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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...
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...
Two Sides of the US Open
Aug. 30 | NEW YORK – It was just 365 days ago that Dinara Safina came into the US Open Tennis Championships as the number one player in the world. Kim Clijsters, on the other hand, was just returning from a two-year retirement that saw her get married and...
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...
THE COAST-TO-COAST DOUBLE – INDIAN WELLS AND KEY BISCAYNE
Mar. 23 | By Bud Collins Other than the U.S. Open, the successive springtime fortnights of Indian Wells, Calif., and Key Biscayne, Fla., blending men and women, are the foremost tournaments in North America, probably a dead heat behind the four majors in...
PIERCE O’NEIL, CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER, TO DEPART USTA
Jan. 9 | WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., January 11, 2010 – Pierce O’Neil, Chief Business Officer of the USTA announced today that he is moving on from his role at the USTA after 15 years of generating record revenue growth for the USTA and US Open. Pierce O'Neil O’Neil,...
Mondays With Bob Greene: I Fought For My Country
Sep. 21 | STARS Shahar Peer won the GDD-Guangzhou International Women’s Open, beating Alberta Brianti 6-3 6-4 in Guangzhou, China Melinda Czink beat Lucie Safarova 4-6 6-3 7-5 to win the Bell Challenge in Quebec City, Canada Evgeny Korolev beat Florent...
Mondays With Bob Greene: I can’t believe this happened
Sep. 15 | STARS (US Open) Men’s singles: Women’s singles: Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki 7-5 6-3 Men’s doubles: Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles 3-6 6-3 6-2 Women’s doubles: Serena Williams and Venus Williams...
