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Quest to Qualify with Irina Falconi: Just Add Chocolates

May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Follow American Irina Falconi in this “Quest to Qualify” player blog as she journeys through Europe, playing warm-up events on red clay in preparation for French Open qualifying. Currently ranked No. 156 in singles and 76 in doubles, she  is 10-2 in her career in Grand Slam qualifying and looking for another main draw berth in [...]

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Quest to Qualify with Irina Falconi: A Day in the Life of a Tennis Pro

May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Follow American Irina Falconi in this “Quest to Qualify” player blog as she journeys through Europe, playing warm-up events on red clay in preparation for French Open qualifying. Currently ranked No. 156 in singles and 76 in doubles, she  is 10-2 in her career in Grand Slam qualifying and looking for another main draw berth in [...]

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Quest to Qualify with Irina Falconi: Conquering Prague

May 16, 2013 By 3 Comments

Follow American Irina Falconi in this “Quest to Qualify” player blog as she journeys through Europe, playing warm-up events on red clay in preparation for French Open qualifying. Currently ranked No. 156 in singles and 76 in doubles, she  is 10-2 in her career in Grand Slam qualifying and looking for another main draw berth in [...]

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The Curse of the Stars and Stripes

April 4, 2013 By 3 Comments

It’s no secret that tennis is considered a niche sport in the United States. Mainstream American sports media does little to cater to the tennis fan base unless it has to or they have a narrative to sell. Therefore, the presence and popularity of tennis in the United States will always be dictated by the [...]

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Serena Williams to America’s Rescue as Sam Querrey Falters

March 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Jane Voigt MIAMI, FL (March 26, 2013) — As the Miami Heat reached for NBA history, notching their 27th consecutive win yesterday, Serena Williams did them many times better. By defeating Li Na in today’s quarterfinal, Williams tied Steffi Graf‘s record of 59 Sony Open Tennis match wins, although her reaction was less than enthusiastic. [...]

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Farewell to San Jose: SAP Open Ends Historic Run This Weekend

February 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

After a tenure of nearly a century and a quarter, the ATP event in San Jose will end this weekend.  The second-oldest tennis tournament in the United States, the SAP Open lately represented the only outpost of the men’s game in the Bay Area, which has hosted a successful WTA event early in the US [...]

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Getting to know the next generation in American tennis: Querrey, Harrison, Kudla, Sock, Williams

November 26, 2012 By 4 Comments

By Romi Cvitkovic With Andy Roddick’s mid-season retirement, John Isner’s recent slump and Mardy Fish’s ensuing health issues, the 2012 tennis season has been tough on American tennis fans. The constant background noise regarding the decline in quality and quantity of players coming out of the U.S. in recent years is, in fact, just that [...]

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American junior Samantha Crawford charges to her first Slam title at U.S. Open

September 9, 2012 By 1 Comment

By David Kane, Special for Tennis Grandstand Tennis has a way of giving its fans an eerie sense of symmetry. Why else would I find myself watching Samantha Crawford play for the US Open girls’ singles title nearly two weeks after watching her on the same court in women’s qualifying. That day, I had had [...]

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American hope for Jack Sock

September 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Ashley Babich Andy Roddick shocked many in the tennis community this week when he announced his impending retirement at the 2012 US Open. (He even surprised some who don’t follow tennis so closely, as my grandma called to tell me, with much concern, that she heard the “cute American tennis player is retiring.”) The [...]

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Teenagers Tomic, Harrison Facing Great — Perhaps Too Many — Expectations

January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

First things first: Win a singles title. For teenagers and top 100 ATP World Tour players Bernard Tomic and Ryan Harrison, that should be the top priority going into 2012. But with the way both of them have shot up the rankings over the past couple of years, much more is expected from the 19-year-olds. [...]

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