Peer Moves Along In The First

There are few tennis players in New York more popular this week than Shahar Peer.And Peer is not even an American. The no. 24 seed is an Israeli.New York has a heavily Jewish population and many of them come out to Flushing Meadows on an annual basis to cheer her on. It worked on Tuesday at beautiful [...]

US Davis Cup On The Tennis Channel

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16, 2010 -Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of the U.S. Davis Cup team’s competition against Colombia in Bogota, Colombia, this weekend, with live and same-day, “Instant Encore” replays Friday through Sunday.  Because the Americans lost in the first round of this year’s tournament, they must defeat Colombia in order to compete [...]

Q & A With Sam Querrey

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – It doesn’t always seem likely, but with Ryan Harrison and John Isner going today, Sam Querrey’s straight sets, 6-2 6-3 6-4 win over Marcel Granollers seemed to be overlooked. As such, I was the only one in the post-match presser asking the No. 20 seed any questions. Below is the Q [...]

Is Isner America’s Best Hope?

FLUSHING  MEADOWS, NY – With Andy Roddick and now Ryan Harrison out of the tournament, is John Isner America’s best champ in bringing back the Men’s Singles championship to the United States? If his ankle holds up, then sure, but that’s a big if. “Yeah, it’s definitely been tough,” said Isner who beat Marco Chiudinelli [...]

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 [...]