I love to go to Kansas City and visit and see my friends," Sock, the tennis prodigy out of Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, says from New York City, where he's preparing...
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