US Open: Can Ahsha Stay on a Roll?
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If Ahsha Rolle wants to continue competing at this year&#8217;s Open, sheâll have to keep winning in singles. Rolle and her doubles partner, Angela Haynes, were crushed on Thursday by Vania King (an 18-year-old Californian who lost in the first round of singles but is still alive in doubles and mixed doubles) and Emilie Loit, [...].
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The electricity at Arthur Ashe Stadium is palpable at this year's U.S. Open. AP sportswriters will be filing periodic dispatches from one of the greatest annual spectacles in tennis:
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MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 26 -- When Maria Sharapova walked on court for the Australian Open final, she kept thinking about the sage advice of another champion.
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The early action on the second day of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York saw an easy victory for the number one seed, Belgium&#39;s Justine Henin-Hardenne.
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NEW YORK (Ticker) --A day later, the story at the US Open was not the 57 unforced errors made by Serena Williams. It was the number of unforced errors made against her.
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Maria Sharapova nearly crumbled under the weight of remarkable expectations Tuesday night in her first-round match at the US Open.
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Thereâs no doubt about it. Serena Williams&#39; outfit Monday night when she won her first-round match in the US Open was an eye-catching number.
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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- There was a lengthy unfolding to this 62d US Women's Open, one that extended far beyond the 23 holes of golf yesterday or the 54 in two days. Indeed, the essence of Cristie Kerr's dream was more than 20 years in the making.
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Roger Federer and Andy Roddick may be the hot tips for the US Open, but it is the twice former winner Andre Agassi who remains the sentimental&#39;s favourite to triumph.
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New York -- Players, fans and television announcers all continue to marvel at the same wonder here at the US Open. They watch Andre Agassi, the oldest player in the men&#39;s singles draw at 34, and see his feet dance, his groundstrokes sizzle.
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WHITE PLAINS, July 19  â Maria Sharapova, and Venus and Serena Williams are among six past United States Open champions in the womenâs field announced yesterday for this yearâs tournament.
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She is the last American standing. After yesterday's second-round matches in the Citibank USTA Pro Circuit Women's 50K Challenger Tournament at the Sportsmen's Tennis Club in Dorchester, Story Tweedie-Yates is the last US player in the singles competition.
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NEW YORK - Andy Roddick, Serena Williams, Jennifer Capriati, Lleyton Hewitt and Amelie Mauresmo are all in action Friday at the U.S. Open...
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Werner Eschauer of Austria and the qualifier Steve Darcis of Belgium advanced to the final of the Dutch Open yesterday in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Neither one has played for an ATP title before. Darcis, ranked 297th, upset the second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, and Eschauer defeated Robin Haase, 6-4, 6-4, in the semifinals.At the clay-court Palermo Open in Italy, the 18-year-old Agnes Szavay reached her first career final by beating Sara Errani, 7-6 (0), 6-1, in the semifinals. Szavay, seeded eighth, will face the second-seeded Martina MÃ¼ller in the final today. MÃ¼ller defeated Karin Knapp, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.At the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason, Ohio, Akiko Morigami earned her second berth in a final in three years by outlasting the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3. She will play the top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the final today. Chakvetadze advanced with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win over the third-seeded Sania Mirza.
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Rain played havoc with the schedule makers at the US Open yesterday. After eight days of ideal weather, rain forced significant revisions in the schedule, scuttling the day
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Akiko Morigami outlasted the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova from Uzbekistan yesterday to earn a 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3 win and her second finals berth in three years at the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason Ohio.Morigami, the seventh seed from Japan, had 17 chances to break Amanmuradovaâs serve and converted just four. The most crucial came in the sixth game of the third set, when Morigami returned a second serve deep to Amanmuradovaâs backhand. Amanmuradova hit her return volley into the net.âIt was a little bit tough,â Morigami said. âI kept telling myself not to think about the breaks and just to focus on the next point.âShe will face the winner of the semifinal match between top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia and third-seeded Sania Mirza of India.
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Sport: Wimbledon: Former US Open champion sets up date with either Venus Williams or Maria Sharapova.