TENNISFILES – Dennis Novak of Austria won the F5 Futures tournament in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for the second straight week. The number 4 seed faced a tough three set match in the first round against Qualifier Vincent Stouff of France. Novak then proceeded to drop only 13 games en route to the final before defeating […]
Continue readingTENNISFILES – (February 18) – The Montgomery County Men’s and Women’s Tri-Level teams will head to Nationals after winning the Tri-level Sectionals tournament in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It will be the second time in three years that both the men’s and women’s Montgomery Country Tri-Level Nationals teams will represent the Mid-Atlantic area. Last year, the […]
Continue readingTENNISFILES (February 18) – The Oklahoma Sooners are the top team in college tennis, claiming the #1 spot in the latest ITA poll. The #1 ranked Trojans are coming off a victory in the 2015 ITA National Championships against the University of Southern California. The Sooners are lead by #11 ranked Junior Axel Alvarez. John Roddick, […]
Continue readingTENNISFILES (February 17) – Rafael Nadal advanced to the second round of the Rio Open, defeating hometown favorite Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-4 6-1. The number one seed broke Bellucci in the fifth game of the match. However both players struggled to hold, and neither held serve again until Nadal closed out the first set. Nadal […]
Continue readingTENNISFILES (February 17) – Caroline Wozniacki defeated Sam Stosur in three tight sets at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The Danish number one dropped the first set 4-6 to Stosur, but rallied back to win the second by a comfortable 6-1 count. The match was hotly contested, with Stosur the aggressor for most of the […]
Continue readingTENNISFILES (February 16) – Seasoned veteran Tommy Robredo defeated Elias Ymer of Sweden 6-4 6-3 in the first round of the Rio Open. The 18 year-old Ymer showed flashes of brilliance, but fell to the more consistent play of the Spaniard on the red clay. The match started off with three consecutive breaks of serve. Ymer […]
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