US Open: Kim Clijsters Quietly Winning

Sep. 3 | NEW YORK – For being the defending champion, Kim Clijsters certainly has been skirting the headlines at the US Open. On Friday, the talk was all about Hurricane Earl’s impact on New York City, which at least during the day turned out to be all bluster...

Cliff Richey Continues Mental Health Crusade in New York at 2010 US Open

Sep. 3 | NEW YORK – Cliff Richey, the tennis standout who ranked as the No. 1 tennis player in the United States 40 years ago in 1970, will continue his mental health advocacy crusade in New York at the 2010 US Open with several speeches and appearances...

Déjà Vu for Both Wozniacki and Chang

Sep. 2 | NEW YORK – Talk about bad feng shui. In the opening game, a looping forehand by Carolina Wozniacki was called long. .The top seed from Denmark challenged the call and won, the replay showing the ball bounced right on the baseline. Wozniacki won the...

Sun Shining on Jamaica; Victoria Azarenka Collapses on Grandstand Court

Sep. 1 | NEW YORK – Jamaica’s Dustin Brown was almost as hot as the broiling sun baking the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as he blasted his way past Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-4 7-6 (6) 7-5 to post his first Grand Slam tournament victory. “Being...

US Open Day 2: Results Differ, Satisfaction the Same

Aug. 31 | NEW YORK – Svetlana Kuznetsova is trying to regain her winning ways on the tennis court. Kimiko Date Krumm is just happy to be playing tennis again. On Tuesday, Date Krumm showed flashes of the player who once was ranked fifth in the world. But that...

Roger Federer: Forest Hills Stadium Destruction Would be a Pity

Aug. 27 | By Bob Stockton Roger Federer visited the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills Thursday and said it would be “a pity” if the club’s historic stadium was torn down and replaced by condos. The membership of the West Side Tennis Club is set to...

2010 US Open Kicks Off Tuesday with Qualifying Tournament

Aug. 25 | Thirty-six Americans, 20 on the men’s side, were primed to start the U.S. Open qualifying on Tuesday, and while four of them reached the second round, most of the day’s matches were postponed after rain pelted the Billie Jean King USTA...

2009 US Open finalists Caroline Wozniacki, Kim Clijsters named top women’s seeds at 2010 US Open

Aug. 24 | FLUSHING, N.Y., August 24, 2010 – The USTA announced today that Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters – who met in the women’s singles final at the 2009 US Open – have been named the top seeds in women’s singles at the 2010 US Open.  The...

World No.1 Rafael Nadal named 2010 US Open men’s top seed

Aug. 23 | FLUSHING, N.Y., August 23, 2010 – The USTA announced today that world No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain, the reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion, will be the top seed at the 2010 US Open in men’s singles.  The 2010 US Open will be played at...

Crumbling Former Site of US Open in Forest Hills Could be Sold: This Week in Tennis Business

Jul. 28 | By Justin Cohen The West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills is considering selling its historic stadium, a decaying landmark that hosted the US Open for more than six decades before it was moved a few miles away to the USTA Billie Jean King National...

MY FAVORITE FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE STORY

Jun. 2 | By Randy Walker Francesca Schiavone is the first Italian woman to play in the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament in the Open era (since 1968). After looking through the pages of THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.NewChapterMedia.com)...

FRENCH OPEN MAY HAVE TO LEAVE PARIS AND “WATCH TRADITION GROW”

Jun. 1 | By Randy Walker In my days at the U.S. Tennis Association, I remember reading articles about the U.S. Open’s move from the historic West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills to the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. and how people were...