The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team hosted No. 5 South Carolina at the Boar’s Head Resort in Charlottesville Sunday afternoon — its second match against a top-five opponent. Unfortunately, the Cavaliers (3-1, 0-0 ACC) suffered a 4-3 loss to the talented Gamecocks (1-0, 0-0 SEC).  With the teams playing on the indoor courts, doubles…

Hannah and Rebecca Kideckel, junior twins at Lower Moreland High School, have been named the Reporter/Times Herald/Montgomery Media 2023 Girls Tennis Athletes of the Year for their tennis performances in the fall. After playing the regular season as singles, they teamed up for the league, district and state playoffs, winning all nine of their matches,…

(WGGB/WSHM) – Town by town is taking you to Springfield and Chicopee. A special 911 dispatcher graduation ceremony was held early Tuesday in Springfield. The ceremony for the Springfield Emergency Communications office was held at the Raymond A. Jordan Senior Center at 10 a.m. Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, as well as Fire Commissioner BJ Calvi…

Midday arrivals at Melbourne Park on Tuesday might have been surprised to see Mark Philippoussis and Marcos Baghdatis knocking the ball around on Rod Laver Arena. In an Australian Open where farcical finishes well after midnight have again highlighted the challenges of scheduling, planning a legends doubles for 12pm was a head scratcher. The song…

BRADENTON, Florida – Gabriela Ruffels still has a player profile up on tennis.com.au. The daughter of two tennis pros, Ruffels was a top-three player in her age group, a national champion for 12 and under and a member of the national squad. Her heroes, according to the profile, were Kim Clijsters and Roger Federer. To…

BRADENTON, Florida – Gabriela Ruffels still has a player profile up on tennis.com.au. The daughter of two tennis pros, Ruffels was a top-three player in her age group, a national champion for 12 and under and a member of the national squad. Her heroes, according to the profile, were Kim Clijsters and Roger Federer. To…

2024 Australian Open Best Bets – Jannik Sinner vs. Novak Djokovic & Coco Gauff vs. Aryna Sabalenka The 2023 tennis season feels like it ended just yesterday, but the 2024 Australian Open semifinals are already here. We’re going to be treated to some tremendous action in Melbourne Park over the next couple of days. That…

Nick Kyrgios last played tennis in June last year in the first round of the Stuttgart Open. As it turns out, that may have been our last look at Kyrgios, the player, on a tennis court. The 28-year-old on Wednesday revealed his “time in the sport may be over” after sitting down with his agent,…

A 19-year-old Estonian blind tennis player currently ranks with the top six players in the world but her dream is to be within the top three. “2022 European Junior Gold, last year I came second among the top 12 players in Europe. The most surprising tournament this year was in Liepaja, Latvia, where I managed…