CBS3 SummerFest: Philadelphia Freedoms Show Off A Different Type Of Tennis
Just like the serves, the games seem to whiz by as matches consist of five sets and the first team to earn four points wins.
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Just like the serves, the games seem to whiz by as matches consist of five sets and the first team to earn four points wins.
Serena Williams thought she was treated more harshly by the chair umpire in the U.S. Open final than a man would have been.
The finals will take place at Drexel University on Sunday.
The Philadelphia Freedoms, the city's pro tennis team, will be making St. Joseph's University's Hagan Arena their home court.
The newest member of the University of Delaware's Men's Tennis team is 7-year-old Trace Couden.
Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl, according to her coach and the US Open's official Twitter account.
Venus Williams, playing for the Washington Kastles, took on the Philadelphia Freedoms.
Six weeks ago, Garbine Muguruza crashed out of the French Open in tears, losing her Roland Garros crown in front of a hostile crowd rooting for her opponent.
Kardon, who's coached the Freedoms for nine seasons, stopped by to chat with young tennis players as he served up instructions.
Palm Beach Gardens police say witnesses told investigators that Williams ran a red light in her 2010 Toyota Sequoia SUV.
The Philadelphia Union have ended their winless streak that has gone on since August of last year.
Moore later apologized but the damage had been done and drew a swift riposte from the leading player of the women's game.
A 12-year-old West Chester boy is on a mission to compete in tennis on an international stage and he's hoping the community will help getting there.
Serena Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki to win her 18th major title.
Two youth tennis players from Philadelphia will take to the court this weekend at the US Open in New York as part of Arthur Ashe Kids' Day.
The courts are now getting a regular workout from neighbors including Little Flower High School, which formed its first tennis team, much to the delight of King. She owes her career to public tennis courts.
The Freedoms opened their home court season with an overtime loss to 2003 U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick and his Springfield Lasers.
Serena Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position."
It's part of a push by Down the Line and Beyond to get more city kids interested in tennis.
Big-time tennis is on its way back to the Delaware Valley. Tickets for Philadelphia Freedoms matches go on sale on Monday and Grand Slam champions are in the lineup.
Pete Sampras says he thinks tennis is free of doping.
The ATP opposes the U.S. Open's switch to a Monday final in 2013 and is not satisfied with the prize money increase.
Finally tested, and even trailing, at Flushing Meadows, Serena Williams won the last four games for a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 victory over top-ranked Victoria Azarenka on Sunday night, collecting a fourth U.S. Open championship and 15th Grand Slam title overall.
Ryan McIntosh, the ballperson who lost his leg when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan, was working the men's semifinal at the US Open.
The weather was much better at the U.S. Open on Sunday. So was Novak Djokovic.
