On the Baseline Tennis News

Weather permitting, the US Open is still going to attemp

Players at the US Open have not just been dazzlingly fans on the court at Flushing Meadows. Over the past week, they’ve also been showing off their witty and fun-loving personalities.

Tenth seed Victoria Azarenka’s 2010 US Open campaign ended with a scare after she collapsed on court Wednesday afternoon with heat exhaustion.

Former champions Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova kick off their 2010 US Open title pursuits on Tuesday at the US Open.

In an unprecedented move, the USTA announced Monday that fans in the United States will be able to watch every match from the US Open’s main courts live on the internet—for free.

American hopeful Melanie Oudin has been given the honor of opening play on Monday at the 2010 US Open.

One hundred and twenty-eight women will step onto the blue courts at Flushing Meadows over the next fortnight, each with a dream of winning the year’s last major title. Join On the Baseline for a look at the 2010 US Open draw and leave your prediction for the women’s champion!

Thanks to Twitter, fans have been given a 24-hour, all-access pass to their favorite personalities in tennis. So just what have we learned this past week from the 140-character missives that have been dispatched across the Twitter airwaves?

Reigning world number one Serena Williams has withdrawn from the 2010 tennis season’s final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open.

Former world number one Justine Henin has officially ended her 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tennis season early due to an injury sustained at the Wimbledon Championships.

The Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada received a late withdrawal on Sunday as crowd favorite Maria Sharapova withdrew because of a foot injury.

Kim Clijsters showed off her mental toughness on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati after outlasting Maria Sharapova in an epic, three-set championship match at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.

Ever experienced the frustration of having your recreational match called due to darkness? Now, thanks to the ingenious brainstorming and invention of two NYU-Poly students, those days might possibly be coming to an end.

Former world number two Svetlana Kuznetsova proved that its never too late to turn a disappointing season around by winning the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego on Sunday.

American Liezel Huber regained the No.1 spot on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles rankings on Monday, August 2nd when the updated rankings were released.