Clay court of many colors: How American tennis gets ready for the real deal at home
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. — Jessica Pegula nearly bailed Wednesday afternoon. The sight of the crafty, motivated Yulia Putintseva glowering across the net is a foreboding one for any tennis player, at any time. For Pegula, defending a title at the Charleston Open and playing her first match of one of the biggest transitions in every tennis season, it was even more of a nightmare. “All I kept thinking was, like, ‘We’re into clay-court season’,” Pegula said in a news conference, after she had refocused
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Sonay Kartal’s Billie Jean King Cup withdrawal completes exodus of GB’s big names
Blake Friese finds his groove, survives marathon match in Jacks' win over Crookston
Apr. 2—BEMIDJI — Losing a long first set in a tiebreaker could be devastating for any high school tennis player. Not to Bemidji's Blake Friese. In a match that lasted nearly two and a half hours, which was full of deuces against Crookston's Gunnar Groven, Friese regrouped himself after an initial first-set heartbreaker to take control of the No. 3 singles match, winning the latter set 6-2 with ...
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Comparing the top four professional tennis podcasts
It seems like everyone has a podcast these days, and professional tennis is well represented in this media space. For fans who have limited time to listen and are not aware of the differences between the podcasts, here is a…
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Broncos suffer road loss
Apr. 2—RITZVILLE — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos fell to the Reardan Screaming Eagles 5-0 on Wednesday on the road. Despite the loss, Head Coach Zachary Swanger was happy with how his players battled. "Even though we lost, in all the matches it was promising to see the way that our kids battled back in nearly every second set. All of them improved considerably throughout the match," ...
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Andy Roddick details why Ben Shelton faces his biggest challenges on clay compared to other surfaces
Resilient Pegula reaches WTA Charleston quarters with tiebreak win
Defending champion and top seed Jessica Pegula fought back to reach the WTA Charleston Open quarter-finals on Thursday, requiring a final-set tiebreak to see off Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/1).Swiss third seed Belinda Bencic also advanced, shrugging off a slow start to beat Czech Sara Bejlek 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 and line up a quarter-final clash with fifth-seeded American Madison Keys.
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