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Player Bounces Racquet Over Fence, Where It Gets Stuck!

September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Santiago Giraldo of Colombia was involved in a very unusual circumstance in his first-round US Open match Tuesday against Feliciano Lopez of Spain. Playing on Court No. 7 at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center, Giraldo was disgusted in his play, trailing two sets to love and a service break in the third [...]

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Terrorist Raids Near US Open

September 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Federal officials from the Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York conducted two raids in two separate apartments – just blocks from the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York – early Monday, the same day of the conclusion of the 2009 US Open.

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“Tonight, The U.S. Open Belongs To US, The People, The Tennis Fans”

August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

August 29 is a significant day in tennis history as it was on this day that the U.S. Open became “open” and “for the people.”

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Roddick: Regulating Twitter At US Open Is “Lame”

August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Andy Roddick – or @AndyRoddick – has described attempts at the US Open (or @usopen) to regulate players’ updates on social networking site Twitter as “lame”.

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The US Open Is Only Four Months Away

May 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The US Open will be held in just about four months time at the Billie Jean King/USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The facility is open to the public to enjoy and play tennis for the other 49 weeks of the year when the US Open is not being held.

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Former ATP CEO Jordan Dies

May 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Hamilton Jordan, the former CEO of the ATP Tour and the architect of the ATP’s transformation from a player union to administrator of the men’s tour in 1990, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.

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