Sportimes Rally Past Aces, 16-15
July 11, 2011 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — Martina Hingis and Jesse Witten won singles events, both by 5-0 counts, and Hingis won a super-tiebreak over Liezel Huber, 7-6, as the New York SPORTIMES rallied for a 16-15 World TeamTennis victory over the St. Louis Aces at SPORTIME on Randall’s Island tonight. The SPORTIMES (5-1) trailed the entire match, finally [...]
WTT Results – 7/7/11
July 8, 2011 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
FINAL RESULTS – All matches complete: New York Sportimes def. PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS 23-13 (OT) Men’s Singles – Jesse Witten (Sportimes) def. Brendan Evans (Freedoms) 5-2 Women’s Doubles – Martina Hingis\Abigail Spears (Sportimes) def. Lisa Raymond\Beatrice Capra (Freedoms) 5-2 Mixed Doubles – Abigail Spears\Greg Jones (Sportimes) def. Nathan Healey\Lisa Raymond (Freedoms) 5-4 Women’s Singles – Martina [...]
Video: Interview with Martina Hingis
July 7, 2011 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment
Tennis Ledger’s Joe McDonald interviews Martina Hingis at World Team Tennis in New York Last Night
N.Y. SPORTIMES Declaw Boston Lobsters in World TeamTennis, 21-16
July 7, 2011 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
Martina Hingis won her singles and women’s doubles matches, pacing the New York SPORTIMES to a 21-16 World TeamTennis victory over the visiting Boston Lobsters at SPORTIME on Randall’s Island in Manhattan Wednesday night. In men’s doubles, the SPORTIMES tandem of Jesse Witten and Greg Jones topped Jan-Michael Gambill and Eric Butorac, 5-3. Hingis stretched [...]
A New Martina Hingis Leads The Sportimes back into Action…
July 6, 2011 by Alyssa Mantilia · Leave a Comment
She was known as “The Swiss Miss,” and at the ripe old age of 18 dominated the women’s tennis scene, especially the hard courts and tough fans of New York’s US Open. Now at age 32, a reborn, married and healthy Martina Hingis will return to New York and the fans who loved her as [...]
Q & A With Bill Mountford of World Team Tennis
September 17, 2010 by Richard Kent · Leave a Comment
World Team Tennis completed another successful season back in July. With a unique format and fast action, it’s no wonder it has been around for 35 years. But what about its future? Well today, Tennis Ledger is proud to interview Bill Mountford, the former Director of the National Tennis Center and the LTA in England, [...]
Sportimes Outlast Buzz
July 20, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
US Open Champion Kim Clijsters won her singles match, defeating fellow former No. 1 Martina Hingis, and teamed with Abigail Spears to win women’s doubles, pacing the New York Sportimes to a 22-17 World TeamTennis victory over the New York Buzz Monday at Sportime on Randall’s Island. The host Sportimes (8-4) moved 1 1/2 gamea [...]
The BioFile: Caroline Wozniacki
September 13, 2009 by Mark "Scoop" Malinowski · Leave a Comment
Status: US Open #9 seed has reached her first Grand Slam Final at the US Open. Ht: 5-10 Wt: 130 DOB: July 11, 1990 In: Odense, Denmark Tennis Inspirations: “Yeah, Martina Hingis, one of my role models, growing up I was always looking at her game. And I was trying to play like her.” First [...]
Clijsters Comeback Continues With The Ouster of Venus
September 7, 2009 by Derek Felix · Leave a Comment
The comeback continued. Kim Clijsters battled through to a quarterfinal date with No.18 Na Li by getting past No.3 ranked American Venus Williams 6-0, 0-6, 6-4 today at a supportive Ashe Stadium. The 26 year-old Belgian has looked strong in her return to the game after taking a couple of a years off to marry [...]
