Inside Cincy – Day 5 – Chances & Champions
The field at the Western & Southern Open is now down to the final two. Our reporter Karen Helf was right there to follow the semifinal action and give us a detailed account of...
Close-up: Maria Sharapova’s engagement ring
Justin Cohen, one of my tennis friends that I met thanks to my blog, attended the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati and took a close picture of Maria Sharapova's hand adorned with a...
US Open 2020 to be played despite the novel coronavirus
The US Open is the only Grand Slam that has been played continuously every year since its establishment and the novel coronavirus pandemic will not break that tradition, as Governor Andrew Cuomo and New...
Serena already practices on the actual US Open surface in her own backyard
The doomed 2020 tennis season has been seeing glimpses of revival these days, as the WTA season is set to resume the week of August 3rd in Palermo, Italy, and the US Open will...
Ashleigh Barty to skip the US Open due to coronavirus concerns
The 2020 US Open will eventually be held, but it's still a big question how many players outside the USA will decide to take the trip and contest this restricted version of the event....
Lacoste’s fresh tennis clothes rock New York City
Lacoste always succeeds in creating timeless designs that look traditional and refreshing at the same time. The company's latest ladies' tennis collection was promoted by Anett Kontaveit and Christina McHale at the Western &...
Clijsters nurtures abdominal injury ahead of the US Open
Kim Clijsters and her team have arrived in New York full of excitement, but the Belgian's resumption of the 2020 season has been postponed because of an abdominal injury that has forced her to...
Gauff, Vekic, Williams lose on Day 1 at Western & Southern Open
After 32-player events in Palermo, Prague and Lexington, the twice as big Western & Southern Open kicked off in New York with the busy Saturday's schedule that included ten singles matches.
Coco Gauff's semifinal appearance...
Sluggish Serena Williams survives Arantxa Rus in Cincinnati opener
Third seed Serena Williams displayed poor form and lack of energy in her first match at the Western & Southern Open against qualifier Arantxa Rus, but managed to advance to the third round by...
Naomi Osaka restarts 2020 season with a win over tough cookie Karolina Muchova
Fourth seed Naomi Osaka of Japan rose to the challenge in her first match since the COVID-19 layoff and overcame the always-tricky Czech Karolina Muchova 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2 to advance to the third round...
