Q & A With Rafael Nadal

Q.  What are your thoughts about being here during a hurricane, and how will you spend your time? RAFAEL NADAL:  I don’t know what’s going on, I think.  Nobody knows exactly what’s going on, no? But having the club closed, all the places in Manhattan will be closed, so not much.  Just stay in the [...]

Maria Sharapova Transcript

Q.  How do you feel going into this tournament winning in Cincinnati?  Must have given you a lot of confidence. MARIA SHARAPOVA:  Yeah, I came into Cincinnati, you know, asking to play a lot of matches for myself, as many as I could at that tournament. It was great to win the tournament.  I beat [...]

Caroline Big Under the Sunshine (With A Great Dress Too)

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – The only thing brighter than Caroline Wozniacki’s game today may have been her dress. The exclusive adidas design features a florescent yellow inseam to go with it more earth tone appeal. “Well, I’m so lucky that I am the face of adidas and Stella McCartney and I have my own special [...]

Tearful Murray Accepts Loss

During the past two weeks, Andy Murray has played the best tennis of his life. On a roll, it looked like nothing could stop him. Then he ran into Roger Federer in the Australian Open final. And much like the last Grand Slam final when they met back in Flushing Meadows in 2008, the Scot [...]

A Tougher Wickmayer In Melbourne

If Yanina Wickmayer was a feel good story at the US Open, then in Melbourne, she should be a sentimental favorite. After serving about a little over two months of a year-long suspension for failing to fill out her whereabouts to the Flemish anti-doping tribunal, the 20 year-old was able to get back on the [...]

It’s A Family Win For Clijsters

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – It’s tough to say what made Kim Clijsters happier tonight. Was it just winning the US Open or being able to celebrate it with her 18 month-old daughter Jada? Maybe it was a little bit of both. “Just the way [Jada] was looking at herself up on the screen,” Clijsters said [...]

Wickmayer Enters The Radar

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – With all the press Melanie Oudin received at this Open, Yanina Wickmayer has flown under the radar. Yet, like her American counterpart, this Belgian has surprised everyone at Flushing Meadows and now is on the verge of the Finals. “It has surprised me in one way,” she said. I have been [...]

Ivanovic Ends Her Open Early The Second Year In A Row

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – First for the good news: Ana Ivanovic has plenty of time this year to shop on Fifth Avenue and take in the sights and sounds of New York City. And now for the bad: This is the second year in a row, she became a tourist after in the first week. [...]