He said he couldn’t wait to play on European clay for the first time, and he wasn’t kidding. With a score of 6-2, 6-3, American Jack Sock defeated Argentina’s Facundo Arguello in the final qualifying round and earned his way into the 2013 French Open. For American tennis fans, it’s an exciting week that lies…
Bon jour! The 2013 French Open gets under way Tuesday morning at 10am, with the qualifying tournament. Also known as “the qualies,” the Qualifying competition offers a chance for each participant to compete for a place in the tournament’s main draw. Here’s a glance at “the tournament before the tournament”: 128 determined tennis players are…
Tennis players love Newport. They love the weather. They love the relaxed, yet enthusiastic crowds at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. They love the diversions the town offers — the restaurants, the yachting, the golf, the cottages along the cliff. They love the ambiance and the history that surrounds them while they play. They…
“Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!” (from “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald) “The Great Gatsby,” the 1925 American novel of the 20th century, is back. This time it arrives in 21st century 3-D. Premiering May 10th nationwide, Baz Luhrmann’s remake of The Great Gatsby is getting a…
Well, if life can be described by the lyric of a Joni Mitchell song, you must be doing something right. So even though my head echoes from the deflating joy of another tennis tournament now ended, I can at least look back at this week’s experience at the US Men’s Clay Court Championship at River…
RESULTS – SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013, Singles Semifinal Round [1] Nicolas Almagro (Spain) d [WC] Rhyne Williams (USA) 62 61 [5] John Isner (USA) d [3] Juan Monaco (Argentina) 16 64 64 ORDER OF PLAY – SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013, CENTER COURT start 2:00 PM [1] Nicolas Almagro (Spain) vs [5] John Isner (USA) The…
As if the crowd at the River Oaks Country Club needed another reason to celebrate (Hey, they’re already in a gorgeous setting, on a perfect Texas spring day, watching some of the best tennis players in the world — that’s more than enough to celebrate), the Bryan brothers scored their 800th career doubles win as…
It’s day five here at the US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston, and we are narrowing down the entrants into tomorrow’s semifinals. One contender will definitely be Rhyne Williams, who turned pro in 2011 after his sophomore year at University of Tennessee. He just sealed the deal at a Center Court two-hour-twenty-eight-minute match against…
It’s a great day of tennis ahead. Well, that’s at least the positive spin on yesterday’s frustrating and ongoing rain delays here at the US Men’s Clay Court Tennis Championships. Seriously — check out today’s schedule (click here) and you’ll see that with the time crunch inherent in a one week tournament, exiting things can…
Jack Sock and Bradley Klahn took to the Center Court of the River Oaks Country Club in Houston yesterday afternoon, in an All-American match. In case there were any doubts, the stadium’s loudspeakers played Brooks and Dunn’s country anthem, “Only In America.” “Only in America, Where we dream in red, white and blue, Only in…
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