Althea Gibson's birthday bash left its mark on Manhattan. New York City honored the International Tennis Hall of Fame champion by renaming West 143rd Street in Harlem, where she lived with her family, as "Althea Gibson Way" last week The renaming ceremony was held on the late tennis icon's 95th birthday on August 25th from noon to 2 p.m. at West 143rd Street between … [Read more...] about New York City Honors Althea Gibson Renaming 143rd Street in Her Honor
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ATP| WTA Tennis • It Looks Like It’s Actually Happening: Players Arrive In New York Ahead Of “Cincinnati” And U.S. Open
By Ricky Dimon Against what many would consider to be long odds, it looks like the Western & Southern Open and U.S. Open will actually happen. Although tennis has already returned in an official capacity from a five-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic in the form of some smaller WTA events, things appear ready to kick into high gear. Both "Cincinnati" and the … [Read more...] about ATP| WTA Tennis • It Looks Like It’s Actually Happening: Players Arrive In New York Ahead Of “Cincinnati” And U.S. Open
U.S. Open Tennis In The Balance As Laver Cup Is Cancelled
By Alix Ramsay The top brass at the USTA are keeping their fingers crossed and playing a waiting game – the final decision on whether to hold the US Open at the end of August will be made in the next six weeks. The Laver Cup, though, has given in to the inevitable and announced that it will be postponed until September 2021. As the biggest tournaments in the world … [Read more...] about U.S. Open Tennis In The Balance As Laver Cup Is Cancelled
Ricky’s Pick • Golf Tours Have Revamped The 2020 Schedules, Can Tennis Do The Same?
By Ricky Dimon What is the fate of the 2020 tennis season? Like all other sports, tennis is entirely at the mercy of the continuing coronavirus crisis. Only after this COVID-19 disaster is under control–and right now there is no telling when that could be–can sports think around resuming. The BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells was cancelled just days before it was to … [Read more...] about Ricky’s Pick • Golf Tours Have Revamped The 2020 Schedules, Can Tennis Do The Same?
2019 U.S. Open Tennis • Trophy Photo Gallery From The Men’s Doubles Final • Cabal/Farah vs. Granollers/Zeballos
Juan Sebastian Cabal (L) and Robert Farah (R) of Columbia sit with Cabal's two-year-old son Jacobo and their trophy after defeating Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina during the Men's Doubles Finals of the US Open Tennis Championships the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 06 September 2019. The US Open runs from 26 August … [Read more...] about 2019 U.S. Open Tennis • Trophy Photo Gallery From The Men’s Doubles Final • Cabal/Farah vs. Granollers/Zeballos