The New Blake

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – James Blake seemed very pleased when asked about his bloved New York Mets. Last year he was blunt about his feelings about the management, saying general manager Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel “must go.” And now that Sandy Alderson and Terry Collins took their places he seemed like a very [...]

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 [...]

Aussie Kim Going For The Aussie Win

When we last saw Kim Clijsters and Vera Zvonareva in a Grand Slam, Clijsters had the upper hand with a 6-2, 6-1 demolition in route to her second Grand Slam title in a row. Yet, now the two are playing in the Semifinals at the Australian Open, Aussie Kim isn’t taking any chances. “Uhm, I [...]

Tennis Ledger Has Returned

Welcome Back to Tennis Ledger. Over the past few months, because of some personal issues, this site was not updated the way it should have been, but now with the Aussie Open, we have returned. Over the next few weeks, we will be adding new content and will be launching our second issue in February. [...]

Tennis 360 Has Brad Gilbert on Wednesday

Join Andres as he welcomes ESPN analyst Brad Gilbert to “Tennis360″ this Wednesday October 13th. Listen in as Brad discusses his thoughts on the state of the game, the current Davis Cup coaching vacancy, and his friendship with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. Gilbert, an Olympic Broze Medalist and former coach to Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick [...]

Tashkent (Sat): Alla On Top In Tashkent

TASHKENT OPEN Tashkent-UZB September 20-26, 2010 $220,000/International Hard/Outdoors Results – Saturday, September 25, 2010 Singles – Final (7) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. (4) Elena Vesnina (RUS) 64 64 Doubles – Final Panova/Poutchek (RUS/BLR) d. Dulgheru/Rybarikova (ROU/SVK) 63 64 Final Facts – Kudryavtseva wins her first career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title; last week she reached [...]

Raging Rafa Determined To Get The Career Slam

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Just look in Rafael Nadal’s eyes and you see determination. The top seeded player on the men’s side knows this is his time and the career Grand Slam is there for the taking. Maybe that’s why the 24 year-old was so serious this year when by taking Barcelona off and concentrating [...]

Z-Girl Goes To the Semis

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Vera Zvonareva fell over the edge in an emotional meltdown on Arthur Ashe Stadium last year. Today, Zvonareva successfully straddled the physical and emotional tightrope to march into the US Open semifinals. The seventh-seed Zvonareva swept Kaia Kanepi, 6-3, 7-5, to reach her second straight major semifinal. Zvonareva has always been [...]

Watch Tennis Ledger Publisher On USOpen.org

TennisLedger.com’s Joe McDonald was interviewed by the US Open’s “Inside the Media Center” on Monday about the Clijsters vs. Stocur match that took place earlier today. Ironically Joe picked the match correctly, saying Clijsters would advance. See the full video below.

Venus Worth The Wait Against Schiavove

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Venus Williams is a grizzled veteran. It doesn’t matter if the match before hers whisks along in an hour or plods along for 4 hours and 28 minutes, like Stanislas Wawrinka’s marathon win over Sam Querrey today. Venus is prepared. “I’m a pro at waiting for my match,” she said. “Singles, [...]

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