Venus Has Her Designs On The Fourth Round
September 3, 2010 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Venus Williams is more than a tennis player. She’s an author, fashion designer, and philanthropist. And her work showed tonight at Arthur Ashe Stadium when she debuted a new outfit designed for the US Open designed by her company EleVen Designs. “So far this year my outfits have been based off [...]
TLTV: US Open Day 3
September 1, 2010 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment
Tennis Ledger’s Joe McDonald is joined by TennisNow.com‘s Richard Pagliaro for Day 3 of the US Open, where we discuss the happening of the day live from Arthur Ashe Stadium. The Video was taken by Natasha Peterson of Corleve. You can play the video here of visit our You Tube channel for more updates and [...]
In The Twilight Of His Career Blake’s Still Looking Forward
August 31, 2010 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – As James Blake stood on the court of Arthur Ashe last night, you had to wonder if this was going to be his swan song. After all, the 29 year-old has struggled with injuries the last few years and he’s not getting any younger. “A couple people mentioned something like that [...]
Jankovic Makes A Huge Comeback To Advance
August 31, 2010 by Richard Pagliaro · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY - Jelena Jankovic sprinted back to the blue wall of Arthur Ashe Stadium in pursuit of a lob and clung to the shade as a welcome shelter from a searing sun. Jankovic had her back to the wall as US Open debutante Simon Halep served for the match, but the speedy Serbian [...]
What A Wonderful Two Weeks of the Year
August 31, 2010 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – These two weeks may be the most fun for a reporter and most work. It’s a virtual plethora of sports with so many things are going on at once, it’s extremely difficult to keep up with everything. But that’s what makes the US Open so great. While Wimbledon may be the [...]
Roddick Moves Right Along
August 30, 2010 by Richard Pagliaro · Leave a Comment
(August 30, 2010) He has supplanted the spiky hairstyle that once burst from beneath the backward baseball cap like an unruly chia pet escaping from its base with a more conservative style and while he can still rock the radar gun at will, Andy Roddick is more of a measured purpose pitcher on serve now. [...]
Ooo Ooo Oudin Moves On
August 30, 2010 by Richard Pagliaro · Leave a Comment
(August 30, 2010) The purple streak across the blue court created a color scheme that screamed bruising for the opening match on Arthur Ashe Stadium today. Melanie Oudin, who has taken her share of shots since she emerged as America’s tennis darling with her inspired run to the 2009 US Open quarterfinals, returned to the [...]
US Open Womens Preview
August 29, 2010 by Richard Pagliaro · Leave a Comment
(August 28, 2010) Caroline Wozniacki huddled up with a group of formidable supporters in New Haven last week as the Yale football team, who forged a bond with the bubbly blond Dane after she visited one of their practices last season, surrounded her on court following her victory at the Pilot Pen. Wozniacki enters the [...]
US Open Mens Preview
August 28, 2010 by Richard Pagliaro · Leave a Comment
(August 28, 2010) In the shadow of Arthur Ashe Stadium, paradise came to the parking lot of the US Open. Clad in a white warm-up, Roger Federer popped out of the back seat of a Mercedes and walked to the red brick building to pick up his US Open player credential at about 2:30 on [...]
Pilot Pen Schedule and Results – August 26th
August 27, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
Pilot Pen Results – Aug 26 Written by: Wire Services on 27th August 2010 Pilot Pen Results – Aug 26 Caroline Wozniacki in action during her forth round 2009 US Open match against Svetlana Kuznetsova in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Tennis Center in Flushing, New York on September 7, 2009. | read this item [...]
