DAVIS CUP: HOME COOKING IN THE DEEP SOUTH Sock, Isner Give U.S. 2-0 Lead Over Switzerland In First Round By Junior Williams (February 3, 2017) BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - The heavily favored United States team lived up to … [Read more...]
Sock to Lead Off for USA Against Switzerland in Davis Cup; Courier Reflects on Team USA’s Past and Future
(February 2, 2017) In celebration of Groundhog Day, “Birmingham Bill” of the Birmingham Zoo picked the first match-up of the draw for the U.S. vs. Switzerland Davis Cup World Group First Round tie in Birmingham, Ala. on Thursday. Day one … [Read more...]
U.S. Davis Captain Jim Courier on Tie Against Switzerland: “We don’t expect it to be easy”
(January 31, 2017) The United States Davis Cup team will face off in the first round of World Group against Switzerland at the Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. The Swiss team will be without their … [Read more...]
Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Ala., to host USA vs Switzerland Davis Cup Tie in February
USTA: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., November 17, 2016 – The USTA announced that the Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC) in Birmingham, Ala., has been selected as the site for the 2017 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group First … [Read more...]
Madison Keys Wins Birmingham for Second Career WTA Crown
(June 19, 2016) American Madison Keys is the new Aegon Classic Birmingham singles champion after an emphatic 63 64 victory over Barbora Strycova at the Edgbaston Priory Club on Sunday. Victory at the WTA Premier event marked a second grasscourt … [Read more...]
Kerber edges Pliskova to win Birmingham Aegon Classic
By Ros Satar (June 21, 2015) BIRMINGHAM, England - Angelique Kerber dug in against WTA Rising Star Karolina Pliskova in a taut three-set 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (4) final to win her first grass court title, and her third title this year, having won in … [Read more...]
Karolina Pliskova and Angelique Kerber Reach Birmingham Final
By Ros Satar (June 20, 2015) BIRMINGHAM, England - It was touch and go what was the bigger adversary on Saturday – the opponents facing each other over the net, or the weather conditions that varied frustratingly from blue skies and the … [Read more...]
Catching up with Jelena Jankovic
By Ros Satar (June 20, 2015) BIRMINGHAM, England - It has been something of a turbulent year for the always-entertaining Serbian, Jelena Jankovic. She had laughed and joked her way to the Indian Wells final earlier this year, a venerable ‘old woman’ … [Read more...]
Birmingham Day 4 – Weeding Out the Field
View image | gettyimages.com By Ros Satar (June 18, 2015) BIRMINGHAM, England - With seeds and home favourites having stumbled over the past few days in the Midlands, the championship is now largely on Simona Halep’s racquet to lose. Having … [Read more...]
Birmingham Day 3 – Seeds Blow in the Breeze
View image | gettyimages.com By Ros Satar (June 17, 2015) BIRMINGHAM, England - After the sunshine of the second day, the clouds, the rain and the drizzle brought a little bit of havoc to the draw on Wednesday. After her battling win on … [Read more...]