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Georgia women’s tennis advances day one of Michigan Invitational
The Georgia women’s tennis team kicked off their first matches of 2024 at the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Jan. 12. Four Bulldogs clinched their singles matches, while two pairs found success in doubles. To open singles play, No. 30 ITA-ranked Dasha Vidmanova defeated her No. 85 ITA-ranked opponent Luciana Perry from Ohio…
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Duquesne Drops Season Opener at West Virginia
Next Match: Western Michigan 1/26/2024 | 6:00 PM Jan. 26 (Fri) / 6:00 PM Western Michigan History Morgantown, W.Va. – The Duquesne University women’s tennis team dropped its season opener at West Virginia on Saturday morning, 7-0, at the Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown, W.Va. With the slip, the Dukes fall to 0-1 on the…
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“I will have a lot of opportunities to show my game”
For the first time since Wimbledon 2022, Iga Swiatek exited a Grand Slam tournament before the second week. After two complicated first rounds against Sofia Kenin and especially Danielle Collins, the Pole did not manage to find the level of tennis that brought her the WTA Finals in Cancun at the end of last season. Despite her earliest…
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Comeback Falls Just Short For Men’s Tennis Against Georgia State
Next Match: at North Carolina 2/8/2024 | 5:00 p.m. Feb. 08 (Thu) / 5:00 p.m. at North Carolina ATLANTA, Ga. – A valiant comeback attempt fell just short for the Elon University men’s tennis team Saturday in a 4-3 loss at Georgia State. After trailing 3-0, the Phoenix rattled off three consecutive singles victories to tie the score…
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Women’s Tennis Kicks Off Dual Season With Doubleheader at Home
Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina women’s tennis begins its dual season on Sunday with a doubleheader aginst Coastal Carolina and Presbyterian. The match against the Chanticleers will start at noon with the match against the Blue Hose following at 4:00 p.m. Both matches will take place at the Carolina Indoor Tennis Center located at 523…
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Is Mirra Andreeva proving she’s the next tennis phenom?
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 20, 2024, 11:01 PM Open Extended Reactions MIRRA ANDREEVA LEFT the 2023 Australian Open in tears. She had lost to her close friend Alina Korneeva in a marathon three-set match in the junior final, and after three hours and 17 minutes, she couldn’t hide her emotions during the trophy presentation or…
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Tennis fans might be saddened by Ash Barty’s latest confession
Ash Barty was the WTA No. 1 and seemed pretty secure to be at the top of women’s tennis for the foreseeable future. The Australian won three Grand Slams (2019 French Open, 2021 Wimbledon, and 2022 Australian Open) but that was not enough. Ash Barty wanted more. What she wanted had nothing to do with…
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Dukes Tripped Up by #25 Wisconsin – James Madison University Athletics
Next Match: at Northern Illinois 1/21/2024 | 11 a.m. (10 a.m. CT) Jan. 21 (Sun) / 11 a.m. (10 a.m. CT) at Northern Illinois History DEKALB, Ill. – James Madison women’s tennis battled tough on numerous courts, but #25 Wisconsin was able to put matches away to take the match 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at Nelson…
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Alan Mills, Wimbledon tennis tournament referee, dies aged 88
The long-time Wimbledon tournament referee Alan Mills has died aged 88, the ATP Tour has announced. Mills served as the All England Club’s referee from 1983 to 2005, earning the nickname Rain Man as it was his call whether or not to suspend play during inclement weather. In a statement confirming that Mills died on…
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“I just believed in my game tonight”
One year ago, an 18-year-old and relatively unknown Linda Noskova lost in the first round of qualifying for the Australian Open. She was ranked 102 at the time and had never made it past the second round of a Grand Slam. Twelve months later, and now firmly established within the top 50, that same Czech…
