U.S. Open
29 Aug 2022
Beyoncé has narrated a new Gatorade ad honouring tennis star Serena Williams Ahead of her first-round match in the U.S. Open. Williams, who is a 23-time Grand Slam title winner is the subject of the ad which debuted on Sunday night during the MTV Video Music Awards. At the beginning of the ad, a young…
10 Aug 2022
Serena Williams has confirmed that she is retiring from tennis after a career that has seen her win 23 grand slam titles, the most by any player, male or female. The highly decorated star also has four Olympic gold medals, five tour finals wins, 73 titles in all and has been ranked world number one for 319 weeks.
12 Sep 2021
Novak Djokovic is well aware of the history he is poised to make in today’s United States (U.S.) Open final, and he is not shying away from it.
11 Sep 2021
Before this year’s Wimbledon, many tennis lovers never heard of Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu. Also, most ardent followers of the sport did not know much about Canada’s Leylah Fernandez.....
27 Feb 2021
As millions of fans all over the world tuned in to watch what promised to be a blockbuster match on Thursday, February 18, between one of the greatest athletes...
19 Sep 2020
The Grand Slam tournament in New York has always been a trailblazer. The four major tournaments in tennis are played in Melbourne, Australia, Paris France, London United Kingdom...
18 Sep 2020
Tiger Woods will play his first-round with close friend, Justin Thomas, and the latest Major sensation Collin Morikawa in the opening round of the 120th US Open this week
14 Sep 2020
Is she the new best thing in women tennis? Has the new era started? These are the questions tennis followers are asking following Naomi Osaka’s classic comeback in the final game of the U.S. Open on Saturday.
12 Sep 2020
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated Serena Williams 1/6; 6/3; 6/3 to set up a title match with Naomi Osaka who defeated American Jennifer Brady7/6 (1); 3/6; 6/3 in a match played under the roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium as rain poured on Corona Park Flushing Meadows. Osaka won the first set tiebreaker in which she…
11 Sep 2020
Two-time winner, Brooks Koepka, has withdrawn from next week’s U.S. Open at Winged Foot due to injury, according to independent.co.uk.
5 Sep 2020
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime raced past Andy Murray 6/2; 6/3; 6/4, while Serena Williams defeated Russia’s Margarita Gasparyan 6/2; 6/4 and Canada’s Vasek Pospisil prevailed...
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