Mardy Fish revealed in May that he had been suffering from a heart arrhythmia and that he underwent an electrophysiology procedure to "re-wire" his heart. Fish is playing the Western & Southern Open this week and spoke to media on Monday about … [Read more...]
Western & Southern Open Awards Wild Cards to Brian Baker, Ryan Harrison & Sam Querrey
The first men's wild cards for the 2012 Western & Southern Open have been awarded to Americans Brian Baker, Ryan Harrison and Sam Querrey. Their countrywoman Venus Williams had previously been announced as the first women's wild card recipient … [Read more...]
Getting to Know Mo(hamed Lahyani)
Getting to Know Mo By Megan Fernandez (August 21, 2011) MASON, Ohio - Veteran ATP umpire Mohamed Lahyani has become so well-known to fans that he was signing autographs in Cincinnati this week. He became a household name (well, in tennis fans' … [Read more...]
Bloody Friday in Cincinnati
By Megan Fernandez MASON, Ohio - The Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati was on the brink of a nearly unprecedented bloodbath Friday evening when top seed Novak Djokovic found himself down 3-6, 4-4 in his quarterfinal against Gael Monfils. … [Read more...]
“All About Serena”
By Brad Hunter MASON, Ohio - The tournament was in full swing on Tuesday: many of the top players had their first matches, the crowd at the Lindner Family Tennis Center was large and bustling, the yearly heat and humidity returned after the past 2 … [Read more...]
WTA All-Access at the Western and Southern Open
By Brad Hunter MASON, Ohio - Monday the media was treated to two hours of question and answer sessions with the top eight women’s seeds at the Western & Southern Open as part of WTA All-Access Hour. Marion Bartoli appears to be a great … [Read more...]
US Open Series Approach Shots: Western & Southern Open Tournament Director Vince Cicero
Tennis Panorama News will be covering all of the US Open Series tournaments this summer. The third entry in our series of short Q & A’s with the Tournament Directors of some of the US Open Series tournaments is with Vince Cicero, the … [Read more...]