Coco Gauff had never won a set against Iga Swiatek in seven previous meetings. On Saturday, the 19-year old beat the No. 1-ranked player in the world, 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, to advance to Sunday’s final in the Western & Southern Open.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek overcame a rough start and a dispute with the chair umpire to defeat Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova 7-6, 6-1 on Friday and advance to the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open, a tournament she has never won.
Caty McNally, a runner-up in women’s doubles at the last two U.S. Opens, withdrew from the tournament Friday because of injury.
On this edition of Central Sixty, Evanka Osmak takes you through some viral clips, including a young fan wolfing down some ice cream, Tommy Paul sniping the chair umpire on his serve, and a hilarious video of Brooklynites describing NBA team logos.
Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek, the top-ranked players in tennis, got past adverse weather conditions and challenging opponents on Thursday to reach the Western & Southern Open quarterfinals.
A spectator imitating a bee disturbed a tennis player mid-match at the Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday (16 August).
by Johanna Lambrich, Thomas Muehlbauer
This systematic scoping review aims to summarize findings regarding kinetic, kinematic, and electromyographic analyses of different characteristics (i.e., type/direction and stance style) of the tennis serve and groundstroke.RORY MCILROY’S former fiancee is making a shock big time tennis comeback after a THREE YEAR absence to have two babies.
