Articles filed under Tennis
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Goggin twins double their pleasure with repeat invite crownsSep 08, 2012 6:46 pm - Singles and doubles players gathered at the new venue of the IHSA tennis state tournament Saturday morning to compete in the Bison Invite at Buffalo Grove High School. A...
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U.S. Open women’s final delayed until SundaySep 08, 2012 4:44 pm - NEW YORK — Among the many lessons Serena Williams has learned in the 13 years since she played her first Grand Slam final is that routine is overrated. A perfect attitu...
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Murray will have to wait to learn foe in finalSep 08, 2012 4:14 pm - NEW YORK — With a potentially dangerous storm bearing down on the U.S. Open, play was suspended in the first set of defending champion Novak Djokovic’s semifinal Saturda...
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Naperville C. wins St. Charles East invitationalSep 08, 2012 10:00 am - St. Charles East coach Sena Drawer had such a big smile after totaling up the results of the Saints' annual invitational Saturday afternoon she had her players double an...
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Azarenka surprises Sharapova in 3 setsSep 07, 2012 5:21 pm - NEW YORK — Normally so good, so gritty, in the crucible of the third set, Maria Sharapova finally met her match against Victoria Azarenka. Coming all the way back from a...
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Djokovic gets past del Potro to reach Open semisSep 06, 2012 8:50 pm - NEW YORK — Locked in a taut, thrill-a-minute second set, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro headed to a tiebreaker and promptly produced a 20-stroke masterpiece of...
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Thursday’s girls tennis scoreboardSep 06, 2012 7:31 pm - Thursday’s results * Crystal Lake south 6, woodstock 1 Singles — No.1:Fedmasu (W) d. M. Thome 7-6, 7-5; No.2: J.Thome (CLS) d. Little 6-0, 6-0; No.3: Littlejohn (CLS) d....
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Bryan twins will play for men’s doubles title at U.S. OpenSep 06, 2012 4:54 pm - NEW YORK — Bob and Mike Bryan will play for a fourth U.S. Open title. The American twins beat Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands 6...
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Wednesday’s girls tennis scoreboardSep 05, 2012 7:31 pm - Wednesday’s results * LAKE ZURICH 4, HERSEY 3 Singles — No. 1: Wilson (LZ) d. Borst 6-1, 6-1; No. 2: Magnuson (Her) d. Casey 7-6, 2-6, 6-0; No. 3: Soheil (LZ) d. Valerio...
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Roddick’s career ends in 4th round of U.S. OpenSep 05, 2012 4:29 pm - NEW YORK — More than an hour after hitting one last shot as a professional tennis player, then delivering one last, voice-wavering speech to an adoring U.S. Open audienc...